Souvenir Daytonian Dayton's 50 Year 1902-1952 Souvenir Booklet W Envelope

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Souvenir Daytonian Dayton's Only 50 Year 1902-1952 Souvenir Booklet 8 5/8" X 11 5/8" 30 pages
N 1902, when the store was opened at
Nicollet and Seventh, this corner was on
the south fringe of the Minneapolis business district. A dwelling
house occupied the property next to the store on Seventh Street.
In 1952, Only 50 years later, the busy center of activity at Nicollet
progress
and Seventh is, in a sense, a responsive measure of the
of the entire Northwest during this period.
The important years of the half-century from 1902 to 1952 have
been marked by industrial and cultural advances affecting everyone.
It is a pleasure, therefore, to dedicate this 5oth anniversary issue
of the DAYTONIAN to everyone--young and old. We believe this
souvenir issue will be a valuable source of information and a
pictorial record of the growth and accomplishments of the Northwest.
To some of us, this DAYTONIAN holds precious memories of the past;
to others of us, it carries a challenge to match the vision and faith and
courage of men who
substance to a dream.
gave
To all of you, our good friends and neighbors of the Northwest, we express
our gratitude on this milestone by saying thank you for the generous part you
have played in the growth of The Dayton Company.
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you see The Dayton Company
of its founding
Here
the
. and as it is today in 1952.
as it was in
1902,
year
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HE great agricultural Northwest was a bountiful
source of food before the advent of the
twentieth century. After the First World War, however,
a new agricultural development brought mechaniza-
tion to the farm and production zoomed. But
it remained for World War II to demonstrate
the unbelievable capacity of the American Farm
plant. In 1900, for instance, one farm worker sup-
ported 8.05 persons. Today, that single worker
supports more than 15 people! Little wonder,
then, that America feeds her own people well
and still has enough food to send to
others in the four corners of the earth.
Here is a nutshell picture of the
Northwest's contribution to the
world's dinner table . . .
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"Old Main" and the
Carnegie Science
Hall at Macalester
College, a coeduca-
tional liberal arts
college in St. Paul
O'Shaughnessy Hall
at St. Thomas College,
a Catholic liberal
arts college for
young men in
St. Paul.
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Holland Hall,
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science and adminis-
com
tration building at
St. Olaf, a
Norwegian Lutheran
college at Northfield.
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Engineering building of the University of
Minnesota's Department of Agriculture,
located in St. Paul. It is one of the nation's
finest agricultural schools.
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The largest open pit iron mine in the world
is located at Hibbing-"the Iron Ore Capital."
The mining industry has a payroll
of ,000,000. More than 18,000 Minne-
sota workers are engaged in mining and
quarrying today.
|HE people of the Northwest have
always been extremely industrious by
nature. Minnesota, for example, with a popula-
tion of just under 3,000,000 people, has experienced
a job peak of 830,650 workers. Add to this total
the some 300,000 agricultural workers and it
will be seen that over a third of all Minnesotans
are gainfully employed. Here shown are some
of the major occupations.
With Minneapolis a leading manufacturing and
distribution center for farm tractors and other
agricultural implements, thousands of Northwest
workers are engaged in this important industry.
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ROM the days of the pioneers, the people of the Northwest
have been devout church members. Their sincere faith helped
give them the courage to develop this rich agricultural empire.
Today, well over 750 churches representing every denomination,
are active in Minneapolis, St. Paul and their suburbs. An up-
surge in church construction which followed World War II
found many congregations choosing ultra modern architecture,
or a combination of the best in modern and traditional architec-
ture, as a means of reducing building costs.
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Ice Palace at St. Paul's popular Winter Car-
nival which takes over the city for ten
days each year in late January and early
February.
The Aqua Follies are featured in the
Minneapolis Aquatennial, held an-
nually in July. Parades, contests,
sporting events and musical attrac-
tions draw thousands of visitors.
Named the outstanding basketball player of
the past 50 years, George Mikan of the
Lakers has helped make Minneapolis the "bas-
ketball capital of the nation."
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Each summer,
thousands of men,
women and children
love to "spend the
day" picnicking,
dancing and doing the
rides at Excelsior Park
"By the Waters of
Minnetonka."
The old pavilion
at Lake Harriet
in 1912. For
many Minne-
apolitans, Harriet
remains their
favorite lake.
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The Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, famous the world
around, will start its 50th year next fall. Almost 5,000
concerts have been played at home and on tour in 45
states and in Canada and Cuba. Preceded by four
other eminent conductors, Emil Oberhoffer, Henri Ver-
brugghen, Eugene Ormandy and Dimitri Mitropoulos,
the capable Antal Dorati (inset), now heads the
orchestra. The orchestra's first radio performance was
sponsored by Dayton's in celebrating the store's 25th
anniversary.