Lived-in room at the Pioneer Hotel (125 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis), August 3, 1960. The Pioneer Hotel rented out rooms by the week, and by the month to seasonal workers and railroad pensioners. Photograph by Dick Palen.
2,200 school children form a “living flag” during ceremonies for the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) National Encampment in St Paul, September 3, 1896. The GAR was an influential organization for Civil War veterans of the Union Army. The new federal building (later known as the Landmark Center) is under construction in the background. Photograph by G. T. Brown.