Where do Cooties Come From? Robbinsdale!

William Herbert Schaper (1914-1980) of Robbinsdale was a postman and a fisherman who enjoyed making his own fishing lures. While sitting on his front porch one day in 1948, he whittled a wooden lure that … Read more

The Robbinsdale Bakery and the Cootie Bug

  Alice Norman, pictured, was Manager of the Robbinsdale Bakery, located at 4142 West Broadway. The bakery was owned by the Schaper family. William H. Schaper’s primary business was manufacturing small commercial popcorn machines. In … Read more