Color postcard view of the Flats, 1910.

Postcard view of the Flats

Postcard view of the Flats, 1910.

Black and white photograph looking north along Wabasha, the Flats, 1904.

Looking north along Wabasha, the Flats

Looking north along Wabasha, the Flats, 1904.

Black and white photograph of the West Side Flats and Wabasha Bridge, 1904.

West Side Flats and Wabasha Bridge

West Side Flats and Wabasha Bridge, 1904.

Black and white photograph of the lower West Side and Wabasha Bridge, c.1885.

Lower West Side and Wabasha Bridge

Lower West Side and Wabasha Bridge, c.1885.

Looking north across the Flats during a flood

Looking north across the Flats during high water

Looking north across the Flats during a flood, 1881. The raised street is Wabasha.

Color lithograph map of downtown St. Paul and West Side Flats, 1867. Lithograph by Albert Ruger.

Downtown St. Paul and West Side Flats

Downtown St. Paul and West Side Flats, 1867. Lithograph by Albert Ruger.

West Side Flats, St. Paul

From the 1850s to the 1960s, St. Paul’s West Side Flats was a poor, immigrant neighborhood—frequently flooded but home to a diverse group of Irish, Jewish, and Mexican workers and their families. In the early 1960s all residents were moved out to make way for an industrial park.

Color image of Firefighter monument, 2014.

Firefighter monument

Photograph of a memorial to fallen firefighters erected by the Board of Fire Commissioners in St. Paul’s Oakland Cemetery in 1891. Photographed by Paul Nelson on April 25, 2014.

Color image of Norman Kittson monument, 2014.

Norman Kittson monument

The tombstone of fur trader and entrepreneur Norman Kittson in St. Paul’s Oakland Cemetery. Photographed by Paul Nelson on April 20, 2014.

Color image of Alexander Ramsey monument, 2014.

Alexander Ramsey monument

The tombstone of Minnesota governor Alexander Ramsey and his wife, Anna Earl Ramsey, in St. Paul’s Oakland Cemetery. Photographed by Paul Nelson on April 20, 2014.

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