Still from Cologne

Still from Cologne

Still from the film Cologne: From the Diary of Ray and Esther, filmed in Cologne, Minnesota, in 1939 by Raymond and Esther Dowidat. E-34 (AV1989.205), Audio-visual Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Still from Cologne

Still from Cologne

Still from the film Cologne: From the Diary of Ray and Esther, filmed in Cologne, Minnesota, in 1939 by Raymond and Esther Dowidat. E-34 (AV1989.205), Audio-visual Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Still from Cologne

Still from Cologne

Still from the film Cologne: From the Diary of Ray and Esther, filmed in Cologne, Minnesota, in 1939 by Raymond and Esther Dowidat. E-34 (AV1989.205), Audio-visual Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Title card of Cologne

Title card of Cologne

The title card used to introduce the film Cologne: From the Diary of Ray and Esther, filmed in Cologne, Minnesota, in 1939 by Raymond and Esther Dowidat. E-34 (AV1989.205), Audio-visual Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Up and Out of Poverty Now! organizers in an occupied building

Organizers with Up and Out of Poverty Now! (including Rich Gordon, left) inside an occupied building (1016–18 Iglehart Avenue) in St. Paul, 1991. Photograph by Stormi Greener. Published in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, January 6, 1991, with "Activists Occupy St. Paul's HUD buildings," 1A and 10A.

House occupied by Up And Out of Poverty Now!

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.

Up and Out of Poverty Now! organizers at "Hotel Victory"

Up and Out of Poverty Now! organizers at "Hotel Victory"

Up and Out of Poverty Now! organizers Duane Thornton and Wes Burchard move belongings out of "Hotel Victory" (inside present-day Mill City Museum) before transporting them to a duplex home at 2527 Columbus Avenue South, in Minneapolis. Photograph by Regene Radniecki. Published in the Minneapolis Star Tribune on May 23, 1990, with "Homeless Protesters Get Duplex in Deal," 3B.

Up and Out of Poverty Now!

The Minneapolis chapter of Up and Out of Poverty Now! was a highly visible organization created by and for the houseless community in the early 1990s. Although short-lived, Up and Out provided a voice for those without permanent housing and helped secure affordable options for those in need by using the radical tactic of occupying publicly owned buildings.

MN90: Horsecars

Britt Aamodt describes the introduction horse-drawn streetcars to the Twin Cities in the 1870s.

Shades of Yellow at Twin Cities Pride

Shades of Yellow at Twin Cities Pride

Shades of Yellow at Twin Cities Pride, July 27, 2010. Photo by Flickr user Mpls55408. CC BY-NC 2.0

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