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Description: de Ramaix (right), Belgian physician, assists Wisloff in packing her belongings at the Kenny Institute as the two prepare to leave for Toro's home in Oslo, Norway.

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Belgian Polio Expert Taking Patient Home
Date: 1947
Source: Hennepin County Library

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Description: Mrs. Kenneth Bulkley is chairman of the committee arranging for the annual flower show at the Minneapolis Woman's Club on Tuesday.

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Mary Saunders Bulkley
Date: 1935
Address: 316 Oak Grove St. (Bulkley)
Source: Hennepin County Library

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Description: Part of a series of photographs taken by the City of Minneapolis surveying properties slated for demolition as part of the Gateway urban renewal project. Formerly Jack Cole's and May Ryan's furnished rooms. The business was vacant when the photo was taken.

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Bathroom in a Building on Nicollet Avenue
Date: 1960
Address: 117 Nicollet Ave.
Source: Hennepin County Library

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Description: Part of a series of photographs taken by the City of Minneapolis surveying properties slated for demolition as part of the Gateway urban renewal project.

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Stairs in the Minneapolis House Furnishing Company
Date: 1960
Address: 22-30 5th St. S
Source: Hennepin County Library

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Main Street Businesses
Date: 1962
Address: 323 Main St. NE (Main St. Fixture); 325 Main St. NE (Main Grill)
Source: Hennepin County Library

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Description: Joe Tomes of New York, an actor with the Old Log Theater in Excelsior, demonstrates the proper way to shave in part 4 of a 6-part photo series. Here, he applies the wet razor to his face at the proper angle.

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How to Shave
Date: 1947
Source: Hennepin County Library

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Couple Who Recovered Own Stolen Car
Date: 1946
Address: 62nd and Bryant Ave. N (recovery location)
Source: Hennepin County Library

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Mrs. Richard P. Gale and her Horse, Breeze
Date: 1940
Source: Hennepin County Library

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Cedar Avenue Businesses
Date: 1960s
Address: 405-407 Cedar Ave. (Columbia); 411 Cedar Ave. (Elasky's); 413 Cedar Ave. (Military Order)
Source: Hennepin County Library

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Description: Vacant.

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First Hennepin State Bank Building
Date: 1980s
Address: 258 Hennepin Ave.
Source: Hennepin County Library

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House on Seventh Avenue Northeast
Date: 1962
Address: 60 7th Ave. NE
Source: Hennepin County Library