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Black and white photograph of the St. Paul Union Deport, c.1925.

St. Paul Union Depot

St. Paul Union Depot, 1924–1925. Photograph by Charles P. Gibson.

St. Paul Union Depot construction

St. Paul Union Depot Construction, 1919.

Black and white photograph of a store display window in St. Paul promoting home gardening, c.1918.

St. Paul window display promoting gardening

A store display window in St. Paul promotes home gardening, c.1918.

St. Paul Winter Carnival 1916

Participants in the 1916 St. Paul Winter carnival pose in their "Africa costumes."

Black and white photograph of St. Paul's Central Park, c.1956. Its view looks south along Central Park Place West; the former Blood mansion is in the foreground.

St. Paul's Central Park, former Blood mansion is in the foreground

St. Paul's Central Park, c.1956. Its view looks south along Central Park Place West; the former Blood mansion is in the foreground.

St. Paul, looking toward Fourth and Robert Streets

St. Paul as it appeared in 1857, a year after Joseph Israel Lobdell arrived there. Photograph by Franklin Benjamin Upton.

St. Paul, Minnesota

Graphite drawing of St. Paul by Seth Eastman, 1848.

St. Paul, Minnesota Territory

Graphite drawing by Adolf Hoeffler of St. Paul, 1849.

"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

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.

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