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["Oriental Limited" crossing the Mississippi River]

A proud name in Great Northern Railway passenger train service and history is the "Oriental Limited" a de luxe train seen here crossing the historic Stone Arch Bridge over the Mississippi River linking St. Paul and Minneapolis in 1912. This double-tracked bridge, which has 23 arches in its 1200-foot span, is the only structure upon which James J. Jill, the Empire Builder, permitted his name to be inscribed.

Date: 1912

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[The New World, 1992]

Scrapbook documenting the life of John Logan Briggs Jr. and his friends, including photographs, menus, business cards, clippings, and tickets. The scrapbook also contains photographs of his travels, social gatherings and "The Experience."John Logan Briggs Jr. is the creator of "The Experience," a self-discovery workshop for the LGBT community.

Date: 1992

Creator: Briggs, John Logan, Jr.

Item Type: Book

Location: 39.905667 -79.466141

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Clipping: History of wartime female pilots kept aloft by Chandelle project]

Photocopy of a newspaper clipping, spread across two pages, of an article about female pilot veterans starting the Chandelle project in which they will tell the stories of the Women Airforce Service Pilots and the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFs).

Date: unknown

Creator: Andrews, Terry

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Postcard of Gateway Park and Nicollet Hotel]

Postcard of a large brick hotel with white accents shadowing a white structure with a green dome. The back of the postcard adds, "Gateway Park houses the Gateway Tourist Bureau of the Minneapolis Civic and Commerce Association, where visitors may secure information about points of interest and travel conditions. To the left of the Nicollet Hotel, is Nicollet Avenue, known as the "Fifth Avenue of the Northwest" where many important mercantile establishments and smart shops are to be found. To th… more

Date: unknown

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[News Script: Mall]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of the green light which still has not been given in Dallas to the plan for an experiment pedestrian-mall in the downtown area.

Date: February 12, 1974, 6:00 p.m.

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Script