How Do You Relocate History?
We recently moved more than a century of history when the General Mills Corporate Archives relocated. Know what that means? TIME MACHINE!!! All the items you see on our Tumblr come from the Archives team, they rock! Want to see behind the scenes?? Peek here.
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This guest book was from the Pillsbury “A” Mill in Minneapolis, Minnesota. On Wednesday, April 1, 1885, several visitors checked in. Savvy Minnesota history watchers will notice one particular name on the list – James J. Hill, a railroad executive whose vast, grand mansion is a St. Paul landmark.
Fashionable Flour Sacks
These 1953 Gold Medal Flour sacks did double duty – once they were emptied of flour, the printed fabric could be made into dresses, shirts or costumes for adults and kids alike.
Gold Medal Joker
This set of vintage playing cards from 1910 celebrated all the goodness of Gold Medal Flour. Aces were wild.
Seventy Five Harvests Old
This Pillsbury ad from 1944 celebrated 75 pioneering years dedicated to the service of womankind. Evidently, this was before the days where men set foot into a kitchen to bake anything.
A Bustling Mill District
This gorgeous color illustration from 1910 depicts the bustling Minneapolis, Minnesota “Mill District,” powered by the mighty Mississippi River.
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