September Membership Meeting Minutes

The September 22, 2015 Membership Meeting of the Robbinsdale Historical Society was called to order by President Diane Jacobson McGee. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited. The Minutes of the last meeting of the Society … Read more

True Confessions

In Robbinsdale we usually associate Captain Billy and Fawcett Publishing with our summer civic festival, Whiz Bang Days., but there was another magazine that helped put Robbinsdale’s publishing giant on the map. A couple years … Read more

File#FF035 Wilford Hamilton Fawcett (Captain Billy)

Record number 36 Identification Institution name Robbinsdale Historical Society Object number FF035 Number of parts 10 Distinguishing features Photos, Newspaper Articles, Recollection Object name and title Object category Family Files Object name Fawcett Title Captain … Read more

File#FF034 Whiz Bang Magazines

Record number 35 Identification Institution name Robbinsdale Historical Society Object number FF034 Number of parts 8 Distinguishing features Photos, Newspaper Articles, Booklets Object name and title Object category Family Files Object name Fawcett Title Whiz … Read more