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Youa Vang

In Our Collection shares the pieces acquired by Ramsey County Historical Society. The collection contains tens of thousands of pieces, including archives, books, objects, and photographs, which are maintained by Director of…

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2025

Ramsey County History Spring 2025

Andrea Swensson, Chia Youyee Vang, PhD, Janice R. Quick, Pete Boulay

Ramsey County History Spring 2025 Volume 60, No. 2: Spring 2025 Chia Youyee Vang, PhD, Janice R. Quick, Pete Boulay Link to download PDF of full Ramsey County History Spring 2025 Articles in this issue: Reflections from the 1.5 Generation Fifty Years of Hmong Lives in Ramsey County…

A History of Drive-in Movie Theaters in Ramsey County

Pete Boulay

The Rose sat at the corner of Snelling Avenue and County Road C in Roseville from 1948 to 1979, and was Ramsey County’s first drive-in movie theater. Photo by Robert Murphy. “First Show at Dusk” By Pete Boulay To see this complete magazine article with endnotes and additional images,…

Three Extraordinary Years in St. Paul Millinery: 1908, 1909, 1911

Janice R. Quick

A 1908 newspaper ad for Philipsborn’s featured line drawings of lovely urbane ladies wearing elaborately decorated hats and “dainty silk dresses” priced from $16.50 to $25, the equivalent of $566 to $857 in today’s economy. In the St. Paul Pioneer Press, May 17, 1908. Feather Frenzy By Janice R. Quick…

Fifty Years of Hmong Lives in Ramsey County

Chia Youyee Vang, PhD

My mother bought Green Hmong skirts for her (middle), my younger sister Mao (right), and me. She made the shirts, sashes, and my headwear. This was taken in August 1981 in the back of our first home on Marshall Avenue in St. Paul. In winter, Mao and I wore these…

Ramsey County History Winter 2025

Andrea Swensson, Youa Vang, Meredith Cummings, Rebecca E. Bender

Ramsey County History Winter 2025 Volume 60, No. 1: Winter 2025 Andrea Swensson, Youa Vang, Meredith Cummings, Rebecca E. Bender Link to download PDF of full Ramsey County History Winter 2025   Articles in this issue: The Women Who Have Shaped the Ramsey County Historical Society Author: Andrea Swensson,…

In Our Collection – Lao Refugee Orientation Handbook and Hmong Embroidery, Paj ntaub, Story Cloth

Youa Vang

Donated by: Youa VangAcquired: 2024RCHS Collection: 2025.7 In Our Collection shares the pieces acquired by Ramsey County Historical Society. The collection contains tens of thousands of pieces, including archives, books, objects, and photographs, which are maintained by Director of Collections and Exhibitions, Mollie Spillman, in downtown St. Paul.

In Our Collection – Minnesota Frost Maddie Rooney’s Signed Goalie Stick

Youa Vang

Donated by: The Minnesota frostAcquired: 2024RCHS Collection: 2025.1.4 In Our Collection shares the pieces acquired by Ramsey County Historical Society. The collection contains tens of thousands of pieces, including archives, books, objects, and photographs, which are maintained by Director of Collections and Exhibitions, Mollie Spillman, in downtown St.

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St. Paul’s Forgotten Radio Pioneer Maurice G. Goldberg

Rebecca E. Bender

“St. Paul Radioman” M.G. Goldberg was photographed working at his Beacon Radio Service Shop, 142 East Fourth Street, St. Paul. In Radio and Television Retailing, December 1944. Catching Waves: St. Paul’s Forgotten Radio Pioneer Maurice G. Goldberg By Rebecca E. Bender To see this complete magazine article with endnotes…