St. Paul: Gangster Haven

"St. Paul had a widespread - if inglorious - reputation as a criminal safe haven during the Gangster Era of the 1930s. In this episode, government records specialist Charles Rodgers shares several items from the Society's collection associated with that colorful age." Posted to YouTube by the Minnesota Historical Society, December 6, 2010.

St. Paul’s 3M plant after an explosion, 1951. On February 8 of that year, a break in a gas line caused an explosion at 3M’s facility in St. Paul, killing thirteen employees and damaging various departments and laboratories throughout the complex.

St. Paul’s 3M plant after an explosion

St. Paul’s 3M plant after an explosion, 1951. On February 8 of that year, a break in a gas line caused an explosion at 3M’s facility in St. Paul, killing thirteen employees and damaging various departments and laboratories throughout the complex.

Black and white photograph of the St. Peter Armory, 1921.

St. Peter Armory

St. Peter Armory, 1921.

Color image of the St. Peter Armory, c.1997.

St. Peter Armory, Nicollet County

St. Peter Armory, c.1997.

Color image of the Cathedral of St. Paul’s St. Peter chapel. Photographed by Paul Nelson on July 16, 2014.

St. Peter chapel

The Cathedral of St. Paul’s St. Peter chapel. Photographed by Paul Nelson on July 16, 2014.

St. Peter Grand Army of the Republic.

St. Peter Grand Army of the Republic

Members of the St. Peter Post of the Grand Army of the Republic standing in formation, 1896.

St. Peter State Hospital employees cutting ice

St. Peter State Hospital employees cutting ice

Employees of the St. Peter State Hospital (St. Peter, Minnesota) cutting ice on the Minnesota River, next to the hospital, January 1940.

St. Peter State Hospital industrial therapy display

St. Peter State Hospital industrial therapy display

Industrial therapist Edmund Sandeen presents a St. Peter State Hospital display that tells the story of the institution’s industrial therapy program, ca. 1950.

St. Peter State Hospital Museum

St. Peter State Hospital Museum

St. Peter State Hospital Museum, July 24, 2020. The building served as the administrative center of the Minnesota Hospital of the Insane between 1866 and 1893, at which point the institution was renamed St. Peter State Hospital. Photograph by Wikimedia Commons user Myotus, July 24, 2020. CC BY-SA 4.0

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