A question for readers who might be anxious about the launch of the redesigned Star Tribune this week:

What if the Minneapolis newspapers known variously as the Tribune, Star, Journal, Star Journal, Morning Tribune and Star Tribune, Newspaper of the Twin Cities, had never redesigned? Here’s a sampling of front pages from the Star Tribune’s gray — and more recently green — past. Have a look and let us know what you think:

Sept. 3, 1894: A CYCLONE OF WIND AND FIRE! [467K gif] 5 cents

May 9, 1915: HUNDREDS ABOARD LUSITANIA ARE BELIEVED LOST [557K gif] 1 cent

May 22, 1927: LINDBERGH LANDS IN PARIS [507K gif] 6 cents

Aug. 8, 1945: ‘HIROSHIMA WENT UP IN ONE PUFF’ [536K gif] 3 cents

April 30, 1975: Saigon surrenders [617K gif] 15 cents

Nov. 8, 1991: Magic Johnson has AIDS virus, retires [567K gif] 35 cents

[Note: Internet Explorer, by default, shrinks images to fit your browser window. To view a front page at full size, pass your cursor over the image, wait for an expansion box to appear at lower right, and then click on it.]

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