PICK OF THE ARCHIVES (reprinted from Fall 2001 Generations ) by Judy Sherman
Meyer Papermaster donated a photo album put together by his mother when she was Bessie Bank commemorating her summer employment as a play-ground supervisor at Sumner Field in North Minneapolis in 1919, and 1920. It's a charming evocation of city park life, with candid photos of children and teenagers, and group photos of the City Champion Volleyball and Junior Kitten Ball teams. There are programs of events such as a July 5, 1920 "Sane Fourth Celebration," which included a Kiddy Car Race, a boxing match and a community sing. Bessie clipped and saved newspaper items and photos describing a pie eating contest, a doll buggy parade, and a "Marshmallow Chew." The hand-bound album is in surprisingly good condition, and the photos are still vivid with most of the subjects identified.
“Some Bunch” Bessie Bank and friends at Sumner Field.
Charlene Newburg donated a large collection of photos and mementos documenting the history of the Agrant (and Obstfeld, Leibowitz, Chasnoff and Brown) family of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, primarily from the 1890s to the 1930s, many of them collected by her aunt, Jeanette Agrant. Particularly interesting are early photos of family members and scenes from Sioux Falls. Jeanette's father had a thriving jewelry store during the time when Sioux Falls was the quick-divorce Reno of its day.
Agrant Jewelry Store, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 1927
