Aerial view of downtown Minneapolis from the roof of the Hennepin County Government Center facing east. The Minneapolis Armory is at lower left; Hennepin County Medical Center is near center; the Sexton Building is at lower right.
Aerial view of downtown Minneapolis from the roof of the Hennepin County Government Center facing northeast. Minneapolis City Hall, also known as the Municipal Building and Courthouse, is lower left. Mississippi River with Third Avenue Bridge and Stone Arch Bridge is near top.
Aerial view of downtown Minneapolis from the roof of the Hennepin County Government Center facing north. Minneapolis City Hall, also known as the Municipal Building and Courthouse, is center.
Aerial view of downtown Minneapolis from the roof of the Hennepin County Government Center facing south. I-35W freeway is near top left; Curtis Hotel near center; Minneapolis Auditorium near top right.
Aerial view of downtown Minneapolis from the roof of the Hennepin County Government Center facing southwest. IDS Building and Foshay Tower are near center; Northwestern National Bank antenna with Weather ball at far right.
Audience listening to county commissioners conduct board meeting. Facing, left to right: Commissioner Thomas L. Olson, Commissioner Richard O. Hanson, Commissioner Tom Ticen, Board Secretary Mary Ellen Hudson, Commissioner John Derus, Commissioner E. F. Robb, Jr.
Interior of the Brooklyn Center branch of the Hennepin County Library system, looking out from behind librarians' counter. Two library staff members are assisting three women at the counter.
Two men in military uniform attach a bicentennial flag to a flagpole on the Hennepin County Government Center's north plaza. Part of the Municipal Building, also known as Minneapolis City Hall or the Old Courthouse, is visible in the background.
A group of children and teens climbs a staircase to the second level of the Hennepin County Library system's Southdale Library, while other customers check out items at a counter.
Children reading books in library children's area. A table contains books and a small terrarium. One child is seated in a chair shaped like a baseball glove. Outside the second-story west-facing window, a parking lot and several Edina business buildings are visible.
Large crowd on south plaza of Hennepin County Government Center waits for political rally with Geraldine Ferraro, first female major-party candidate for vice president.