Water goblet
Food and Drink
Distressed pink glass water goblet owned by Robert Archie and Mary Alice Toliver Jones.
1940
Kennon, Marion Jones and Diane Jones Smith
Glass
Physical Object
Map of the old Rondo neighborhood
Geography
Map of the buildings, landmarks, businesses, and churches of the Old Rondo neighborhood before the interstate between the years 1920 and 1960, with historical details and photos below. Compilation was completed in 2008.
Gerlich, Jim
Minnesota Historical Society
2008
Gerlich, Jim
Map
Print Media
Archie Anderson, Sr. and Ira Rawls in front of their housing development
Business and Industry
Family Life
Photograph portrays Archie Anderson Senior on the right and Ira Rawls on the left in front of the housing development. Archie Anderson, Sr. was the secretary of the project at Twin City Negro Development Co.; Rawls was the president.
ca. 1950's
Anderson, Archie
black-and-white photograph
Still Image
Joseph Robert Jones's pocket watch
Labor
Business and Industry
Clothing and Accessories
A pocket watch, originally owned by Joseph Robert Jones who recieved the watch from his employer, the Great Northern Railway, in the 1920s.
Elgin National Watch Company
Great Northern Railway
ca. 1920s
Jones, Seitu
Metal
Physical Object
Physical Object
Marvin Anderson's first paycheck stub
Labor
Business and Industry
Marvin Anderson's first paycheck stub from his first job at Whirlpool. He worked as a general laborer and assembled the handles on all the vacuum cleaners.
Whirlpool Corporation (St. Paul, Minnesota)
1958-06-20
Anderson, Marvin
Text
Text
"The Luxurious Holiday Lounge on Northern Pacific Mainstreeter"
Transportation
Labor
Business and Industry
A color postcard showing the luxury car of the Northern Pacific Railroad. Lucius Archie Anderson, father of Marvin Anderson, is the waiter in the far right of the postcard.
Northern Pacific Railroad
Anderson, Marvin
Text
color photograph
Still Image
Gopher Elks/Peter Meat's Drumming Corps
The Arts
Social Clubs
A large photo w/a wooden frame of Drum Corps of young black men in the Gymnasium of the Downtown Civic Center.
ca. 1960
Myles, Lester O.
color photograph
Still Image
Readus Fletcher, Sr. with Rondo Stryker Bus
Transportation
Business and Industry
Family Life
Photograph of Readus Fletcher, Sr. with his Rondo Stryker Bus. He drove the Rondo Ave and Stryker bus, and he drove the street cars for Twin Cities Rapid Transit. The accompanying page discusses the debate and conversation surrounding the route of the light rail through Frogtown and relates it to the development of I-94 through Rondo Avenue.
"Rondo 2K13: 30 Years Strong & United" in <em>Rondo Days Festival </em>magazine, page 52-53.
1955
2013-07
Fletcher Jr., Readus
magazine
Text
U.S. Army Projectionist Certificate
Politics and Government
World War II Projectionist Certificate U.S. Army for Mathew J. Russell of Rondo.
U.S. Army
1944-01-12
Fletcher Jr., Readus
certificate
Text
<em>The Helper </em>Newspaper
Business and Industry
Community Organizations
Politics and Government
Photocopy of <em>The</em> <em>Helper</em> Newspaper, Volume 11, No. 12
<em>The Helper</em>
1925-07-18
Hayes, Vanne Owens
Newspaper
Text