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Persian Palms Nightclub

The Persian Palms Nightclub (109 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis), shown here in 1961, was one of the most popular venues in the Gateway District. Skid Row was famous for its bars in the Post-World War II era, but most of its permanent residents could not actually afford to frequent them. Instead, they catered to Minneapolitans, and out-state workers in town with money to burn. The Palms was known for burlesque shows, a backroom which was popular with the Twin Cities’ LGBTQ community, and waitresses who worked with the bouncers to extort the gullible and well-heeled.

Persian Palms Tavern

Exterior of the Persian Palms Tavern (109–111 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis), November 1, 1959.

Personnel, Rochester State Hospital

Personnel, Rochester State Hospital, 1925.

Pest House, Beltrami County Poor Farm

The Pest House at the Beltrami County Poor Farm, ca. 1920s. From the Beltrami County Poor Farm records (State Archives, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul).

Peter M. Gideon

Peter M. Gideon, creator of Minnesota's wealthy apple, c.1890.

Peter M. Gideon and the Wealthy Apple historic marker

Peter M. Gideon and the Wealthy Apple historic marker, Shorewood, 1972. Photograph by Alan Ominsky.

Peter Mitchell’s test pit near Babbitt

Peter Mitchell’s taconite-ore test pit near Babbitt, 1960. Mitchell looked for ore in the 1880s as a member of the Ontonagon Syndicate.

Petition sent by members of the Sioux Nation to Joel Roberts Poinsett

Initial page of a petition sent by members of the Sioux (Dakota) Nation to U.S. Secretary of War Joel Roberts Poinsett in September of 1838. The petition's writers urge the secretary to divide the land within the Lake Pepin Half-Breed Reserve into plots so that individual titles may be awarded.

Petitioners with Minnesota Humane Education Society representatives

Petitioners with representatives of the Minnesota Humane Education Society in district court. Pictured are (left to right): Anna D. Massie, Earl J. Lyons (attorney), Sue Dickey Hough, Josiah Chase (attorney), and Fay Porter, 1938. Photo by the Minneapolis Tribune, published on Mary 17, 1938. Minneapolis Newspaper Photograph Collection, Hennepin County Library, Minneapolis.

Phelps and Bradstreet

Phelps and Bradstreet, Nicollet between Fourth and Fifth, Minneapolis, ca. 1880.

Gale Family Library