Audience listening to county commissioners conduct board meeting. Facing, left to right: Commissioner Thomas L. Olson, Commissioner Richard O. Hanson, Commissioner Tom Ticen, Board Secretary Mary Ellen Hudson, Commissioner John Derus, Commissioner E. F. Robb, Jr.
Hennepin County commissioners and board secretary at desk in boardroom of Hennepin County Government Center. Left to right: Commissioner Thomas L. Olson, Commissioner Richard O. Hanson, Commissioner Tom Ticen, Board Secretary Mary Ellen Hudson, Commissioner John Derus, Commissioner E. F. Robb, Jr.
Women typing at keypunch machines, seated at rows of desks in the basement of the Main Welfare Building, on the corner of 4th Avenue South and 5th Street South in Minneapolis.
Three women typing at keypunch machines using punch cards in the basement of the Main Welfare Building, on the corner of 4th Avenue South and 5th Street South in Minneapolis.
Man adjusts dial on IBM System 360 Model 30 computer in the basement of the Main Welfare Building, on the corner of 4th Avenue South and 5th Street South in Minneapolis.
Man works with reel-to-reel magnetic tape in the basement of the Main Welfare Building, on the corner of 4th Avenue South and 5th Street South in Minneapolis.
Man holds reel of magnetic tape with computer equipment in the basement of the Main Welfare Building, on the corner of 4th Avenue South and 5th Street South in Minneapolis.
Two men work with computer equipment in the basement of the Main Welfare Building, on the corner of 4th Avenue South and 5th Street South in Minneapolis.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Hennepin County commissioners E. F. Robb and Thomas Ticen sign beam to be installed in final stages of construction of Hennepin County Government Center.