Columbia Heights Historical Society
These photos are from the archives of the Columbia Heights Historical Society. Please contact Tom Sherohman at tshero@comcast.net or763-788-2905 if you have additional information or corrections regarding these photos.
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The original Immaculate Conception Church building on Quincy St. between 40th and 41st Avenues, was dedicated on December 8, 1925. The building was later incorporated as part of the school.
Columbia Heights State Bank. Looking north, toward 40th Ave and Central Ave NE from approximately the front of the Heights Theater. Early 1960's?
The Columbia Heights P.T.A. Choral Club in 1932. The members, as identified by Irene Parson in Columbia Heights: Bootstrap Town, are:
back row, left to right: Mrs. Ittner; Mrs. Helen Eckstrom: (?); Rosemary Warren; Harold Betts, director, (?); Lucille Hawkins; Mrs. R.J. Miller: Etta Goemann-Pott.
Front Row: Mrs. Archie Holets; Mrs. H. Deeble; Miss HelenHaberman; Beatrice Munton; Mrs. J.H. Betts; Mrs. O Winge; Mrs. Charles Oden; Mrs. Theodore Ostmoe; (?).
Can anyone help us identify the question marks?
Young Heights hockey players and coaches from approximately 1957.
The coaches are Dom Hebzynski on the far left of the back row, and Frenchy Von Dell on the right. In the front row, we believe the second from the left is Steve Mason, the third from the left Jim Von Dell.
Can anyone help identify the others?
The Columbia Heights Fire Auxiliary in 1939, ready to participate in the Columbia Heights Jubilee, The Jubilee was the predecessor of the Jamboree.
Those pictured, as identified by Irene Parsons in Columbia Heights: Bootstrap Town, are: Anita DeMars, Adina Ottem, Dorothea Ostmoe (Kraus) and Laura Burgoyne Schaefer.
The photo was taken at 40th Ave.and Mills St, from (approximately) the current location of Ollie’s Kitchen, with the old Fire Station in the background.
An aerial view of Columbia Heights in 1921 as seen from 40th Ave. and 5th St.. The large white building in the center, lower part of the picture is the Columbia Heights Hotel, built in 1907 and still there today.
Kassler’s Grocery and Dry Goods at 41st and Central. The photo taken from the current location of Wargo Park, probably in the early 1960's. Kassler’s served Columbia Heights shoppers from 1931 to 1970.
Most of these pictures, and many more can be seen in Columbia Heights: Bootstrap Town, A Social History by Irene Parsons. Available at the Columbia Heights Library, this outstanding book, is an essential read for anyone interested in Columbia Heights History.
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