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A Life on Lake Street: Carol Blair of Soderberg’s
May 25, 2011
From delivering flowers as a first date with her now-husband to buying the store in the 1970s, Soderberg’s Floral at 33rd & Lake was at the center of Carol Blair’s life for decades. Hear what it was like!
Stan Saterstrom of Narum’s Shoes remembers his store
November 02, 2010
Stan Saterstrom and his brother-in-law took over Narum’s Shoes from their father-in-law, and ran it for 40 years until it closed in 1986. He remembers the store, his customers, and the Chicago-Lake business community.
Oral History with Harvey Winje
October 14, 2010
Harvey Winje: Lifetime South Minneapolis resident, editor of The Alley newspaper, and now oral historian! Here, he talks about the bikes, cars, and tractors that were part of his Lake Street experience growing up.
Oral history with Volunteers of America’s Bill Nelson
July 07, 2010
For our latest oral history video, we interviewed Bill Nelson from Volunteers of America about his memories of growing up at 36th & Lake. His attended school at St. Albert the Great, he remembers going to the fire station on Minnehaha (now Patrick’s Cabaret) to get sugar rations during World War II, and his father worked at Minneapolis Moline. Check it out!
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Oral history with Kathleen Clarke Anderson
June 10, 2010
Kathleen Anderson was a longtime staffer for Congressman Martin Sabo during the over two decades he represented Minneapolis in the U.S. Congress. She grew up in Longfellow, a few blocks south of Lake Street, and has many fond memories of those times. In this oral history interview, she recalls her friend working at a Lake Street ice cream shop, a roller rink in Uptown, and going on a date at the El Lago theater, amongst other things. Enjoy!
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