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DONATIONS RECEIVED
From the Re-Echo, September 2009
As you know, the Historical Society does not have a museum, only administrative space at Lenox and some unheated storage space at the Depot. We hope, of course, that some day we will have a museum and will be able to make our artifacts collection available for the public to see. In the meantime, we will gladly accept donations of materials pertinent to St. Louis Park History as we have the capacity.


Connie Swenson sent us her husband Don’s working papers for the writing of “Something in the Water.” They contain documents and letters and pictures, many of which we have not seen before, and we will integrate them into our own files.


Phil Davis sent us a 1945 Park Student Directory.


On behalf of her aunt Grace H. Downing’s estate, Anne Heller donated class portraits from 1923. And on behalf of her mother, Alberta Hembre Heller, Anne donated a senior annual from 1926, copies of the St. Louis Park Dispatch, and photographs, one of which was mounted on glass. These artifacts come from old St. Louis Park families and we are very happy to receive them.


Manny Camilon of the City Inspection Dept. donated a framed aerial photograph of Flame Metal.


Scott Coltrane donated his time and expertise to scan five oversized photos for us. Some of the photos were from Anne Heller’s donation, and some we had. One showed a Fourth of July celebration from 1909, complete with greased pole.


Carol Hartvigsen donated a picture of Christopher and Friedericke Hanke’s 50th anniversary party taken in 1901 in front of the original Hanke farm house on Excelsior Blvd. It includes all of their children and their children except Carol’s mother who was not yet born. Carol has donated several items pertaining to the pioneering Hanke family.
 

 




 

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