Bust, portrait photographs of dozens of uniformed, identified firefighters and the Chief J. T. Black, two assistant chiefs, one fire hall, and two teams of horses with the crew ready to pull equipment.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Bust, portrait photographs of dozens of uniformed, identified firefighters and the Chief J. T. Black, two assistant chiefs, one fire hall, and two teams of horses with the crew ready to pull equipment.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Duluth Polo Club northwestern champions for the season of 1893-1894 are W. H. Carey, George E. Vincent, F. B. Taylor, Captain, Parker Paine, D. R. McLennan, H. Meining, J. P. Burg, F. E. Thompson.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Bust portrait photographs of dozens of uniformed, identified post office workers, the post master, assistant post master, superintendent of carriers, chief clerk mailing division, and post office buildings.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Mailman Johannes Johnson was appointed July 1912 and retired November 1936. He is photographed in an unidentified photographer's studio in Duluth with a winter scene backdrop.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Mailman Louis Christiansen was appointed August 1902 and retired June 1932 and was the president of the State Letter Carriers Association in 1920. He is standing in an unidentified photographer's studio.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Formal studio portrait of Napoleon B. Merritt, his second wife Mathilda Tilly Cronston Merritt, with Napoleon's adult children, spouses, and grandchildren.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
A duplicate portrait photograph of Nellie Weiss Bondy in her wedding dress. Nellie Weiss married Louis Bondy in 1886: the event is reputed to have been the first Jewish wedding in Duluth.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Group portrait of the men comprising the singers of Duluth's premier chorus founded by O. George Thrana (seated front left) a Norwegian master stone carver.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Minnesota State Horticultural Society officers Nathan Siegel and Glenn Ray greet Gov. Rudy Perpich as he arrives at the 1977 Minnesota State Horticultural Society convention banque.t
Ben Boo, born January 21, 1925 in St. Paul, served in the military and fought in both World War II and the Korean War. He was elected mayor on April 4, 1967 and served until 1975. Boo boosted Duluth tourism with the creation of the local ski hill Spirit Mountain. He was a very public figure, traveling through Europe and appearing on American television to talk about common urban issues. After his tenure he served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1984-1993 and worked as executive director of the Western Lake Superior Sanitary District. He and his wife Mary have six children.
A native of Duluth, Gary Doty was born on February 5, 1948 and worked as a teacher and coach in the Duluth public schools. In 1975 he was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives, and he served on several other boards until his election as mayor on November 5, 1991. During his 12 years in office, Doty worked to rebuild streets and sewers throughout the city. He was also a strong promoter of the Great Lakes Aquarium. The socially conservative and fiscally moderate mayor retired in 2004 and lives with his wife Marcia and their three daughters.