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Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 6h

On Aug. 2, 1962, in Hibbing, with his father as witness, Robert Allen Zimmerman legally changed his name to Bob Dylan. Minnesota’s St. Louis County—almost 7,000 sq. miles in size, the biggest U.S. county east of Wyoming—has 3 courthouses, in Duluth, Virginia and Hibbing. Hibbing’s was built in 1956.

Exterior of very modern building for 1956. Signage lettering says
ST.
LOUIS
COUNTY
COURTHOUSE

Interior of courthouse in Hibbing has two story stone wall and hanging globe light fixtures at different heights

Another interior shows waiting area and stairway railing with extremely sleek finishes and look

Courthouse hallway has modern lighting and materials except for wooden bench, probably from an earlier courthouse

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Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 9h

It was this month, October, in 1959 when Robert Zimmerman started using the stage name Bob Dillon at the Ten o’clock Scholar in Minneapolis. He’d just arrived from Hibbing for his first year at the University of Minnesota and was trying to make a (new) name for himself at the folk clubs of Dinkytown

A view out the window of the Scholar cafe in Dinkytown

A dark black and white photo in the minneapolis star
tues., dec. 16, 1975
caption;
John Koerner and Bob Dylan jam at the Scholar, circa 1960

Lee remembers Bob as a "cleancut kid," very intense and deter-mined.
"Do you mind if I play?" Bob asked when he wandered into The Scholar sometime in October. "I want to be a folk singer."
Lee chatted with him briefly, learned that Bob had some experience, and told him it was all right to play. "I'm not going to pay you," …
Bob Spitz description (Dylan: A Biography, 1989, Norton, NY)

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Gary Hornseth @garyhornseth.bsky.social · 8h

Window display, rainwear John W. Thomas & Co. Minneapolis 1965 Image: Norton & Peel via Minnesota Historical Society; www.mnhs.org/search/colle...

A black-and-white photograph of a clothing display inside a John W. Thomas & Co. storefront window. The display features three outfits suspended to look as though worn by invisible figures. Diagonally strung lines stretch across the window to simulate rain against a cloudy backdrop. Left figure wears a dark raincoat and pants, with a floating hat and an open, dark umbrella overhead. Center figure wears a patterned raincoat and holds a closed umbrella, with shoes on the floor and a hat floating above. Right figure wears a dark coat and hat, holding an open, patterned umbrella with shoes on the floor below. A banner across the bottom-left corner that reads, "It's Fashion... come rain or come shine!" Round lights sit on the floor at both sides of the window.

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Gary Hornseth @garyhornseth.bsky.social · 9h

Oct. 3, 1965: An excited globe and baseball tout the live screening of the Minnesota/Los Angeles World Series on 50 color televisions arrayed in the Dayton’s Auditorium (Tribune). Later, an Oct. 15 view of the forlorn scene as the series was lost (Star). ⚾️

One person seen from behind sits facing an elevated platform upon which several large console television sets are arranged in a row, each displaying a face on the screen. In the foreground, several rows of empty mid-century modern bucket chairs fill the viewing area.

A caption at the bottom of the photo reads: "DOWNTOWN, A FAN STAYED ON AFTER THE CROWD LEFT. Earlier, hundreds saw the game at Dayton's Auditorium."

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Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Minneapolis right now

Sunset, puffy clouds, a big road, green trees and the downtown skyline

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Gary Hornseth @garyhornseth.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Advertisement Minneapolis General Electric Co. Oct. 2, 1914 Minneapolis Tribune

Small display ad. The top portion features an illustration of a nighttime city street with storefronts and people out and about, highlighted by a large, glowing electric sign that reads "BAKERY" and a sign reading “SHOES” in the background.

Below the illustration, the main headline states in bold, capital letters: "SMALL STORES NEED ELECTRIC SIGNS". The body text promotes electric advertising as a cheap and efficient way for small establishments to make their businesses stand out, specifically noting that "Mazda lamps" have reduced operating costs. The bottom of the ad lists the company's address at 15 South Fifth Street, along with the tag, "Personal Attention to Every Customer."

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Gary Hornseth @garyhornseth.bsky.social · 11/03/2024

Four covers, 1937 American Cinematographer Magazine Hollywood, California Artist uncredited. Images: Media History Digital Library via @archive.org; archive.org/details/medi...

October 1937. Red and black illustration of a helmeted football player with ball and outstretched arm being filmed by a camera operator from a distance.

June 1937. Yellow and black illustration of a water skier being filmed by a camera operator looking out the back of the boat.

August 1937. Green and black illustration showing a biplane aloft being filmed by a camera operator in another plane in the foreground.

February 1937: Blue and black illustration of an alpine skier having just fallen, being filmed by a camera operator from a distance on another hill.

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Gary Hornseth @garyhornseth.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Designs for ticket punches, c. 1914 from "Hardware, Tools & Supplies - Catalogue No. 500,” Hammacher, Schlemmer & Co., New York Image: International Tool Catalog Library Collection via @archive.org; archive.org/details/hamm...

A catalog page on sepia paper titled "Designs For Ticket Punches." The page features a grid of several hundred unique, numbered ticket punch silhouettes including symbols and icons like hearts, stars, anchors, letters, numbers 1-9, arrows, a tree, bell, train car, moon, anvil, hat, horse head, and many that just seem abstract. The footer reads "PAGE 626" and "SEE DISCOUNT SHEET."

Archivist’s note: “The (catalog) scan is from the Internet Archive's Smithsonian Libraries collection … The catalog was issued in 1914 or 1915 according to magazines of the period.”

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Gary Hornseth @garyhornseth.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

St. Paul, today at this hour in 2016

A black and white photograph showing a gradient sky at over a portion of downtown St. Paul. The lower third of the frame features building silhouettes, streetlights, and distant tree lines, while the upper two-thirds are dominated by a smooth gradient fading from bright white near the horizon to dark charcoal grey at the top.

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Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

GOPHER LIQUOR STORE

Small store with big sign reflecting on wet blacktop

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Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Ceiling light fixture at the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis

View looking up at glass globe with floral shape to design in overall circle

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Gary Hornseth @garyhornseth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A favorite Minneapolis Institute of Art thing: The small figures in the foreground of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner’s “View of Dresden: Schlossplatz” (1926). Gallery 371.

Detail of painting. Four figures walk across a green-gray street or plaza toward a curved sidewalk and pink and purple-blue building. They are painted with a few strokes each, so they are clearly people but abstract, lacking distinct features. One appears to be stepping from street to curb. Hint of a tree along the edge.

Three figures standing in a loose circle as if in conversation. They might be wearing hats.

Multiple figures coming and going along the street. Two are near a low wall in front of a green area. Leafy green trees in foreground.

One figure exiting what looks like a park area, appearing to be looking up. Coat (?) appears to be a reddish pink.

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"smokey stevenson" @kurtblumenau.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

If you choose not to write a song about choosing, you still have made a choice

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Bob @actualbob.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

📱 | Saint Paul, Minnesota (2026) Skylights at Union Depot #cityscape #photography

A square photograph looking up at the interior ceiling of Saint Paul's Union Depot. Parallel bands of dark-framed glass skylights filter natural daylight across coffered, warm yellow plaster beams adorned with intricate molding. Two large, wheel-shaped metal chandeliers with glowing round bulbs hang at varying depths in the foreground, set against upper walls with ornate lattice vents.

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Des Walsh @deswalsh.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Hackney Wick station White Post Lane, London E9 Cast concrete staircase and maintenance door #reference #buildingreference #materialreference

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Gary Hornseth @garyhornseth.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Four plates "The Color Printer: A Treatise on the Use of Colors in Typographic Printing" John F. Earhart Earhart & Richardson Cincinnati, Ohio 1892 Images: Clark Art Institute via @archive.org; archive.org/details/colo...

(Plate 32) A diagram titled "Scale of Complementary Colors." It features a circular color wheel divided into 18 segments surrounding a solid black core. The outer ring displays individual color swatches paired with inner labels naming primary and other colors.

(Plate 23) A page showing six separate rectangular color grids, numbered 185 to 190. Each grid illustrates variations of "Yellow over" a base background color (Red, Blue, Purple, Deep Blue, Gray, and Black).

(Plate 68) Five horizontal bands containing the word "CONTRAST" printed in all capital letters. Each panel isolates a color interaction, such as red or yellow letters set against varying tones of black, or gray letters set against blue, red, and black gradients.

(Plate 1) A reference chart displaying twelve numbered circular swatches arranged in a three-by-four grid against a cream background. Each circle showcases a distinct, solid hue, such as Red (1), Yellow (2), Blue (3), Green (5), Deep Blue (7), and Gray (11), accompanied by its name printed underneath.

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Gary Hornseth @garyhornseth.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Advertisement for advertisements Minneapolis Tribune Sep. 25, 1877

HEAR!

IF YOU

Want a Cook,
Want a Situation,
Want a Salesman,
Want a Servant,
Want to Rent a Farm,
Want to Sell a Piano,
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Want to Buy a House,
Want to Buy a Horse,
Want to Rent a House,
Want to Sell a Carriage,
Want a Boarding Place,
Want to Borrow Money,
Want to Sell Dry Goods,
Want to Sell Groceries,
Want to Sell Furniture,
Want to Sell Hardware,
Want to Sell Clothing,
Want to Sell Real Estate,
Want a Job of Carpentering,
Want a Job of Blacksmithing,
Want to Sell Millinery Goods,
Want to Sell a House and Lot,
Want to Find any one's Address,
Want to Find a Strayed Animal,
Want to Sell a Piece of Furniture,
Want to Buy a Second-hand Carriage,
Want to Sell Agricultural Implements,
Want to Find anything you have Lost,
Want to Advertise anything to advantage,
Want to Find an Owner for anything,
Want to Save Money,
Want to Make Money,
Want to Make a Name,
Want Anything at all,

Employ the Columns of

THE TRIBUNE.

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"smokey stevenson" @kurtblumenau.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

WHERE MY PRIZEWINNING STATE FAIR JELLY MONSTERS AT

Photo of three luminescent prizewinning jars of jelly at the Big E six-state fair in West Springfield, Mass

Two more jars of glowing jelly. One is pale green and marked Mountain Dew Jelly

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Gary Hornseth @garyhornseth.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Advertisement Northwest Radio and Electrical Show Minneapolis 1933 (Minneapolis Tribune, Sep. 24, 1933)

The ad features a photograph of a crowded auditorium with a stage at one end. Superimposed over the stage as if on a large screen: “Northwest Radio & Electrical Show featuring the latest in modern home conveniences”. At bottom, copy reads “Minneapolis Auditorium from September 25th to 30th inclusive”. On the auditorium floor, a grid, probably a floor plan, shows brands being featured at the show, including washers, appliances, radios, automatic heating, and refrigerators. Brands include Norge, Apex, Mayflower, Electrolux, Majestic, Crosley, Westinghouse, Frigidaire, Philco, Eureka, Singer, many others. The center of the display also highlights entertainment: "Dance to the music of Jack Crawford and his Hollywood Merrymakers.”

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Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It’s a nice day out.

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Chris Polansky @chrispolansky.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The name of my car model makes the dealership emails incredible

Genuine Kia Service is important to the health of your soul

When we see you, we will perform a complimentary inspection of your Soul and identify any outstanding issues or needed repairs.

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Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 16/11/2023

importing the GOAT

screenshot of a tweet

Ben Miller & M
@Bhmllr
Every museum website has three tabs:
Explore, Discover, and Visit. The
contents of these are completely
random.
2:32 PM • Jul 18, 2022

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Gary Hornseth @garyhornseth.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Stairway, c. 1920 Monroe School (closed 1966) 2300 E. Franklin Avenue Minneapolis Image: Hennepin County Library Digital Collections; digitalcollections.hclib.org/digital/coll...

An interior black-and-white photograph of a central wooden staircase leading up toward a bright, overexposed wall of windows. Flanking the main staircase base, staircases continue downward. The central stairs ascend to an upper landing where two sculpted busts sit on pedestals, almost lost in the wash of light from the windows. More stairs lead upward from the landing on either side. Shadows stretch across the walls and the clean but scuffed wooden floorboards in the foreground. No person is seen. The index number "653" is handwritten in white text in the bottom-left corner. No photographer credited.

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Gary Hornseth @garyhornseth.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Fundraising ad, Guthrie Theatre Greater Minneapolis (Chamber of Commerce publication) August 1961 Image: Hennepin County Library Digital Collections; digitalcollections.hclib.org/digital/coll...

A black-and-white, full-page 1961 vs magazine ad for the Guthrie Theatre construction fund, featuring an upper photograph of five people seated in theatre chairs outdoors on a grassy lawn, seen from behind, looking out toward an open landscape. Below the image, large bold text reads, "2500 years of great theatre will come to life on this spot in 1963." The accompanying paragraphs outline a "Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity for Minnesotans" to support the new repertory company directed by Sir Tyrone Guthrie at 725 Vineland Place in Minneapolis. The bottom portion of the flyer features a dashed-line cutout pledge card for donations to the Guthrie Theatre Construction Fund.

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Gary Hornseth @garyhornseth.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Room with chairs, Minneapolis Auditorium and Convention Center June 20, 1969 Image: Hennepin County Library Digital Collections; digitalcollections.hclib.org/digital/coll...

A wide-angle, black and white photograph of an expansive, empty hall filled with hundreds of dark-colored folding chairs arranged in long, orderly rows, readied for an event. The room features a low grid ceiling with rectangular light panels, light-colored flooring, accent walls, and doors in the background. Two small clocks on the walls appear to read about 9:52.

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Gary Hornseth @garyhornseth.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Sales booklet cover and images Citroën 2CV (France) 1970 Images: Car Brochures and Adverts Facebook Group Collection via @archive.org; archive.org/details/1_20...

A studio photograph showcasing the rear three-quarter view of a bright red Citroën 2CV. The car features rounded fenders, a roll-back roof, squarish taillights integrated into the lower body, and a slim chrome bumper against a plain, off-white background.

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Jimmy Lonetti @djgloverepair.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It's a Four Year Anniversary! Thanks to all, customers, friends and family, who have helped make D&J Glove Repair a success. Having the shop has allowed me to meet so many great people locally and across the country. I really can't thank everyone enough.

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Scorigami @nflscorigami.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

🏈 GB 22 - 39 MIN FINAL ✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1097th unique final score in NFL history.

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Gary Hornseth @garyhornseth.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Four book covers from the Gernsback Technical Library, a series of technical books and instructional manuals These from 1958-1963 Images: Hugo Gernsback Library on the World Radio History site; www.worldradiohistory.com/BOOKSHELF-AR...

1963
How to Build Tiny Electronic Circuits

Cover displaying a large, dark blue silhouette of a hand holding a tiny green circuit board. Tall green and white text at the top reads "HOW TO BUILD tiny ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS." The text "MINIATURIZATION by MORRIS MOSES" and "GERNSBACK LIBRARY NO. 117" are printed on the side.

1959
Rapid Radio Repair

Bold red cover featuring a faint electronic circuit diagram background. Massive white block letters dominate the front, reading "RAPID RADIO REPAIR" above the author name "G. WARREN HEATH." A green strip near the bottom reads "GERNSBACK LIBRARY BOOK No. 78" next to a "$2.90" price.

1958
Audio Design Handbook

High-contrast cover featuring massive text on a cream background. It reads "H. A. HARTLEY'S Audio Design HANDBOOK," alternating between bold red and dark green lettering. A green bar at the bottom displays "gernsback library no. 71" next to a "$2.90" price tag.

1958
Audio Measurements

Split design. The top half features a blue background with white and tall yellow text reading "NORMAN H. CROWURST / AUDIO MEASUREMENTS." The bottom half showcases an abstract wave pattern in yellow, blue, green, and white bands. "GERNSBACK LIBRARY No. 73" is printed at the bottom.

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Gary Hornseth @garyhornseth.bsky.social · 13/09/2024

Sept. 13, 1923: Minneapolis Star cartoonist Tom Foley foresees the idea of the drive-thru. The cartoon was prompted by a controversial new ordinance, quickly repealed, that reduced downtown Minneapolis street parking durations from 60 to 30 minutes.

A cartoon titled “We May Come to This” showing a row of parked cars alongside a block of multi-story downtown buildings. Merchants are rushing goods out to anxious people shouting orders from their cars — including jewelry and food. A motorist shouts “Make it brief, I’ve been here 29 minutes.” From second- and third-story windows, a lawyer and a music teacher interact with clients in cars. A chute delivers goods to the street from another high window. In the foreground a police officer stands looking at his watch.

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Gary Hornseth @garyhornseth.bsky.social · 12/09/2024

Sept. 12, 1920: Electrically baked bread at Witt’s Market House. (Minneapolis Tribune)

A small, simple newspaper ad showing a loaf of bread.

Copy:
Witt’s Bread
Electrically Baked

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Gary Hornseth @garyhornseth.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Covers, mid-1960s Tecnica Pratica (Milan), Italian hobbyist and technical magazine Images: Tecnica Pratica Collection via @archive.org; archive.org/details/Tecn...

January 1964: Illustration showing a man wearing a white lab coat and tie, behind a workbench, against a dark red background. To the left, he holds a long, fluorescent tube light vertically, which glows white and bright blue. A label at the bottom reads "Con il trasformatore di Tesla."

October 1966: A colorful, stylized illustration showcasing four electronic DIY projects. The background shows a house roof under a rain cloud and a green tree. Four project blocks are illustrated with text labels: a "Baby Alarm" intercom box, a "Segnalatore di pioggia" (rain detector) connected to an outdoor grid, an "Avvisatore d'incendio" (fire alarm), and a central blue "Interruttore elettronico automatico" (automatic electronic switch) with a glowing yellow light bulb attached to a door panel.

August 1966: A close-up photograph of home electronic hobby kits. In the foreground, several small circuit boards with silver metal transistors, resistors, and colorful wiring. Behind them stand rectangular panels made of colorful blue, green, yellow, and red perforated material. A bright yellow box in the bottom left corner features black and red text reading "KIT di transistor per 3 amplificatori."

May 1964: Cover illustration with a bold yellow and red split background. A man wearing a patterned blue sweater and black pants stands on the right, playing a sunburst-finish electric guitar. Superimposed on the left is a large, white technical schematic diagram detailing electronic circuitry. Bold white text across the bottom red section reads "Preamplificatore per chitarra elettrica."

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Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I would probably agree with that. On a temporary basis however, this should pass muster as it is in keeping with the original scheme.

Foshay with added text where there actually was one once: SUGAR IN RED

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Bob Mould @bobmouldmusic.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Limited edition SUGAR Minneapolis posters available exclusively at First Avenue!

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Gary Hornseth @garyhornseth.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Optional accessories, Pontiac GM Products of Canada, Ltd. 1969 Image: Car Brochures & Adverts Facebook Group Collection via @archive.org; archive.org/details/1_20...

A grid with twenty individual square panels showcasing vehicle options and features. Illustrated in a palette of reds, golds, and browns, each panel includes an italicized caption. The depicted items are Cruise control, Speed warning indicator, AM/FM radio, Remote-control mirror, Power accessories, Electric clock, Rear window defogger, Vacuum door locks, Electric trunk release, Light monitoring panel, Tilt steering wheel, Mirror-mounted map light, Air booster shocks, rear level control, Safe-T-Track differential, Stereo tape player, Door-edge guards, Rear fender skirts, Rally wheels, Underhood trunk lights, and Air conditioning.

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Gary Hornseth @garyhornseth.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Label Label Production Office Minneapolis Institute of Art

A small rectangular label reading LABEL PRODUCTION OFFICE, photographed Sept. 6, 2026 at 3:37 p.m.

A view of a full door set into a wall, upon which the label is seen in the upper half.

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Gary Hornseth @garyhornseth.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Ceiling, today, 3:19 p.m. Fountain Court Minneapolis Institute of Art

A view looking straight up at the high, arched ceiling of the Fountain Court inside the Minneapolis Institute of Art. The cream-colored ceiling is symmetrical with rows of decorative square panels with round patterns inside them. Decorative pillars meet the ceiling at the corners. At the center, a large window lets in soft light. Second floor balconies and entryways also visible.

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Stpaulighoul @stpauligrrrl.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Ron Kelsey is a Minnesota state fair treasure! I learned from Ron’s collection this year there is such a thing as sterile female corn. I think Ron’s wife Jeanne, also a treasure, said she thought it didn’t produce tassels?

A dozen or so vintage seed sacks hanging in the agriculture/horticulture building. In the center is a bag that says “male corn” and one that says “sterile female”

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Mike @mikeyashworth.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

The leaflet for the opening of one of the UK's greatest Brutalist buildings, Preston Bus Station, on 12 October 1969. The subject of a long campaign to save & restore, the bus station was finally Listed in 2013 & subsequently restored. #architecture @c20society.bsky.social ↘️ flic.kr/p/2swZJGZ

Passengers Guide to Preston Bus Station : Sunday 12 October 1969 : Preston Corporation Transport Department : Ribble Motor Services Limited : J. Fishwick & Sons : Preston : 1969 :

The Brutalist bus station in Preston, Lancashire, is now regarded as one of the great exemplars of its type. Constructed ostensibly as part of the putative Central Lancashire New Town the building was Keith Ingham and Charles Wilson of Building Design Partnership along with E. H. Stazicker and engineers Ove Arup.

As can be seen from the leaflet the station served the municipal operator Preston Corporation, the local bus and coach giant Ribble and the independent operator Fishwick's.

In the early 2000s there were various proposals to demolish the structure as part of a redevelopment scheme and various attempts were made by local and national amenity groups to List the station; due to the borough council's support for demolition and rejection of Listing these attempts stalled. However in 2013 the bus station was Listed by English Heritage and a comprehensive restoration programme was undertaken being completed in 2019.

The leaflet shows a sketch of the distinctive building with the four great gull wing car park sections, and a bus at the ground floor bus stands. The leaflet has a blue background relating to Preston Corporation's bus livery.

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Mike @mikeyashworth.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Modernity - speed - Southern Electric! The pre-nationalisation Southern Railway invested massively in electrification of suburban and, increasingly, in main lines pre-WW2. It promoted & sold the benefits using eye-catching graphics. 1937 Portsmouth Main Line timetable cover. flic.kr/p/2po42h7

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Mike @mikeyashworth.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

On 4 September 1962 the UK's last major tramway system was formally abandoned when the once mighty Glasgow Corporation Tramways held it's 'last day parade'. For many years the Transport Dept. issued guides to the city's municipal transport, this from 1937. #glasgow #transport ↘️ flic.kr/p/Tar3id

Seeing Glasgow by tram and bus 1937 - a handbook for visitors issued by the Corporation of Glasgow Transport Department. One of a series of guides, issued annually during the 1930s, to Glasgow and showing how to use the famous municipal transport system that then comprised one of the world's largest tram systems, a growing bus fleet and the Underground (now known as the Subway). This, the 1937 edition, is particuarly colourful and includes a rendition of one of the two protoype "Coronation' class cars that were constructed in the Corporation's workshops and that formed the basis of an order for 150 such trams that were described as being the most luxurious short stage carriage vehicles in Europe. The order came after a growing realisation that Glasgow's huge tram fleet was ageing as well as the need for additional capacity to manage passenger numbers expected during the Empire Exhibition that was to be held in the city in 1938. 1141 (with the five bay body that was not perpetuated on the main order) is seen in the special livery to celebrate the Coronation of George VI that took place that year and that gave this type of tram its name. The cover also has a logotype for GCT that looks vaguely like the symbol used for later trolleybuses. The booklet cover, seen on a desk, shows a car on a yellow backed landscape of a stylised St. George's Sq and City Chambers, lettering and title to top and lower edge on black panels.

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Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Historic seed sacks, Minnesota State Fair Ag-Hort Building, (Minneapolis division)

NORTHLAND
SEEDS
NORTHRUP KING & CO.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.
Design is a Canada goose flying, done in blue and yellow

BIG TEN
big 10
REG U. 5 PAT. OFF:
HYBRID SEED CORN
Field tested
General Mills, Inc.
FARM SERVICE DIVISION
DISTRIBUTOR
GENERAL OFFICES - MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA
Design is in U of M maroon and gold

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Uncommon Ephemera @uncommonephemera.org · 05/09/2026

Uncommon Ephemera is profiled in today's print edition of the New York Times as one of just a few archivists worldwide fighting to save #filmstrips. For more information on the work I'm doing or to support the project, visit uncommonephemera.org.

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Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Brutalist parking ramp detail: “7”

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