It is raining with lightning and thunder in Minneapolis today. Taking my cue from the weather, I’ll share another mysterious “M” numbered negative from the Bell Museum of Natural History records: – Stub of Pine tree splintered by lightning, Itasca…
– Common toad croaking, 1937, Minneapolis – Swamp tree frog croaking, 1937, New Brighton – Swamp tree frog croaking, 1937, New Brighton (From the negatives in the Bell Museum of Natural History records)…
While I don’t claim to have a photographic memory, my work over the past several months on the Exploring Minnesota’s Natural History project has fine-tuned my ability to remember images. Having viewed over 12,000 images from negatives, lantern slides, and…
Yesterday, February 5th, was National Weatherperson’s Day, a holiday that honors the birth of John Jeffries, one of the first men in America to record daily weather observations, which he began doing in 1774. While the never ending below-zero temperatures…
Last week, I shared a post about a little quirk we’ve encountered with the collection of negatives in the Bell Museum of Natural History records. A set of negatives, contained within the last six drawers of the 56 drawers that…