Gopher Elks Drum Corps
The Arts
Social Clubs
Business and Industry
A large framed photo of the Gopher Elks Drum Corps right after a parade. The group was sponsored by Peter's Meats. During the summer, they toured all over Minnesota.
ca. 1960
Myles, Lester O.
Black-and-White Photograph
Still Image
Photograph and siding of Margaret Lovejoy's old house
Architecture
Photograph of Gayneel and Leon Ponder's house torn down in 1973. They were the original owners. When their daughter, Margaret Lovejoy, repurchased the lot, in 1975, she found a piece of the original siding in the dirt.
ca. 1970s
Lovejoy, Margaret
Black-and-White Photograph
Fiber-Cement Siding
Physical Object
Robert Archie Jones' Tie Clip
Clothing and Accessories
Tie clip owned by the contributors' father: Robert Archie Jones.
1949
Kennon, Marion Jones and Diane Jones Smith
Metal
Physical Object
Telegram from Marvin Anderson to his family
Family Life
Education
A Western Union telegram Marvin Anderson sent to his family on his first Christmas away from home while he studied at Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA.
Anderson, Marvin R.
1961
Anderson, Marvin
Telegram
Text
Telegram from St. James AME Church to Marvin Anderson
Family Life
Religion
Education
A Western Union telegram sent to Mr. Marvin Anderson from the St. James AME Sunday School congratulating him on graduating from Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA. Anderson was the first in his family to graduate from college.
1962
Anderson, Marvin
Telegram
Text
Old Rondo townhouses
Architecture
Business and Industry
Framed photograph of Rangh Court, a housing development built by Archie and Marvin Anderson's father and colleagues through the Twin City Negro Development Co., Inc.
1948
Anderson, Archie
Color Photograph
Still Image
Sterling silver baby spoon
Food and Drink
Sterling silver baby spoon engraved with the contributors' mother's name: Mary Alice.
1904
Kennon, Marion Jones and Diane Jones Smith
Metal
Physical Object
Physical Object
Record collection of 45s
The Arts
A variety of 45 (rpm) records contained in a blue Samsonite suitcase.
1960-1969
Cooper, Jackie
Record Album
Physical Object
Harold Lewis's band
The Arts
Social Clubs
Photograph of the band in which Estelle Hartshorn-Jones's grandfather, Harold Lewis, was the piano player. Other band members included Mr. Brooks of Brooks Funeral Home.
1920
Hartshorn-Jones, Estelle
Black-and White Photograph
Still Image
Marvin Anderson's first car, a 1954 Chevy Coupe
Family Life
Transportation
A photograph of Marvin Anderson's first car, a used 1954 Chevy Coupe.
Anderson, Marvin R.
1954
Anderson, Marvin
black-and-white photograph
Still Image