Photograph of Wilford "Captain Billy" Fawcett with his third wife (and former secretary) Frances Robinson.

Wilford "Captain Billy" Fawcett and Frances Robinson

Photograph of Wilford "Captain Billy" Fawcett with his third wife (and former secretary) Frances Robinson.

Wilford "Captain Billy" Fawcett and Harold Lloyd

Photograph of Wilford "Captain Billy" Fawcett playing golf with silent film star Harold Lloyd c. 1935. Fawcett and Lloyd's father, James Darsie Lloyd, were friends.

Wilford "Captain Billy" Fawcett (far right) with Betty Grable and Jackie Coogan

Photograph of Wilford "Captain Billy" Fawcett (far right) congratulating actors Betty Grable and Jackie Coogan on their marriage, c. 1937.

Roscoe Fawcett

Photograph of Roscoe Fawcett, brother of Wilford "Captain Billy" Fawcett, in 1928. Roscoe ran the day-to-day operations of Fawcett Publications when Captain Billy left Minneapolis on frequent hunting trips and excursions to New York and Hollywood.

Wilford "Captain Billy" Fawcett

Photograph of Minnesota-based publishing magnate Wilford Fawcett, 1925.

Fawcett, Wilford Hamilton "Captain Billy" (1885–1940)

One of the most colorful characters on the scene in early twentieth century Minnesota was Wilford Hamilton "Captain Billy" Fawcett. He was editor and publisher of a bawdy men's humor magazine called Captain Billy's Whiz Bang. He was also a veteran of two wars, an Olympic athlete, a world traveler, a big-game hunter, and a resort owner.

Reid Ray Film Industries films a scene for the movie <em> Cash on the Barrelhead</em> inside Mickey's Diner. Actor William Bendix is at center.

Movie scene filmed inside Mickey's Diner

Reid Ray Film Industries films a scene for the movie Cash on the Barrelhead inside Mickey's Diner circa 1960. Actor William Bendix is at center.

Painting of Father Louis Hennepin at the Falls of St. Anthony, 1680

Hennepin at the Falls of St. Anthony, 1680

Painting of Father Louis Hennepin at the Falls of St. Anthony in 1680. Painted c. 1903 by J. N. Marchand.

The statue of Father Louis Hennepin at Sixteenth Street and Hennepin Avenue in Minneapolis.

Father Hennepin statue, Sixteenth Street and Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis

The statue of Father Louis Hennepin at Sixteenth Street and Hennepin Avenue in Minneapolis.

Painting of Father Hennepin at the Falls of St. Anthony by Douglas Volk, c. 1905.

Father Hennepin at the Falls of St. Anthony

Painting of Father Louis Hennepin at St. Anthony Falls by Douglas Volk, c.1905.

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