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Vic Thorstenson

@vthorstenson.bsky.social

East Bank, Minneapolis. Former long-time MN legislative and state government staffer. I take pictures.

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Vince Mpls@vincempls.bsky.social · 4h ago

And this is not the first time here. In 1956 the City of St Paul evicts the residents of Swede Hollow, a railroad shantytown on downtown's eastern edge. 1000's of immigrants from many backgrounds had lived in this place since 1850. The homes are then burned to the ground by the Fire Department.

part of swede hollow, a jumble of wooden houses gathered along polluted Phalen/Trout Creek and the railroad lines, a large steel bridge above. Minnesota Historical Society.black and white photo of a burning house behind a picket fence. St Paul Pioneer Press
Norm Charlatan@normcharlatan.bsky.social · 6h ago

Convinced Kaoly Her is going ahead with this encampment sweep this morning despite almost everyone in the know telling her to delay because she thinks she’d otherwise appear politically weak. It’s awful of the mayor to put vulnerable people at greater risk just to try and save her political career.

Vic Thorstenson@vthorstenson.bsky.social · 3d ago

This group of shots was made in August 2007 on a Nikon D200, my first digital camera. The available stitching software, Autopano, was early-gen too. About 5 years later, I made another stitch using the same images, and upgraded software with improved image quality.

The collapsed 35W bridge, made from seven different images and stitched together in 2012.
Vic Thorstenson@vthorstenson.bsky.social · 3d ago

Multiple image stitched panorama of the full bridge, taken from the 10th Avenue Bridge. I think if you right-click on the image and select "open in new tab" you can zoom in and see a lot of detail, (at least in Firefox.)

The full collapsed 35W bridge, with downtown Minneapolis in the background.
Vince Mpls@vincempls.bsky.social · 3d ago

#OnThisDay Aug 2 1928: President Calvin Coolidge visits the Hull-Rust-Mahoning Mine at Hibbing Minnesota, the largest open pit iron mine in the world. Many expected an historic speech, but "silent Cal" just watched the shovels and trains, said "that’s a pretty big hole," and left.

The vast mine pit in 1941 looking a lot like the grand canyon in black and white, photo by John Vachon for the Office of War Information, Library of CongressNewsreel still image of Coolidge on the special presidential viewing stand. Moving Image Research Collections, University of South Carolina
Vince Mpls@vincempls.bsky.social · 5d ago

#OnThisDay July 31 1914: Eric Wickman, a 27-year-old Swedish immigrant laid off from his job, founds Greyhound Bus Lines in Hibbing, Minnesota. By 1935 it was carrying 652 million people annually, surpassing the passenger volume of all the Class I American railroads, combined.

the 1935 greyhound map of the US primarily in yellow, with black lines fanning out from Minnesota, Chicago, and other major cities.