For immediate release
Jessica Kohen, 651-259-3148, jessica.kohen@mnhs.org
Lauren Peck, 651-259-3137, lauren.peck@mnhs.org
First Avenue: Images
These images may be used for editorial purposes in magazines, newspapers and online to promote “First Avenue: Stories of Minnesota’s Mainroom,” opening May 4, 2019, at the Minnesota History Center. Credit information is listed.
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Greyhound Bus Depot, located at First Avenue North and Seventh Street, Minneapolis, about 1937. Photograph by Charles W. Howson Company, MNHS collections Download high-res image (1.63 MB) |
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First Avenue & 7th St. Entry in 1990. Photo/Daniel Corrigan Download high-res image (1.48 MB) |
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Disco dancers at Uncle Sam’s, about 1977. Photograph by Steven Laboe Download high-res image (1.15 MB) |
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Bass drum used by Grant Hart of Hüsker Dü with handwritten lyrics to the song “Diane” from the album Metal Circus, released in 1983. MNHS collections Download high-res image (1.09 MB) |
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Clothing worn by Prince in the movie “Purple Rain,” 1984. MNHS collections, gift of PRN production Download high-res image (986.45 KB) |
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First Avenue calendar from July 1986.
MNHS collections Download high-res image (1.27 MB) |
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Run Westy Run. 7th Street Entry, late ‘90s.
Photograph by Jay Smiley Download high-res image (1.04 MB) |
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Doomtree purchased this van in 2011 to go on tour. They donated it to the exhibit and it has been transformed into a multimedia piece about “getting to the gig.”
Photograph by Dessa Download high-res image (107.65 KB) |
