Black and white photograph of a view of St. Paul including the Capitol building, 1857.

St. Paul looking toward State Capitol

View of St. Paul including the Capitol building, 1857.

Headline of a June 2, 1889 St. Paul Pioneer Press story describing Taylor Combs's killing.

St. Paul Pioneer Press headline describing the killing of Taylor Combs

Headline of a June 2, 1889 St. Paul Pioneer Press story describing Taylor Combs's killing.

St. Paul Police Deputy James S. Griffin sitting at his desk, ca. 1960s. From box 1 of the James S. Griffin papers (P1679), Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society.

St. Paul Police Deputy James S. Griffin

St. Paul Police Deputy James S. Griffin sitting at his desk, ca. 1960s. From box 1 of the James S. Griffin papers (P1679), Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society.

St. Paul Police Deputy James S. Griffin

St. Paul Police Deputy James S. Griffin sitting at his desk, ca. 1960s. From box 1 of the James S. Griffin papers (P1679), Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society.

St. Paul Police Deputy James S. Griffin sitting at his desk, ca. 1960s. From box 1 of the James S. Griffin papers (P1679), Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society.

St. Paul Police Deputy James S. Griffin

St. Paul Police Deputy James S. Griffin sitting at his desk, ca. 1960s. From box 1 of the James S. Griffin papers (P1679), Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society.

Photograph of police officers with motorcycles, St. Paul, 1941.

St. Paul police officers with motorcycles

Police officers with motorcycles, St. Paul, 1941.

Scan of St. Paul Police patch

St. Paul Police patch worn with uniform

St. Paul Police patch (worn with green uniform), ca. 1930–1964. Used with the permission of the St. Paul Police Historical Society.

Black and white scan of a St. Paul Police record for Harry Sawyer, 1935.

St. Paul Police Record for Harry Sawyer

St. Paul Police record for Harry Sawyer, 1935. Sawyer was the last St. Paul gangland organizer of the “layover agreement.”

Color image of a St. Paul Police revolver used in shootout with John Dillinger.

St. Paul Police revolver used in shootout with John Dillinger

1905 model Smith and Wesson hand-ejector military and police revolver used by St. Paul Police Detective Henry Cummings to injure John Dillinger in a shootout at the Lincoln Court Apartments in St. Paul, 1934.

St. Paul Resettlement Committee Hostel

St. Paul Resettlement Committee Hostel

St. Paul Resettlement Committee (SPRC) Hostel, ca. 1946. The SPRC Hostel was located on the second floor of this building, at 191 West Kellogg Boulevard. The second floor had been previously used as a residential hotel. The SPRC leased the building, which was next door to the International Institute of St. Paul, from August of 1945 until August of 1948. Photo from the private collection of Linda Hashimoto van Dooijewert.

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