Up and Out of Poverty Now! organizers at "Hotel Victory"

Up and Out of Poverty Now! organizers at "Hotel Victory"

Up and Out of Poverty Now! organizers Duane Thornton and Wes Burchard move belongings out of "Hotel Victory" (inside present-day Mill City Museum) before transporting them to a duplex home at 2527 Columbus Avenue South, in Minneapolis. Photograph by Regene Radniecki. Published in the Minneapolis Star Tribune on May 23, 1990, with "Homeless Protesters Get Duplex in Deal," 3B.

Up and Out of Poverty Now!

The Minneapolis chapter of Up and Out of Poverty Now! was a highly visible organization created by and for the houseless community in the early 1990s. Although short-lived, Up and Out provided a voice for those without permanent housing and helped secure affordable options for those in need by using the radical tactic of occupying publicly owned buildings.

MN90: Horsecars

Britt Aamodt describes the introduction horse-drawn streetcars to the Twin Cities in the 1870s.

Shades of Yellow at Twin Cities Pride

Shades of Yellow at Twin Cities Pride

Shades of Yellow at Twin Cities Pride, July 27, 2010. Photo by Flickr user Mpls55408. CC BY-NC 2.0

Rochester Pride

Rochester Pride

A group at Rochester Pride. Photograph by Randy Stern, July 22, 2012.

Map of Bridgewater Township

Map of Bridgewater Township

Map of Bridgewater Township, 1915.

St. Anthony

St. Anthony

St. Anthony viewed from the east bank of the Mississippi River. Photograph by Benjamin Franklin Upton, 1957. Visible are, at the far left, the Winslow House, and, at the far right, the Jarrett House.

Second Street in Hastings

Second Street in Hastings

View of Second Street in Hastings. Postcard featuring a photograph by J. G. Sieben, ca. 1908.

Business district, Hastings

Business district, Hastings

Downtown Hastings as it appeared ca. 1900.

Veda Ponikvar sign

Veda Ponikvar sign

Sign marking the road approaching the Iron Man Memorial in Chisholm. The road is named for longtime project advocate, newspaper publisher, and community booster Veda Ponikvar. Photograph by Suzanne Rian, October 2020.

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