Thursday, November 09, 2006

Ah, Those Were the Days!

Another indoor mural at the Blair Arcade. Today in MN History:-1913-Day two of the three-day Great Storm of 1913, which kills 251 people on the Great Lakes (forty-four on Lake Superior) and sinks seventeen boats. (Historical information taken from the MN Historical Society's website: mnhs.org)

14 comments:

  1. J'ADORE, vraiment superbe cette serie. ENCORE.

    I LOVE, superb this series. STILL.

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  2. i like this one. the snow on it, reminds me of some cartoon on tv.

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  3. Looks to me like the perfect mural for this time of the year!

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  4. wonderful work , again!
    Kate, St. paul has great murals . would be nice to see them as slideshows

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  5. beautiful murals you have there!!

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  6. I'm enjoying this series. I'm a big fan of American Primitive painting. I have a couple paintings I bought at auction in upstate NY in the style. They were painted in the late 1700's or early 1800's by an itinerant artist who travelled from farm to farm painting portraits, landscapes, and animals for a few pennies each.

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  7. a great serie of mural pics :D

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  8. These murals are all delightful! Great series!

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  9. A horsedrawn carriage, a driver, city life - those were once considered luxuries, weren't they. This mural reminds me of all the conveniences (and warmth) I enjoy in 2006. Thanks, Kate.

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  10. Another beautiful mural. It wouldn't take much to turn this into the Christmas scene.

    Kris has a good idea. It would be wonderful to see them in a slide show.

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  11. Anonymous3:51 PM

    lovely scene on this one Kate.

    very sad event from 1913.

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  12. Hi

    Just found your blog, I noticed the post about triangular buildings, I posted a pic of a triangular building in Vancouver, BC, Canada on October 25.
    The Europa hotel is close to the waterfront and its clients would have come off the ships in the harbour, now it has been coverted to low cost rental.
    I will return to your blogs

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  13. Hi, The Great Lakes are famous for storms that sink ships, a more recent sinking was the Edmund Fitzgerald, sank Nov 10 1975 with 29 crew and emortalized in the song by Canadian singer, Gordon Lightfoot
    look at this website about the ship and crew
    http://www.ssefo.com/

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  14. Really pleasant murals !

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