Christmas party at the St. Paul Resettlement Committee Hostel

Christmas party at the St. Paul Resettlement Committee Hostel

Residents of the St. Paul Resettlement Committee Hostel gather for a Christmas party ca. 1946. Pictured are: seated from the left, Aiko Ogata (daughter of Tomiko), second from left, Yoneko Yamada (Kimi Yanari's sister), Tomiko Ogata (hostel dietician), Elizabeth Evans (hostel director), and Hiroko Ogata (Tomiko's daughter). Seated on floor in center is Kimi Yanari and her daughter Emi. Photo from the private collection of Linda Hashimoto van Dooijewert.

International Institute, St. Paul

International Institute, St. Paul

International Institute building at 183 W. Kellogg, St. Paul, 1970. This photo was taken before demolition to make way for the St. Paul Civic Center. Note the artistic rendering of a geranium in a pot on the corner of the building. The red geranium was called an “international flower” and was an important symbol to the International Institute in St. Paul. Photographer Lucy Jackson Habermann.

International Institute, St. Paul

International Institute, St. Paul

International Institute, 183–187 West Kellogg, St. Paul, 1949 (second building on the right). Just left of that is the building used as the St. Paul Resettlement Hostel. The International Institute moved into this building in June of 1946.

St. Paul Resettlement Committee meetings and cultural activities for Japanese and Japanese Americans were held in the club rooms at the International Institute.

Police carrying out a raid on slot machines

Police carry out a raid on slot machines, St. Paul, 1935. Photograph by the St. Paul Daily News.

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.

Photograph of John J. O'Connor’s chief-of-police badge

John J. O'Connor’s chief-of-police badge

John J. O'Connor’s chief-of-police badge, used in St. Paul ca. 1900–1920. Used with the permission of the St. Paul Police Historical Society.

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

St. Paul police officers with motorcycles

Police officers with motorcycles, St. Paul, 1941.

Photograph of St. Louis County Courthouse and Duluth City Hall

St. Louis County Courthouse and Duluth City Hall

St. Louis County Courthouse and Duluth City Hall, where the first damages hearing related to Jenson v. Eveleth Taconite Co. was tried in 1993. Photograph by Flickr user Tony Webster, December 29, 2016. CC BY-NC 2.0.

Moorhead’s Saloon Era, 1890–1915

For twenty-five years, between 1890 and 1915, Moorhead, Minnesota, was infamous for being a rough and rowdy saloon town. The reputation was well deserved, as alcohol sales were the city’s number one industry

View (photograph) of Main Avenue from Fourth Street in Moorhead, ca. 1890s

View of Main Avenue from Fourth Street

View of Main Avenue from Fourth Street in Moorhead, ca. 1890s. From the Flaten/Wange Collection, Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County.

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