lost then found

In this photograph from March 29, 1939 Officer Steve Dickinson holds on to Della Halter while she waits for her mother to collect her.

Officer Dickinson spotted Della walking alone on the streetcar tracks at Nicollet Avenue and 15th Street.

Della was lost and could not recall her full name.

Officer Dickinson brought Della to the City Matron at Minneapolis Police Headquarters where they were able to find and reunite her with her mother.

Photograph courtesy of Hennepin County Library