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A Brainerd Then and Now sign, showing Laurel Street from the 1930s, is seen Saturday, April 10, 2021, in downtown Brainerd. Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch
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A Brainerd Then and Now sign, showing Laurel Street from the 1930s, is seen Saturday, April 10, 2021, in downtown Brainerd. Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch
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A Brainerd Then and Now sign, showing Laurel Street from the 1930s, is seen Saturday, April 10, 2021, in downtown Brainerd. Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch
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A Brainerd Then and Now sign, showing Laurel Street from the 1938, is seen Saturday, April 10, 2021, in downtown Brainerd. Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch
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A couple of Brainerd Then and Now signs, showing Laurel Street from the 1930s, are attached to a post at the intersection of Laurel and South 6th Street Saturday, April 10, 2021, in downtown Brainerd. Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch
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A couple of Brainerd Then and Now signs, showing Laurel Street from the 1940s, are seen Saturday, April 10, 2021, in downtown Brainerd. Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch
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A Brainerd Then and Now sign, showing Front Street from around 1938, is seen Saturday, April 10, 2021, in downtown Brainerd. Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch
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Brainerd Then and Now signs, showing Laurel Street from the 1920s and the 1930s, is seen Saturday, April 10, 2021, in downtown Brainerd. Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch
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A Brainerd Then and Now sign, showing Laurel Street from the 1920s, hangs across the street from the subjects seen in the photo, namely the Crow Wing County Historic Courthouse and the Crow Wing County Historical Society Museum and Library Saturday, April 10, 2021, in downtown Brainerd. Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch
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A Brainerd Then and Now sign, seen here Saturday, April 10, 2021, shows Laurel Street in 1946 as everyone celebrates Brainerd's Diamond Jubilee. Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch