Interior of the Brooklyn Center branch of the Hennepin County Library system. Two women, one with a baby in a backpack carrier, are looking at a bin of LP record albums. A Library staff member is seated behind them at a counter.
Line of young men in hallway of Minneapolis City Hall, also known as Municipal Building and the Old Courthouse. Signs for "Court Room Judge Winton" and "Veterans Service Officer" are visible on wall.
Hennepin County commissioners E. F. Robb and Thomas Ticen sign beam to be installed in final stages of construction of Hennepin County Government Center.
Exterior of Hennepin County Library system's St. Anthony Library, in the St. Anthony Shopping Center, showing front and of building with book racks visible in window and telephone booth next to building.
Exterior of Hennepin County Library system's St. Anthony Library, in the St. Anthony Shopping Center, showing front and side of building with book racks visible in window and telephone booth next to building.
Three men in hard hats guide the placement of a granite slab enclosing a time capsule in the wall of the north balcony of the Hennepin County Government Center.
Two men in hard hats complete the installation of a granite slab enclosing a time capsule in the wall of the north balcony of the Hennepin County Government Center. A plaque commemorating the capsule is installed on top of the wall.
Exterior of Hennepin County Library system's Robbinsdale Library. The library opened in 1925 and closed in 1978. The building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Dignitaries cut a ribbon in a ceremony opening the Hennepin County Government Center. Left to right: Commissioner Dave Lindgren; Commissioner E. F. Robb, Jr. (partially obscured); Commissioner Tom Ticen; Commissioner Thomas L. Olson; Commissioner Richard O. Hanson; Chief District Judge Douglas K. Amdahl.
At the Hennepin County Library's Southdale branch, three customers are assisted by two library employees at a counter labeled "returns" and "library cards."
The Hennepin County Registrar of Deeds and staff posed on the steps of the Municipal Building, also called the Hennepin County Courthouse and Minneapolis City Hall. Front row, left to right: Kenneth F. Futscher, Benjamin Allison, Tina Josewitch, J. H. Bliss, D. G. Gorham, A. W. Skog, Mollie Quirk, G. M. Leffholm, J. J. Hynan, L. H. Hand, Hazel Rogers, Earl Nielson. Second row, left to right: R. E. Peterson, Anna Knutson, Lydia Paul, Nina Miller, Ella Huyck, Mary Petrik, Muriel Joy, Ruby Palmstrom, Florence Barr, Ruth Goldberg, Jessie Falk, Sarah Kaplan, Viola DeMers, Fannie Clarkson, Esther Ricksham, J. J. Bliss, Claire Keeler, Elizabeth Nixon, G. B. Collom, W. E. Meservey. Third row, left to right: Lula White, Cecelia Hansing, Elizabeth Ingersoll, Eileen O'Connor, Marguerite Montgomery, Esther Schultz, Florence Comfort, Carrie B. Maunsell, Jennie Hammond, Catherine Urban, Mary McNeill, Margaret Brown, Sue Daniels, Alvilda Warley. Back row, left to right: Margaret Hazlett, Ethel Uthe, Viola Bergquist, Hylda Mann, Bernice Reynolds, Myra Stover.
Interior of the Brooklyn Center branch of the Hennepin County Library system. A woman is reading a publication seated at a row of chairs near a table holding newspapers. A second woman is reading at a table near a window and a third is looking at items in a bin near bookshelves. A wood-burning stove and study tables are visible in the background.
The Hennepin County Probation Office staff posed on the steps of the Municipal Building, also called the Hennepin County Courthouse and Minneapolis City Hall. Front row, left to right: Mrs. Emma Addison, Stenographer; Bjarney Wasmuth, Clerk of Juvenile Court; Cedric M. Lindholm, Adult Probation Officer; William Addison, Adult Probation Officer; Max C. Meltzer, Juvenile Probation Officer; Howard R. Hush, Chief Probation Officer; Judge Paul W. Guilford; Mrs. Marie C. Nehls, Juvenile Probation Officer; Mrs. Jennie F. McCann, Juvenile Probation Officer; Miss Maude A. Sackett, Investigator, Mother's Allowance for Children; Miss Adelaide Johns, Juvenile Probation Officer; Miss Estelle Giles, Juvenile Probation Officer. Back row, left to right: Miss Millicent Roskilly, Investigator, Mother's Allowance for Children; Miss Laura Haugen, Investigator, Mother's Allowance for Children; Mrs. Victoria Janda, Investigator, Mother's Allowance for Children; Miss Hazel Ballard, Medical Inspector and Nurse; Jacob Ettel, Bailiff; Edward J. Davenport, Assistance Chief Probation Officer; Miss Lillian J. Peaseley, Juvenile Probation Officer; Miss Esther I. Sund, Juvenile Probation Officer; Miss Grace M. Hagen, Stenographer; Miss Smith, Stenographer; Mrs. Marie Bond, Investigator, Mother's Allowance for Children.
On the north plaza of the Hennepin County Government Center, three men in Revolutionary War military uniforms stand with flags. Two men in modern uniforms stand behind them. They are watched by a small group of people in the background. The event symbolized Hennepin County's certification as a bicentennial community.
Program on the north balcony of the Hennepin County Government Center showing items to go into the Government Center time capsule. The item being shown is a design for a U. S. bicentennial quarter created by Seth G. Huntington of Minneapolis. The design eventually was used for the bicentennial half dollar. Right, in sunglasses: Hennepin County Public Affairs Director Ted Farrington. Behind microphone: Hennepin County Commissioner Tom Olson. Next to Olson, in white suit: Hennepin County Commissioner Thomas Ticen. Far left: Hennepin County Commissioner Richard O. Hanson.
While Hennepin County Commissioner Tom Olson speaks before a crowd on the north balcony of Hennepin County Government Center, Hennepin County Public Affairs Director Ted Farrington prepares to add a copy of the book "Good Neighbor to the Northwest 1924 - 1974," a history of WCCO radio, to a time capsule box.
Hennepin County commissioners Thomas L. Olson and Richard O. Hanson pose with time capsule on the north balcony of the Hennepin County Government Center. The Municipal Building, also known as Minneapolis City Hall and the Old Courthouse, is in the background.
Interior of the Brooklyn Center branch of the Hennepin County Library system. Three people are reading at study tables. A wood-burning stove and rack of magazines are visible.