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A large group of people, mostly dressed in coats and hats, are inside the mall. In the middle of the crowd is a light-skinned man wearing a suit speaking into a microphone. There is a small gazebo-like structure behind him. To the left is Woolworth's, with a sign in the window that says

Eastland Mall transformed Twin Cities

“A shopping trip takes on all of the glamour and excitement of the space age when you visit the...

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Death on the Mother Road Rural Logan County, September 1935

On Sunday, September 22, 1935, one person was killed just before 6:00 a.m. when a southbound Gr...

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Museum Square Becomes First Site for International Artist EMEMEM's U.S. Debut

If you're walking along the east side of the Museum Square, you might see a glimmer of som...

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Route 66 Hit-and-Run Towanda, May 1948

In the early morning hours of May 19, 1948, a hit-and-run truck driver knocked down two gasolin...

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Veterans Parkway as the Route 66 ‘Beltline’ December 1960

This aerial, looking due north, shows the corner of Route 66 (“D”) and Route 9 / Empire Street ...

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Route 66

Originally called Highway 4, Route 66 was one of the first roads in the nation’s numbered highw...

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