Bde Maka Ska linking of the lakes in Minneapolis, Minnesota July 5, 1911. Bde Maka Ska is Dakota for "White Earth Lake," and was previously known as "Lake Calhoun."
Bde Maka Ska linking of the lakes in Minneapolis, Minnesota July 5, 1911. Bde Maka Ska is Dakota for "White Earth Lake," and was previously known as "Lake Calhoun."
Bde Maka Ska linking of the lakes in Minneapolis, Minnesota July 5, 1911. Bde Maka Ska is Dakota for "White Earth Lake," and was previously known as "Lake Calhoun."
Wooden boats are pulled ashore and picnic baskets appear in this generic beach scene, with a black and white inset photo labeled Steamer Excelsior, Minnetonka. The writer mentions the large number of advertisements in the paper for fine horses for sale. The Bureau of Engraving's logos is printed on back, color added, postmarked 1910.
Entrance to Big Island Park shows the path through the grove of trees. Message says this pleasure park is 18 miles out by trolley, and that the tower, peristyle, etc., are all concrete, dated and postmarked 1909.
Visitors enjoy the shade in a grove of trees at Big Island Park, color added. Card is addressed to Hoke Smith, United States Senate, Washington, D.C., postmarked 1913. Message reads: Lithography is the working man's art. Don???t destroy American Art! Help us develop American art! Why not lithograph these in Amerika? More of these cards than ever are being lithographed abroad! I receive 25 dolls per week as a lithographer. Please don't cut this down. German lithographers get only one third of the wages Americans do.
Visitors to Big Island Park arrive and depart on steamboats such as the Saint Paul. Message describes white water lilies and mosquitoes, color added, postmarked 1909.
Two boats are at the Veterans Camp dock on Big Island. Message mentions cooking enough apples to get two quarts and one pint of lovely apple sauce for winter use, postmarked Excelsior, 1938.