Capitol Views and Historic Events in the Years AFter Construction
Possible Future Statesmen of Minnesota before the Five Million Dollar Capitol at St. Paul, 1905
photo courtesy Dave Riehle
In the years following construction of the Minnesota State Capitol, the building became an orienting landmark and the place where Minnesotans gathered to express their opinions to lawmakers and to one another.
State Senate Chamber, Minnesota State Capitol, ca 1905
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Bird's Eye View of Saint Paul and the Minnesota Capitol
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Rathskeller Cafe, Basement, Capitol Building
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Main Street off of Seven Corners - State Capitol in the distance
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William Jennings Bryant opening his Minnesota presidential campaign in 1908
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Farmer-Labor Party rally, February 11, 1935. Members of the Farmer-Labor Party at the Minnesota Capitol building following a convention that demanded old age pensions and unemployment compensation from the legislature.
Acme News-photos/Collection of Dave Riehle
This is a photograph of a Rosary Rally against Communism in Europe that took place on the Capitol grounds in 1958. This was part of a larger movement organized by Catholic priest Rev. Patrick Peyton.
For more information on the 1958 Rally see: http://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2011/02/rallies-rotunda-make-capitol-history
and see also http://www.familyrosaryprocession.org/doc/Procession_History%5B1%5D.htm
For information about Rev. Patrick Peyton see: Father Patrick Peyton Rosary Rally October 1958
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