Union Depot
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Passengers waiting to board trains in the concourse of the Saint Paul Union Depot.
Photographer: St. Paul Dispatch & Pioneer Press
Date: May 28, 1949
Image courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society
This file appears in: African American Pullman Porters
African American Pullman Porters
People arriving in Saint Paul between 1900 and 1940 generally came by train through the Union Depot. In its heyday, this neoclassical structure served 282 trains and 20,000 passengers daily. The depot is significant both as a point of entry for…