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1. Abandoned house, Virginia, Minnesota

Creator:
Pederson, Bert O., 1874-1959
Date Created:
1910 - 1920
Description:
Exterior view of a large house, possibly a boarding house, boarded up and in disrepair.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

2. Abbett's Drug Store, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1905?
Description:
Abbett's Drug Store 201 west Superior street; streetcar tracks; people; awnings; signs; businesses up avenue; Salvation army; People's Theater
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

3. About the City of Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Caswell, William; Davy, William Henry, 1844 -1936
Date Created:
1875?
Description:
Superior street looking east; Hunter block frame buildings and a stone building under construction
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

4. About the City of Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Caswell, William
Date Created:
1875?
Description:
View of Superior street from hill; Branch Hall; Elevator A; Lake Superior and Mississippi freight depot; Minnesota point in background
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

5. About to release greased pig at the Oliver Club picnic, Hibbing, Minnesota

Date Created:
1921-08-07
Description:
Oliver Club Picnic, featuring men carrying a wooden crate containing a pig.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

6. Academy girls skating on Villa pond, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1914
Description:
High school students from Villa Sancta Scholastica Academy skating on the frozen stock pond in 1914 with the farm buildings in the background.
Contributing Institution:
St. Scholastica Monastery
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

7. Academy students in study hall, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1911
Description:
The 1911 high school students of Villa Sancta Scholastica Academy in a large fourth-floor classroom. They are wearing the official uniform.
Contributing Institution:
St. Scholastica Monastery
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

8. Acme Match Corporation, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1923?
Description:
Acme Match Corporation, 212 North 40th Avenue West; architecture; automobiles.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

9. Acme Match Corporation, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1923?
Description:
Acme Match Corporation, 212 North 40th avenue west; architecture; automobiles.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

10. Actual Business Department Duluth Business University, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1895?
Description:
Students seated in the business department of the Duluth Business University which opened in 1891.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

11. Adams Kindergarten, Eveleth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1895?
Description:
Eveleth kindergarten
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

12. Adams Mine, Eveleth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1902
Description:
Colorized view of the Adams mine site with worker housing.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

13. Adams School, Eveleth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1908?
Description:
Red brick eight room Adams school in Eveleth was built in October 1907 and later called the Lincoln Annex.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

14. Adolph Quadrangle, Minnesota, 1953: 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic) Map

Creator:
United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey
Date Created:
1953
Description:
Adolph quadrangle topographic map (N4645-W9215/7.5) featuring handwritten notations by Ray Segar in red ink and pencil regarding logging railroad lines and camps in the area between Esko and Twig. The hand written notations include information on the following: Minnesota and Northwestern Railroad line and logging camps noted with ‘C’.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Topographic maps

15. Adriatic Mine location, Mesaba, Minnesota

Date Created:
1909
Description:
Adriatic Location houses at Mesaba Minnesota
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

16. Adriatic Mine, Mesaba, Minnesota

Date Created:
1909
Description:
Adriatic mine at Mesaba Minnesota; headframe; water tower
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

17. Aerial Bridge: Aerial Bridge and Canal, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Freighter in the ship canal leaves the Duluth harbor. McKenzie 7553.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

18. Aerial Bridge: Aerial Bridge by night Duluth Superior harbor, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Vessel arriving in Duluth.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

19. Aerial Bridge: Aerial Bridge Over Duluth-Superior Ship Canal, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1915?
Description:
The suspended car transfer was replaced in 1929 with the Aerial Lift Bridge span. The building at the left is the wholesale grocer Gowan Lenning Twohy.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

20. Aerial Bridge: Aerial Bridge over Duluth-Superior ship canal, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1915?
Description:
A passenger vessel in the Duluth harbor near the bridge with Canal Park at the left and Minnesota Point at the right.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

21. Aerial Bridge: Aerial Bridge Showing Car, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
The Hugh C. Leighton Co., Manufacturers, Portland, ME.
Date Created:
1910?
Description:
During storms water from waves collect in the piers which are designed with drainage gaps so the water runs back into the canal. Here, there is melted snow and a small pack of snow at the base of the pier's walkway that blocks the drainage.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

22. Aerial Bridge: An Aeroplane View Showing Entrance to Duluth-Superior Harbor, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
R.D. Handy, Inc. Duluth, Minn.
Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Aerial view of Duluth's harbor and hillside showing Canal Park as an industrial site.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

23. Aerial Bridge: Bird's Eye View of Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Gallagher, Louis Perry, Sr., 1875-1945
Date Created:
1925?
Description:
A photograph turned into a printed post card that was mailed rolled.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Panoramas

24. Aerial Bridge: Bird's Eye View of Duluth, Minnesota From Boulevard Drive

Date Created:
1910
Description:
A photograph turned into a printed post card that was mailed rolled.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Panoramas

25. Aerial Bridge: Classroom blackboard at Bryant School, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910?
Description:
A Bryant elementary third grade classroom of boys and girls with their teacher. The children are seated at their desks, the unidentified woman teacher is standing at the rear of the room. Blinds are drawn, but sunlight is peeking in below the one near the teacher. The classroom is full of interesting items, but the drawing of the Aerial Bridge on the large blackboard is delightful. The day's schedule is on the back corner blackboard. Drawing is a twenty-minute slot after lunch and before geography. Jane, Rose, Edith, Grace and Irene are named Busy Workers and have stars by their names on the blackboard.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

26. Aerial Bridge: Design for Suspended Car Transfer Over Ship Canal, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Turner, C. A. P. (Claude)
Date Created:
1901-02
Description:
The Claude Turner design for the original Aerial Bridge from 1901. Many companies and designers vied for this project. The bridge was built in 1904-1905. This drawing shows the spires and steel structural detail as well as the concrete footings and dimensions. Both towers are shown with an end view. In 1929 the suspended car transfer was eliminated and a lift span was installed.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Design drawings

27. Aerial Bridge: Detail of Car Suspended Car Transfer Over Ship Canal at Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Turner, C.A.P. (Claude)
Date Created:
1902-02
Description:
A side elevation of the car, or gondola, which carried vehicles and people across the canal. The drawing shows: decorative circular metal plate with the word Duluth and floral-like details, wooden wall with windows, open lattice feature. Plan of strut is drawn as a detail for the bridge builders. Drawing 163, Sheet M7.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Design drawings

28. Aerial Bridge: Detail of Car Suspended Car Transfer Over Ship Canal, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Turner, C.A.P. (Claude)
Date Created:
1902-02
Description:
Two detailed drawings of the car, or gondola, which carried vehicles and people across the canal. The drawing shows etched glass, punctured decorative steel plates, electric light fixtures, seats with perforated wood bottoms, maple flooring, glass paneled doors, lattice rail, copper flashing, wire supports, wire ropes, dimensions, floor beams, pine planks, and oak flooring. Drawing 162 Sheet M6.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Design drawings

29. Aerial Bridge: Details of Traveler Framing at Top Suspended Car Transfer Ship Canal, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Turner, C.A.P. (Claude)
Date Created:
1902-02
Description:
Technical details and named parts of the suspended car and its supporting structure for the bridge's builders. Included on the drawing are dimensions, rivet poles, braces, center lines, bolt connections, plates, trusses, knee brace, hanger roll. Drawing 161, Sheet M5.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Design drawings

30. Aerial Bridge: Details of Traveler Suspended Car Transfer Over Ship Canal, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Turner, C.A.P. (Claude)
Date Created:
1902-01
Description:
Detailed drawing of the suspended car, or gondola, and the vertical structure that holds it. This is the element that moves from one side of the bridge to the other above the canal. This transfer car could hold vehicles and people. Normal speed of the car was 4 miles per hour; it made the trip in about 1 minute. This drawing includes dimensions of individual structural elements such as braces. Drawing 160, Sheet M4. Turner is identified as engineer, 816 Phoenix Building Duluth.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Design drawings

31. Aerial Bridge: Duluth Boat Club, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1911?
Description:
The Duluth Boat Club was organized July 10, 1886. The original building was built in 1891 at the foot of Seventh Avenue West and the bay front. This, the second facility, was built in 1906 at 1000 Minnesota Avenue on the harbor side. This was a social center of Duluth but you did have to buy a membership. It had nearly 200 rowboats, canoes, and a flotilla of sailboats. Duluth rowers won 20 national championships between 1911 and 1923, as well as hosting the national races in 1916. The club dissolved in 1926 due to flagging interest and debt.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

32. Aerial Bridge Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1905?
Description:
This post card was mailed in 1906, but the image is from an earlier year. In the 1890s commercial fishing on Lake Superior was feeding Duluth and the entire Midwest with major operators: A. Booth and Sons (whose sign is visible at the left), Lake Superior Fish Company, H. Christiansen and Sons.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

33. Aerial Bridge, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910?
Description:
The caption says The Aerial Bridge Span 393 feet 9 inches, 135 feet high from water line, cost $100,000 Duluth, Minn. A few more details that are not on this card are that the Aerial Bridge was completed in February, 1905. The Aerial Bridge transporter or gondola or transfer car roadway was 17 feet by 50 feet with sidewalks seven feet by 50 feet and the cabins were 30 feet long. This original bridge was modified with the lift span in 1929 and first operated March 19, 1930.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

34. Aerial Bridge Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1906?
Description:
The post card caption says The Aerial Bridge, Span 393 feet 9 inches, 135 feet high from water line. Cost $100,000. This post card illustration is of a view from the waterfront. At the right is the South Breakwater Inner Light Tower. Houses on Minnesota Point are at the far right. Engineer C.A.P. Turner, of the Gillette-Herzog Manufacturing Company of Minneapolis, designed the Ferry Bridge with Suspended Car Transfer in February 1901, meeting federal specifications. Bids were opened March 25, 1901, but only one was received. The Duluth Canal Bridge Company was awarded the contract but abandoned the work. In February, 1904, the Modern Steel Structural Company of Waukesha, Wisconsin was issued a contract. Work began July 20, 1904.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

35. Aerial Bridge Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1904
Description:
The caption of this post card says Clear span, 400 feet; clear height, 136 feet; total height above water, 186 feet. This view shows the waterfront when it was warehouses and wharves, docks, railroad freight sheds and slips. This view is probably from Skyline boulevard which, at this time, would have been called Rogers' Boulevard. William Rogers was the first parks department commissioner. In December 1959 the Duluth City Council and Mayor E. Clifford Bork changed the name of Rogers parkway and Skyline Boulevard to Skyline Parkway.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

36. Aerial Bridge: Entrance To Duluth-Superior Harbor, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1915?
Description:
The caption of this post card says The Aerial Bridge, Span 393 feet 9 inches, 135 feet high from water line. Cost $100,000. Entrance to Duluth-Superior Harbor. The white building at the left is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Building constructed in 1906.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

37. Aerial Bridge: Entrance To Duluth-Superior Harbor, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1906?
Description:
The post card caption says The Aerial Bridge, Span 393 feet 9 inches, 135 feet high from water line. Cost $100,000. This post card illustration is of a view from the Duluth harbor with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Building at the left and the South Breakwater Inner Light Tower at the right. Houses on Minnesota Point are at the far right. Engineer C.A.P. Turner, of the Gillette-Herzog Manufacturing Company of Minneapolis, designed the Ferry Bridge with Suspended Car Transfer in February 1901, meeting federal specifications. Bids were opened March 25, 1901, but only one was received. The Duluth Canal Bridge Company was awarded the contract but abandoned the work. In February, 1904, the Modern Steel Structural Company of Waukesha, Wisconsin was issued a contract. Work began July 20, 1904. The aerial bridge transporter or gondola or transfer car roadway was 17 feet by 50 feet with sidewalks seven feet by 50 feet; the cabins were 30 feet long.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

38. Aerial Bridge: Log Rollers, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1911-07
Description:
Spectators watch log rollers in the bay. The Duluth Boat Club was organized July 10, 1886. The original building was built in 1891 at the foot of Seventh Avenue West and the bay front. This, the second facility, was built in 1906 at 1000 Minnesota Avenue on the harbor side. This was a social center of Duluth but you did have to buy a membership. It had nearly 200 rowboats, canoes, and a flotilla of sailboats. Duluth rowers won 20 national championships between 1911 and 1923, as well as hosting the national races in 1916. The club dissolved in 1926 due to flagging interest and debt.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

39. Aerial Bridge: Marshall-Wells Hardware Company Duluth

Date Created:
1906?
Description:
The information on this post card says Crowd leaving bridge; The Aerial Bridge; Miniature Train, White City. Joyland White City was the name of the amusement park at the end of Minnesota Point at Oatka Park. It was named White City based upon the buildings constructed at the recently experienced World's Fair where buildings were constructed using "white" building materials. There were rides and a pavilion for performances, dances and music. White City was short lived, about 1905-1911. The pavilion remained and the location reverted to the prior name of Oatka Park. The small train was moved to the Duluth zoo when the last features of the amusement park were dismantled in the 1950s. This post card was mailed in July 1907.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

40. Aerial Bridge: Meet Us in Duluth July 22, 23, 24, 1911 Reception Committee

Date Created:
1911?
Description:
This card features an organization and its upcoming event in Duluth. The Scandinavian Grand Lodge of Minnesota held a convention in Duluth in 1911.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

41. Aerial Bridge: Passenger Vessel North American Outbound, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1913-09
Description:
Passenger steamer North American of the Georgian Bay Line is steaming out of Duluth harbor leaving Duluth. There were many passenger ships and companies used similar names. This vessel had a partner named the South American; both were built in 1913. The Great Lakes is one of the oldest, yet one of the newest cruise destinations. Cruises were being taken as early as 1842, yet the industry had almost disappeared 100 years later. Railroads bought and built steamship lines to compliment railroad services. Some activity continued into the 1960s, but following the departure of the South American in 1966, cruising effectively ceased for thirty years. Houses on Minnesota Point are at the left. The Aerial Bridge gondola or basket transporter is visible behind the stern. These lamp posts on the piers remained until about 1955. This is a print made from a broken glass plate negative: the bottom right corner is missing (black). The photographer's negative number is cut off, only the beginning of his name shows "McK."
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Glass plate negatives

42. Aerial Bridge: Proposed Changes in Tower Suspended Car Transfer Over Ship Canal at Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Turner, C.A.P. (Claude)
Date Created:
1902-03
Description:
There are three drawn details: end view, part side elevation, lateral bracing in horizontal plane. The towers are the two end parts of the bridge that hold the central span and the suspended car. The towers are referred to as North and South. The South Tower is nearer to Minnesota Point, the North Tower is on the "mainland." Drawing 167, Sheet M11.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Design drawings

43. Aerial Bridge: Proposed Suspended Car Transfer Over Ship Canal at Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Turner, C.A.P. (Claude)
Date Created:
1903-02-06
Description:
This is a general elevation drawing, plus end view of both towers. The suspended car transfer is in the center of the bridge drawing over the canal. Dimensions are included for the distance from the water to the bottom of the bridge span (135 feet) and the footings. The drawing shows small stone and gravel fill near and around the concrete footings at the base of each tower. The finials are shown in detail. Lake Avenue is shown from one tower to the other. Drawing H-5421A, U.S. Patent February 1903.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Design drawings

44. Aerial Bridge: Sailboats in Duluth Harbor, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1911-07
Description:
Sailboat racing on the harbor. The Duluth Boat Club was organized July 10, 1886. The original building was built in 1891 at the foot of Seventh Avenue West and the bay front. This, the second facility, was built in 1906 at 1000 Minnesota Avenue on the harbor side.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

45. Aerial Bridge: Sailboats in Duluth Harbor, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1911-07
Description:
Sailboat racing on the harbor. The Duluth Boat Club was organized July 10, 1886. The original building was built in 1891 at the foot of Seventh Avenue West and the bay front. This, the second facility, was built in 1906 at 1000 Minnesota Avenue on the harbor side.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

46. Aerial Bridge: Sailboats in Duluth Harbor, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1911-07
Description:
Sailboat racing on the harbor with hundreds of spectators on hand. The Duluth Boat Club was organized July 10, 1886. The original building was built in 1891 at the foot of Seventh Avenue West and the bay front. This, the second facility, was built in 1906 at 1000 Minnesota Avenue on the harbor side. This was a social center of Duluth but you did have to buy a membership. It had nearly 200 rowboats, canoes, and a flotilla of sailboats. Duluth rowers won 20 national championships between 1911 and 1923, as well as hosting the national races in 1916. The club dissolved in 1926 due to flagging interest and debt.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

47. Aerial Bridge: School Room Clay Model of Bridge, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Every student in Duluth learned about the aerial bridge from family or teachers. This table-top model in clay is typical in demonstrating how central to children and families the structure and impact of the bridge was and is to residents of Duluth.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

48. Aerial Bridge: School Room Clay Model of Bridge, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1920?
Description:
Every student in Duluth learned about the Aerial Bridge from family or teachers. This table-top model in clay is typical in demonstrating how central to children and families the structure and impact of the bridge was and is to residents of Duluth.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

49. Aerial Bridge: South Lake Avenue, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Gallagher, Louis P., 1875-1945
Date Created:
1919
Description:
Marshall-Wells Hardware merchandise is loaded and ready for delivery to various railroad lines for transport. The first horse-drawn sleigh will take the orders packed into it to the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha depot. The truck behind the sleigh is destined for the Soo Line depot. The next in line will be shipped on the Great Northern railway and the one after that will go to the Northern Pacific. The Union Depot served seven railroads including the GN and NP. It still stands as the St. Louis County Heritage and Arts Center. All of the other depots are gone. The Marshall-Wells Company started in 1886 as Chapin and Wells Company a wholesale hardware business. Albert Morley Marshall, son of Seth, bought controlling interest in 1893 and changed the name to Marshall-Wells Company. The company grew to include 14 wholesale offices throughout the northwestern U.S. and Canada. In 1955 Ambrook Industries Inc. of New York bought controlling interest. Kelley-How-Thomson and Marshall-Wells merged January 1, 1958. Kelley-How-Thomson had been a subsidiary of Marshall-Wells since 1955 when Ambrook bought Marshall-Wells and reorganized. The Coast-to-Coast Stores bought the Duluth division of Marshall-Wells-Kelley-How-Thomson Company in 1958, which ended the Duluth firm's operation. Also in the image are the People's Hotel 246 Lake Avenue South, and the Lyceum Theater billboard.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Panoramas

50. Aerial Bridge: Spalding Hotel with Bridge, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1925-09
Description:
Most photographs of downtown Duluth will also capture the Aerial Bridge, and so it is with this image of Superior Street at Fifth Avenue West. The Spalding hotel was completed in June 1889. It was razed in the summer of 1963 along with many other buildings in the Gateway Renewal Project. The total cost of razing Gateway buildings was $258,000, including demolition of the Spalding hotel at the cost of $43,500.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
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