Woodblock print on paper titled “Flower King” made by Minnesota artist Gary Egger for the Dayton’s Bluff Print of the Month Club in 1980.

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An unglazed ceramic platter made by Minnesota artist Richard Bresnahan in the late 1980s.

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A bright yellow Minnesota DNR “Roadsides for Wildlife” metal sign. Circa 1988.

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The new MNHS exhibit Sights, Sounds and Soul: Twin Cities Through the Lens of Charles Chamblis opens this Saturday, April 26 so all this week we will post just a few of the over 2000 Charles Chamblis photographs we have in our collection.

In this photograph you can see disk jockey Bernard “Short Lunch” Walker working at P.J. Clarke’s in 1982.

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For more information on the whole collection of Charles Chamblis photographs, please view the finding aid here.

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The new MNHS exhibit Sights, Sounds and Soul: Twin Cities Through the Lens of Charles Chamblis opens this Saturday, April 26 so all this week we will post just a few of the over 2000 Charles Chamblis photographs we have in our collection.

In this photograph you can see the band Sweet Taste of Sin performing at the Jet-Away Club in 1985.

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For more information on the whole collection of Charles Chamblis photographs, please view the finding aid here.

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The new MNHS exhibit Sights, Sounds and Soul: Twin Cities Through the Lens of Charles Chamblis opens this Saturday, April 26 so all this week we will post just a few of the over 2000 Charles Chamblis photographs we have in our collection.

In this photograph you can see Chico Harris (a.k.a. Chico Fatfingers) and Kyle Ray posing with an Isley Brothers record at the Hot Licks store in 1980.

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For more information on the whole collection of Charles Chamblis photographs, please view the finding aid here.

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The new MNHS exhibit Sights, Sounds and Soul: Twin Cities Through the Lens of Charles Chamblis opens this Saturday, April 26 so all this week we will post just a few of the over 2000 Charles Chamblis photographs we have in our collection.

In this photograph taken around 1985, former Minnesota Viking Chuck Foreman signs an autograph before heading out for a bike ride with his son Jay at Lake Calhoun.

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For more information on the whole collection of Charles Chamblis photographs, please view the finding aid here.

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From family reunions to the nightclub scene, there is no one who documented the Twin Cities Black community like Charles Chamblis. Affectionately called “The Pictureman,” he had a passion for photography and a knack for being everywhere at the right time. The Minnesota Historical Society is thrilled to have a collection of over 2,000 of his images documenting life in the 1970-1980s.

Sights, Sounds and Soul: Twin Cities Through the Lens of Charles Chamblis is a new exhibit of his work, opening at the Minnesota Historical Society on April 26, 2014.

And join us for Retrorama: a celebration of fashion of the 70-80s on May 16, 2014!

A “Flower Pot” cotton quilt, hand pieced and quilted by David Shattuck. This quilt won the Minnesota State Fair Sweepstakes in 1984.

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A print of a red fox and grouse made by Eddy Cobiness in 1985.

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