Early Elim
Picture, if you will, this little community of Robbinsdale, Minnesota in the year of 1922 when the population was around 1,000. It did not have too much to offer people in the way of cultural … Read more
Jeff Vick
Alphabet Streets
In the middle of the 1920’s the names of Robbinsdale’s streets were changed to eliminate duplication and create a unified alphabetical system between the villages of Crystal, Golden Valley, and Robbinsdale. Villas Avenue (below) became … Read more
Slow and Steady Robbinsdale
The image at the top of the page features a Parker’s School postcard from Jeff Vick’s collection. This post is the third part of a series based on an A+ history paper Roberta Lee … Read more
On Noble Avenue Then and Now
The Robbinsdale Village Council minutes record some street name changes in 1915. “County Road” (now Shoreline) was changed to Lake Street, to be a continuation of the then Lake Street (now 40th Avenue North) to … Read more
Pick it up at Welna Ace Hardware!
Support your local historical society and your local hardware store by picking up one of our books at Coast to Coast, I mean, Welna Ace Hardware 4140 West Broadway in beautiful, downtown Robbinsdale! Check out … Read more
Postcards from the Past
Not quite in time for Christmas, our new postcard collection is available at the Robbinsdale Historical Society! Pick up a little book of 15 Robbinsdale postcard reproductions you can tear out and mail! Amuse and … Read more
Through Service Streetcars
1914 The November 1, 1914, Minneapolis Tribune describes the new through street-car service just inaugurated. ‘It leaves Hennepin and Sixth Street and arrives thirty minutes later in Robbinsdale, at the end of a 3800-foot … Read more
The Robbinsdale Tellit
1908 The year 1908 was a busy one for Robbinsdale. Many citizens wanted better streetcar service and streetcars, so the village council had many contacts with the Twin City Railway Company and got promises … Read more
Our Little Boomtown
1889 Mr. Robbins’ second business in Robbinsdale was a street car factory. It was near the car barn on Hubbard Avenue. The new factory began work on October 15, 1889, and by December 19, … Read more