Neighborhood House
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Located at 179 Robie Street East, the Neighborhood House was opened in the late 1800s by a group of Jewish women who sought to help immigrants from Russia and Eastern Europe adjust to a new way of life. Since then, the center has helped people from all over the world. Hmong and East African refugees are the most recent participants at Neighborhood House, joining the large Latino constituency.
Date: March, 1924
Photographer: Northwestern Photographic Studio, Inc.
Image courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society
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District del Sol
People of Mexican origin or descent began to come to St. Paul around the time of World War I. Oftentimes they were migrant agricultural workers who found reasons to stay year-round, working in the…
