West Duluth; Iron Ore Docks; Duluth Municipal Stadium that would be renamed Wade Stadium; harbor; houses; baseball diamond; cars; Berwind Fuel Company at South Fiftieth Avenue West and NP Railway tracks; ore carriers; ore boats; iron ore docks; Thirty-ninth Avenue west; summer; trees
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
West Duluth; view of streets looking east; Grand Avenue and Cody street; cars; truck; Phillips 66 gas station; Empress coffee building in center at 4832 Grand Avenue; Denfeld clock tower at left; Enger tower on the hilltop
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
West Duluth Street view; looking south on Central Avenue across Grand; Fifty-fifth (Central is Fifty-fifth) and Grand Avenue; gas stations; signs; cars; trucks; Farmer Outlet produce 416 North Central Avenue; Pioneer National bank 331 North Central Avenue; Sam's Pizza 403 North Central Avenue; Northern Pacific Railroad tracks (NY Ry); Zenith Furnace became Interlake Iron is in distance at Fifty-eighth Avenue west
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
West Duluth; fifty-sixth Avenue west and Cody Street; 601 North fifty-sixth Avenue west at Cody; Bell Brothers Funeral Home fleet of hearses and staff; garages; glass block construction; vehicles; businessmen; undertakers; morticians
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
West Duluth; West Duluth Cement Block Works; H. C. Brown owner; fifty-sixth Avenue west and Grand Avenue; manufacturer of concrete blocks, sills, lintels, water tables, porch piers, caps and bases; workers; workmen; tents; concrete blocks; equipment; manufacturing site; telephone poles; railroad
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
West Duluth; Precision Products Corporation; was Acme Match Corporation at 212 North Fortieth Avenue West in 1931; may have also been the Seven-Up bottling building; rail spur; houses; winter; snow; brick building; flag pole
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
West Duluth; National Iron Company; Fiftieth and Ramsey street; engineers and designers; manufacturers of all kinds of steel structures, bridges, girders, columns;
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
West Duluth; Duluth Brass Works Company; staff; workers; Fiftieth Avenue west and Ramsey; building was razed for highway construction in 1962; manufactured brass castings; Babbitt and Randolph Patent; brick building; streetcar tracks in dirt street; telephone pole; smoke stack; fire hydrant
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
West Duluth; Duluth Missabe and Northern Railroad; number 6 Dock Construction; pile foundation; pile driving; workers; workmen; winter; snow; ore dock; Lake Superior; photograph number 23; equipment; March 22, 1917
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
West Duluth; Duluth Missabe and Northern Railroad; Junctions of Steel with Concrete wall approach; number 6 dock construction; steam equipment; steel girders being placed by crane; workers; workmen; equipment; building materials; railroad tracks; photograph number 26; April 6, 1917
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
West Duluth; Duluth Missabe and Northern Railroad; Foundation showing Sheet Piling; construction of number 6 dock; winter; snow; ore dock; tug boat; crane; railroad tracks; piling foundation; pile driver; June 21, 1917; photograph number 28
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
West Duluth; Duluth Missabe and Northern Railroad; Erecting Approach of number 6 dock; number 6 dock construction; equipment; steel girders being placed; crane; workers with guide wires; workmen; houses; tents; June 21, 1917; photograph number 29
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
West Duluth; Duluth Missabe and Northern Railroad; Material Yard of no. 6 dock construction; view of Duluth waterfront land; pilings; building materials; workers; workmen; aerial bridge in distance; grain elevators in distance; railroad yards; railroad tracks; railroad spurs; open iron ore cars; June 21, 1917; photograph number 31
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Duluth Missabe and Northern Railroad; West Duluth Foundation showing Piers of no. 6 dock construction; steam equipment; workers; workmen; ore dock; railroad tracks; July 24, 1917; photograph number 33; forms; concrete structures; barges
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
West Duluth; wholesale bakers; Purity Bakers Corporation; 2332 West Superior Street; The Purity Store and workers; Our Own Coffee; Duluth Universal Flour; Romanesque architecture; men; boys; children; truck; snow; winter; business district; building 1889
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
West Duluth; Millinery; 314 North Central; Madame Rock Millinery shop; Mrs. Rock, Mrs. Plows; shelves of hats; display of hats; hat stands; feathers; hat boxes; display case of spools of ribbon; chairs; rug;
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
West Duluth; J C Penny Company; department store under construction; the store on Central Avenue was outgrown so this new store was built to replace the first location where it remained until 1954; workmen in the window openings and one on the roof; carpenters; contractors; building materials; lumber; the store was built about 1948; dry goods; women's and men's furnishings; clothing store; 5617 Grand Avenue; brick building; Ramstad building on the corner of Grand and 57th under construction
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections