BOOK INFORMATION

STEW THORNLEY, Author
Six Feet Under: A Graveyard Guide to Minnesota

Stew Thornley made his second Hamline Midway History Corps Speaker Series appearance on Thursday, November 15, 2007. Six Feet Under: A Graveyard Guide to Minnesota offers a “haunting tour of the final resting places of famous and infamous Minnesotans in their home state.”

Thornley has written several books including Baseball in Minnesota: The Definitive History (Minn. Historical Society Press, 2006) and co-author of Minnesota Hoops: Basketball in the North Star State.

Links: (all open in new browser window)

• Book info via the Minn. Historical Society Press
• Find A Grave Web site: Browse Minnesota
• Stew's page on Baseball Hall of Fame Gravesites

HOLCOMB-HENRY-BOOM FUNERAL HOME

Holcomb-Henry-Boom Funeral Home at 536 Snelling Avenue N. shared the following vintage photos with the History Corps. A brief history of the Hamline Midway's only funeral home can be found on the HHB Web site here.

An early photo of 536 Snelling Avenue North, circa 1920s

Undated A.E. Henry Funeral Home photo believed to be from the late 1940s.
Note the brick street (Snelling Aveune) and streetcar tracks.

A slightly later photo of A.E. Henry Funeral Home, possibly from the mid-to-late 1950s.
Note the newer paving on Snelling, the absence of streetcar tracks, and the "modern" streetlight.

Vintage photos courtesy of Holcomb-Henry-Boom Funeral Home