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Excelsior Commons Image Collection

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• Print, Photographic
• SP-CO1
• Excelsior Commons
• A baseball game on the Excelsior Commons with cars in the foreground and the Amusement Park in the background. Date on back of picture 6-21-25 (Bitting).... View Full Record
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• Print, Photographic
• SP-CO2
• Excelsior Beach Slide
• Looking down at the lake from the top of the slide at Excelsior Beach in the Excelsior Commons.... View Full Record
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• Print, Photographic
• SP-CO3
• Skating on Lake Minnetonka
• Skating on Lake Minnetonka at Excelsior Commons area.... View Full Record
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• Print, Photographic
• SP-CO4
• Excelsior Bath House
• People at the pavillion at the Commons. On the back of picture:" Bath House Platform. May 1987".... View Full Record
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• Card, Cabinet
• SP-CO5
• Excelsior Lake Front
• Post Card of Excelsior Lake Front - looking towards the Commons. Postcard no. 90117.... View Full Record
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• Print, Photographic
• SP-CO6
• Slide at Excelsior Beach
• Slide at Excelsior Beach at the Commons. There are two similar pictures in one sleeve. The water slide was reconstructed around 1914 on the point between Excelsior and Gideon's Bays and remained there until at least 1933. From "Excelsior's Waterfront... View Full Record
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• Print, Photographic
• SP-CO7
• Slide at Excelsior Beach
• Someone at the very end of the slide at Excelsior Beach at the Commons. On back of picture: Evelyn Brackett (Lyman) picture. Toboggan Chute/Water Slide c1905. The water slide was reconstructed c 1914 on the point between Excelsior and Gideon's Bays w... View Full Record
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• Print, Photographic
• SP-CO8
• Excelsior Beach
• People swimming at Excelsior beach at the Commons On back of picture: Evelyn Brackett (Lyman) picture.... View Full Record
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• Card, Cabinet
• SP-CO9
• Commons Scene at Lake Minnetonka
• Post card scene at Lake Minnetonka - Commons. The postmark date on it is 1945. This shows the recently fill lagoon (foreground) and the former site of the Excelsior Commons Pavilion that was demolished in 1933. From "Excelsior's Waterfront-The Histo... View Full Record
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• Print, Photographic
• SP-CO10
• Excelsior Lake Front Scene
• A boat pulling into the Excelsior dock as children wait for it. Observe the swimming platform in the background. Original taken on 6-21-24.... View Full Record
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• Print, Photographic
• SP-CO11
• Excelsior Beach and Slide
• Person diving off of the dive platform at Excelsior Beach and Slide at Excelsior Commons. Original of P-CO17.... View Full Record
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• Card, Cabinet
• SP-CO12
• Excelsior Commons
• Post Card of a car parked on Lake Street by the Commons. On front of Post Card "Lake Minnetonka" Excelsior, Minn.... View Full Record
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• Print, Photographic
• SP-CO13
• Excelsior Commons
• Man and woman walking up the hill from the Commons. C1930... View Full Record
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• Print, Photographic
• SP-CO14
• Excelsior Beach
• Excelsior beach scene in the Commons with one man looking back at the camera and slide on left side.... View Full Record
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• Print, Photographic
• SP-CO15
• Excelsior Pavillion
• Steton's Blue Line Cafe off of Lake St.The original structure was done c 1881. Stetson had moved his Stetson's Cedar Lake Park and Blue Line Boat Company from Cedar Lake in Minneapolis to Excelsior. His new boat house offered boats, fishing tackle, b... View Full Record
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• Print, Photographic
• SP-CO16
• Excelsior Commons
• Main Lake (Lower Lake) of Lake Minnetonka at Excelsior Commons. This photo shows the lagoon at the Commons before it was filled in. In the background is the pavilion which was built in 1923.... View Full Record
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• Print, Photographic
• 57110_1725h
• First Street 15
• First Street 15, Plat Number 57110, Parcel Number 1725, Lot 64. 1956 House Assessor photograph.... View Full Record