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Aug. 2, 1946: Would you like a newspaperman in your house?

Housing was hard to come by in the Twin Cities when waves of soldiers, sailors and Marines returned from war to look for jobs and start families. The Minneapolis Star and Tribune used the commercial power of the press – a classified ad – to find suitable housing for its "employes."

October 22, 2011 at 12:02AM

WANTED TO RENT

Would You Like
A Newspaperman
In Your House?

Four walls and a roof of their own would be the year's biggest scoop to a lot of Minneapolis Star and Tribune people right now! Employes in our news and editorial, mechanical, advertising and administrative divisions are tired of trailers, park benches, in-laws, and other inadequate living quarters. MAYBE YOU COULD HELP! Don't worry about top-notch references, steady jobs, reliable tenants … Star and Tribune employes have all these requirements. If you have a furnished or unfurnished apartment or house, please call AT 3111, Ext. 329. You'll have a grateful newspaperman at your door.

Minneapolis Star photo department, about 1946
(Ben Welter/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

They look honest enough, at least from a distance: the Minneapolis Star and Journal photo department in about 1946. (Photo courtesy mnhs.org)

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