Workers reconstructing the Great Hall at Grand Portage, December 1939. The workers pictured here are likely members of the CCC Indian Division (CCC-ID), which did much of the excavation and reconstruction work on the site in the 1930s. This iteration of the reconstructed Great Hall was destroyed by fire in 1969.

Archaeological excavations at the Grand Portage depot site. Photograph by Willoughby M. Babcock, 1937. The features in the trench may be part of the foundation walls, which were located during the 1930s excavations.

A former HUD-owned home occupied by Up And Out of Poverty Now! organizers. Photograph by David Brewster. Original caption: "MInneapolis Police Sgt. Doug Elander tried to pen a barricaded window in the bedroom of the house at 5801 Eleventh Avenue South. Homeless protesters had taken over the HUD home Monday night, and five were arrested for burglary. Damage to the house was estimated at several thousand dollars." Published in the Minneapolis Star Tribune on August 21, 1990, with "Neighbors, Homeless Clash in Protest," 1B.

Kate Dunwoody Hall, Minneapolis. Photograph by Norton & Peel, 1965. Originally a hotel and boarding house for single women, the building was converted into office space by the University of St. Thomas in 1990, when Up and Out of Poverty! organizers occupied it and helped convert it into the Exodus Hotel, which providing affordable housing for those in need. Although the building was later downtown, Exodus Residences continued to operate at a different location in downtown Minneapolis under the management of Catholic Charities.

The Nicollet Hotel in downtown Minneapolis. In 1990 the hotel stood vacant and became the first site occupied by the Minneapolis chapter of Up and Out of Poverty Now! Photograph by Norton & Peel, 1965.

Britt Aamodt describes the movement of Latinx migrant workers from beet fields to cities. From MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds.

Street view of the exterior of Curly’s Bar and Cafe (20 South Fifth Street), November 10, 1944. Curly’s hosted drag performers during the 1930s and 1940s.

Exterior of the Persian Palms Tavern (109–111 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis), November 1, 1959.

Flame Supper Club (1523 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis), undated.