Black and white photograph of the Bandana Square shopping complex, 1984. Photograph by Kay Shaw.

Bandana Square, St. Paul

Exterior of the Bandana Square shopping complex, 1984. Photograph by Kay Shaw.

Black and white photograph of the Como Shops complex of the Northern Pacific Railway, located just south of Como Park in the St. Paul Midway, 1948. A railroad crane is parked next to the powerhouse building.

Interior of the Como Shops complex

Inside the Como Shops complex of the Northern Pacific Railway, located just south of Como Park in the St. Paul Midway, 1948. A railroad crane is parked next to the powerhouse building. Photographed by the St. Paul Dispatch and Pioneer Press.

Black and white photograph of a worker at the Northern Pacific Railway Company Como Shops, St. Paul, 1970. Photograph by Joe E. B. Elliott.

Worker at Como Shops

Northern Pacific Railway Company Como Shops, St. Paul, 1970. Photograph by Joe E. B. Elliott.

Black and white photograph of employees at the Northern Pacific Como Shops, St. Paul, 1913. Photograph by Axel E. Carlson.

Employees at Northern Pacific Como Shops

Employees at Northern Pacific Como Shops, St. Paul, 1913. Axel E. Carlson stands in the second row, third from the right.

Black and white photograph of women handling lath machines in Northern Pacific Railway's Como Shops, ca. 1920.

Employees at work in Como Shops

Women handling lath machines in Northern Pacific Railway's Como Shops, ca. 1920.

Black and white photograph of Coach Department employees, Como Shops, Northern Pacific Railway, St. Paul, 1930. Photograph by R. E. Easthagen.

Coach Department employees

Coach Department employees, Como Shops, Northern Pacific Railway, St. Paul, 1930. Photograph by R. E. Easthagen.

Black and white photograph of the Como Shops, 1892. Photograph by Robert Murray Frame III.

Como Shops

The Como Shops, 1892. Photograph by Robert Murray Frame III.

Engraving of the Como Shops published in Northwest magazine (April 1886, page 12).

Engraving of the Como Shops

Engraving of the Como Shops published in Northwest magazine (April 1886, page 12).

Northern Pacific Railway Como Shops

St. Paul’s Como Shops served as a major passenger-car repair facility on the Northern Pacific railroad between 1885 and the 1970s, providing employment to many St. Paul residents. The durability of the shops’ construction guaranteed their longevity, and in 1985 the facility was listed as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places.

Black and white photograph of Northern Pacific Railway engineers in front of completed concrete archway. View to southwest, fall 1906.

Northern Pacific Railway engineers in front of completed concrete archway

Northern Pacific Railway engineers in front of completed concrete archway. View to southwest, fall 1906. Photographed by S. P. Wange, Hawley, MN.

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