Minnesota's Greatest Generation

Emily and Whittier Day with their children, Richfield

The Day family enjoyed a good life in Richfield as the suburb spread out around their Clinton Avenue home. Emily Day took an active interest in the expansion of the city, and that the impact the rapid growth would have on the quality of life there.

This photograph, taken about 1956, shows the Day family standing on the steps of their home.

Publisher: Emily Day; Minnesota HIstorical Society, used with permission
Dates: 1956–1957

Emily and Whittier Day with their children, Richfield