Men and women sit at rows of long tables for anniversary celebration of the Duluth Talmud Torah. The Duluth Jewish community at its height in the 1930s numbered about 4,000. Duluth's profile mirrored that of larger cities to the south, including a mix of German and eastern European settlers. The fact that both groups arrived within the same decade helped prevent some of the same identity-based separation that occurred in Minneapolis and St. Paul. The Duluth Talmud Torah is officially named the Ida B. Cook Hebrew school, after the founder and a prominent Duluth citizen.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Program for the sixtieth anniversary services of the Salem Covenant Church, Duluth, Minnesota. The program includes a welcome by Pastor Carl H. Janson, the schedule of events for the services on October 11-15, 1950, and a brief history of the church.
Eight women and men are seated at a table on Passover. Each have a book in front of them. The back of the Photograph reads: "Across the table are (from left) George and Esther Casmir, "Beth" Helperin Oreckovsky (1884, Vilna-1954), Charles D. Oreckovsky (1882, Ukraine-1973) and "Big Joe" Oreckovsky (1876, Ukraine-1952)
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Tower Hall at Villa Sancta Scholastica was completed in 1927 with the addition of a second tower (not in the original plans) separated from the original tower by an elaborate lobby and main entrance, and the northward extension of the eastward-facing wing. Mother Agnes Somers chose the St. Louis architectural firm of O'Meara and Hills. The original college bus is parked in front of what is now called Tower Hall.
Episcopal clergy, Bishop James Dow Morrison, and congregants at the cornerstone placement event for their new Pro-Cathedral building on Superior Street.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Episcopal clergy, Bishop James Dow Morrison, and congregants at the cornerstone placement event for their new Pro-Cathedral building on Superior Street.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Located at 2010 East Superior Street, Trinity Episcopal church Bishop James D. Morrison, guest clergy and members of the congregation are near the east entrance of the building.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Located at 2010 East Superior Street, Trinity Episcopal church Bishop James D. Morrison, guest clergy and members of the congregation stand across the front of the building.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Located at 2010 East Superior Street, Trinity Episcopal church Bishop James D. Morrison, guest clergy and members of the congregation stand across the front of the building.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Episcopal clergy and congregants at the cornerstone placement event for their new Pro-Cathedral building on Superior Street while a photographer stands next to his tripod.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Students from Villa Sancta Scholastica Academy survey their new premises in 1910. The motherhouse and academy building was completed in 1909. The original architects were German and Lignell of Duluth, but the building was taken over by Franklin Ellerbe of St. Paul in 1908 when construction deficiencies were pointed out. View towards the west. The boiler and laundry building is on the right to the rear of the main building.
In 1921, an addition was made to the 1909 building: the tower from the original plan was constructed, the north lateral wing was extended and a gymnasium was built. Thomas Ellerbe of St. Paul was the architect. In this view from the northeast, the new tower is prominent, and the addition to the north wing. The boiler room and chemistry lab building is in the rear.
In 1921, an addition was made to the 1909 building: the tower from the original plan was constructed, the north lateral wing was extended and a gymnasium was built. Thomas Ellerbe of St. Paul was the architect. This view from the southwest shows what was still the main entrance.
Exterior view of former YMCA building, it opened in 1916 at southeast corner of Lake Avenue and Second Street. Ward Ames and Julius Barnes, both men were central figures in the grain trade, gave this building for the YMCA in memory of Ames' father Wardwell Ames.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Reverend Albert Johanson, pastor of the West End Mission Church (now First Covenant Church, Duluth, Minnesota), filled Swedish Christian Mission Church's pulpit from time to time. This portrait was taken on his wedding day.
The intersection of Third Avenue West and Second Street of downtown Duluth. The YMCA was organized in Duluth in 1882, and this building built in 1916. The YMCA building held offices of the American Bible Society and the Duluth Council of Churches.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections