Brainerd Minnesota History
PHOTO FINDS
...and videos!
From time to time, new...old photos just turn up. Some come tucked within the pages of books, others come from residents who found them in a relative's belongings, perhaps sitting in a dresser drawer for decades.
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BELOW: 1896 William Jennings Bryan campaign stop in Brainerd
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​I found this inside of a book I ordered online. The back reads "​Wm. J. Bryan's special train at Brainerd-1896". Stamp: Wayne C. Olsen, 140 W Kent Road, Duluth, Minnesota 55812
BELOW: Laurel St. Bridge
I found this embedded in the pages of a 1946 Carl Zapffe Sr. book I bought online. It indicated it is theLaruel St. Bridge, but I am not sure. Reverse on the right. Anybody...Beuler?
VINTAGE VIDEO:
Little by little old film video is being converted to digital, and a lot of it winds up on YOUTUBE. As I find it, I'll plop it here.
2016/8/24: Thanks to Randy Powers for sharing and posting to YouTube this great 1989 "ancient" vid! The video was done by Randy's brother Alan Powers. It was a view as he was coming into town from Hwy. 25 north of Brainerd from the Merrifield area.
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Here is a dandy from the Ed Tom O'Brien family. Thanks to Ed Prozinski for sharing it on Andy's Facebook page, 6/20/2020:
Do you know how they say a picture is worth a thousand words? Look what one photo found!
Now enjoy this video that was made by a collaboration of sources, nicely rounded up by your local Brainerd Public Library!
2022/4/15: Frank McCarthy videos, digitized by his son John. Frank was a long-time Brainerd area Minnesota State Patrolman, and an avid home video buff!
1968 when Hubert Humphrey was in Brainerd – running for President
1968 color video of the Brainerd Train Depot being demolished
1964 video of the Brainerd Theater burning down (Baer Building)
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