photograph of quarry workers

Quarry Workers

Workers use hand tools to widen rock fissures in a Red Wing limestone formation and break stone free, c. 1890.

Black and white photograph of Quarry, Rockville Granite Company, Rockville, Minnesota, c.1910

Quarry, Rockville Granite Company, Rockville, Minnesota

Quarry, Rockville Granite Company, Rockville, Minnesota, Henry Alexander left, c.1910.

photograph of a group of quarrymen at Barn Bluff

Quarrymen posing

A group of Barn Bluff quarrymen pose for a photo about 1890.

Quartermaster’s map of northern Georgia

Quartermaster’s map of northern Georgia

Topographical map of part of northern Georgia printed on cotton fabric. The map includes roads, waterways, railroad lines, and town locations. The signature of "W. G. LeDuc" is in black ink on the back. The map was used during the Civil War by Brigadier General William Gates LeDuc of Minnesota, who served in the quartermaster's department throughout the war.

Quatrefoil (novel)

Quatrefoil (novel)

A first-edition copy of the novel Quatrefoil: A Modern Novel, written by James Barr (the pen name of James Fugaté) and published by Greenberg in 1950. When David Irwin and Dick Hewetson opened a gay lending library in Minneapolis in 1986, they named it Quatrefoil after the book. Used with the permission of Quatrefoil Library.

Quatrefoil Library displays

Quatrefoil Library displays

Quatrefoil Library displays in the library’s location on the third floor of the Richards Gordon Building, late 1980s. Used with the permission of Quatrefoil Library.

Quatrefoil Library grand opening banner

Quatrefoil Library grand opening banner

A banner advertising Quatrefoil Library’s grand opening in the ACLU Building at 1021 West Broadway in North Minneapolis, May 4, 1986. The library had opened three months earlier on February 4, 1986. Used with the permission of Quatrefoil Library.

Quatrefoil Library moving into the Richards Gordon Building

Quatrefoil Library moving into the Richards Gordon Building

Quatrefoil Library patrons and volunteers on the third floor of the Richards Gordon Building (1619 Dayton Avenue, St. Paul), late 1980s. Volunteer Davina Baldwin is second from the right; other names are unknown. Used with the permission of Quatrefoil Library.

Quatrefoil Library volunteer Davina Baldwin

Quatrefoil Library volunteer Davina Baldwin

Quatrefoil Library volunteer Davina Baldwin during the move from the ACLU Building (1021 West Broadway, Minneapolis) into the third floor of the Richards Gordon Building (1619 Dayton Avenue, St. Paul), late 1980s. Used with the permission of Quatrefoil Library.

Quatrefoil Library volunteers march during Pride in Minneapolis, 1988

Quatrefoil Library volunteers march during Pride in Minneapolis, 1988

Quatrefoil Library volunteers march during the 1988 Gay and Lesbian Pride Celebration in Minneapolis (later called Twin Cities Pride). Library co-founder Dick Hewetson is second from the right in a white shirt; second co-founder David Irwin is at left of Hewetson, in a red-and-white striped shirt. Used with the permission of Quatrefoil Library.

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