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Minnesotan Progressive. I like maps. Alt hist project in progress. he/him 💖💜💙
Creston IA 1890/Sioux City 1890/Sioux City 1891/Mitchell SD 1892
December 22, 2024 at 6:21 PM
Creston IA 1890/Sioux City 1890/Sioux City 1891/Mitchell SD 1892
Midwesterners, what corn palace are you feeling like today?
Sioux City 1887/Sioux City 1888/Creston IA 1889/Sioux City 1889
Sioux City 1887/Sioux City 1888/Creston IA 1889/Sioux City 1889
December 22, 2024 at 6:21 PM
Midwesterners, what corn palace are you feeling like today?
Sioux City 1887/Sioux City 1888/Creston IA 1889/Sioux City 1889
Sioux City 1887/Sioux City 1888/Creston IA 1889/Sioux City 1889
Municipal boundary changes in St. Paul MN. It capped out in 1887, just 40 years after its founding.
November 26, 2024 at 1:41 AM
Municipal boundary changes in St. Paul MN. It capped out in 1887, just 40 years after its founding.
Another article in that paper, with the old logo of the Democratic Party also known as "the Democracy"
November 19, 2024 at 7:20 AM
Another article in that paper, with the old logo of the Democratic Party also known as "the Democracy"
Headline on the day after the 1884 election, Saint Paul Daily Globe, 11/5/1884. The NYT has nothing on this.
November 19, 2024 at 7:18 AM
Headline on the day after the 1884 election, Saint Paul Daily Globe, 11/5/1884. The NYT has nothing on this.
Saint Paul's Upper Landing neighborhood in 1958, taken from the High Bridge. Same angle from 2011.
November 19, 2024 at 5:06 AM
Saint Paul's Upper Landing neighborhood in 1958, taken from the High Bridge. Same angle from 2011.
The glorious 1964 Illinois House of Representatives election. The state failed to redistrict so they elected everyone at large. How they did it led to the monstrous vote totals. Here is a sample ballot of it I got from my grandma that I uploaded to Wikipedia.
November 18, 2024 at 3:23 PM
The glorious 1964 Illinois House of Representatives election. The state failed to redistrict so they elected everyone at large. How they did it led to the monstrous vote totals. Here is a sample ballot of it I got from my grandma that I uploaded to Wikipedia.
Saint Paul MN historic wards and which Census year they peaked in population. Yep, the 2020 numbers are accurate within a city block. Ward 8 has the * because it included Ward 12 before 1910. The downtown wards once had ~25k total living there.
November 18, 2024 at 3:31 AM
Saint Paul MN historic wards and which Census year they peaked in population. Yep, the 2020 numbers are accurate within a city block. Ward 8 has the * because it included Ward 12 before 1910. The downtown wards once had ~25k total living there.
Federal interstate plans for Matowa Minnesota. Every freeway planned was built, and then some. The results were catastrophic, as the city dropped from a high of 1.4 million in 1960 to just 607k in 2010.
November 17, 2024 at 3:22 AM
Federal interstate plans for Matowa Minnesota. Every freeway planned was built, and then some. The results were catastrophic, as the city dropped from a high of 1.4 million in 1960 to just 607k in 2010.
We don't make posters like this anymore
November 16, 2024 at 10:39 PM
We don't make posters like this anymore
The 1964 Minnesota State House election. While LBJ won 64% statewide, the DFL netted 0 seats. Their gains in cities and Central MN were stripped by losses in rural S MN and in Duluth. Added, a flip in 30E was overturned due to the candidate's fake news about the incumbent.
October 18, 2024 at 7:25 PM
The 1964 Minnesota State House election. While LBJ won 64% statewide, the DFL netted 0 seats. Their gains in cities and Central MN were stripped by losses in rural S MN and in Duluth. Added, a flip in 30E was overturned due to the candidate's fake news about the incumbent.
For all you Kaiserreich fans out there, enjoy this portrait of the famous President of China, Chen Jiongming (1930-1948) of the Public Interest Party.
November 4, 2023 at 9:54 PM
For all you Kaiserreich fans out there, enjoy this portrait of the famous President of China, Chen Jiongming (1930-1948) of the Public Interest Party.
1918 Minneapolis Mayoral race. The incumbent Socialist mayor lost reelection but helped create a progressive coalition that Hubert Humphrey would later win with. Van Lear would help found the Farmer Labor Party which reshaped Minnesota.
September 18, 2023 at 8:07 PM
1918 Minneapolis Mayoral race. The incumbent Socialist mayor lost reelection but helped create a progressive coalition that Hubert Humphrey would later win with. Van Lear would help found the Farmer Labor Party which reshaped Minnesota.
Reposting here, this is the 1962 Minnesota legislative elections. There were nonpartisan ballots but it was a two horse race. The DFL won the governor's race with a tiny margin, but flopped in the malapportioned legislature. It was redistricted barely after 55 years in 1959 for 1962.
September 12, 2023 at 3:24 AM
Reposting here, this is the 1962 Minnesota legislative elections. There were nonpartisan ballots but it was a two horse race. The DFL won the governor's race with a tiny margin, but flopped in the malapportioned legislature. It was redistricted barely after 55 years in 1959 for 1962.
I don't want twitter to die
July 1, 2023 at 5:50 PM
I don't want twitter to die
