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The Minnesota Historical Society preserves and makes available a wide range of materials chronicling Minnesota's history and culture. The goals of the Collections Department are to collect and preserve; provide access and interpretation; and engage in education and outreach. This blog is a tool to share these stories and let people know what is happening in the department.
New Library Exhibit - The Golden Age of Rail Travel
By: admin
| What's New
| July 10, 2013
Dining aboard the North Coast Limited, Northern Pacific Railway, 1934.
Come see the new exhibit in the Library Lobby on the Golden Age of Rail Travel, 1880 - 1950. The exhibit highlights a fabulous new donation to the collection from Steve Pattison and family of Great Northern Railway china and silver. It also includes menus and tourism promotion materials from our wonderful railroad archival collections. Visit a time when transportation was so much more civilized!
Glory of the West Pattern, 1940-1957. Donation by Steve Pattison and Family.
Learn More:
- View Trains! podcast
- New online inventories for Great Northern and Northern Pacific Railroads