File:MPLIC 1985.jpg - Wikipedia

Minneapolis Public Library and Information Center building from 4th St and Nicollet Mall in fall of 1985. Building existed from 1961-2002

Photograph taken by public relations department of Minneapolis Public Library, an organization that no longer exists.

Minneapolis Central Library

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• It is only being used to illustrate the article in question
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• The organization that took the photograph -- public relations department of Minneapolis Public Library -- no longer exists, but the providers of the photograph, the Hennepin County Library Special Collections department, enthusiastically support wikipedia's use of the photograph in the article
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