The Priley Fountain, is a feature of the Duluth Civic Center that draws residents, downtown workers, and visitors. Joseph Carl Priley (1902-1981), born in Duluth, was elected in 1953 to the office of Finance Commissioner of the City of Duluth. He was elected Second District County Commissioner in 1958, serving until his retirement in December 1974. "Petunia Joe" instituted a civic beautification program which received national attention and a letter of appreciation from Lady Bird Johnson. On July 26, 1970, Mayor Ben Boo dedicated the courthouse fountain and circular drive to Mr. Priley for his courthouse flower gardens. He was also a well known musician, playing the viola in the Duluth symphony. In 1986, Duluth city officials announced they would extend the streetscape project to include the Civic Center. The $900,000 project involved paving Priley Drive and the sidewalks with bricks, renovating the fountain, and planting trees and shrubs.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
The Priley Fountain, is a feature of the Civic Center that draws residents, downtown workers, and visitors. Joseph Carl Priley (1902-1981), born in Duluth, was elected in 1953 to the office of Finance Commissioner of the City of Duluth. He was elected Second District County Commissioner in 1958, serving until his retirement in December 1974. "Petunia Joe" instituted a civic beautification program which received national attention and a letter of appreciation from Lady Bird Johnson. On July 26, 1970, Mayor Ben Boo dedicated the courthouse fountain and circular drive to Mr. Priley for his courthouse flower gardens. He was also a well known musician, playing the viola in the Duluth symphony. In 1986, Duluth city officials announced they would extend the streetscape project to include the Civic Center. The $900,000 project involved paving Priley Drive and the sidewalks with bricks, renovating the fountain, and planting trees and shrubs.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
View from First Street in downtown Duluth. The 1910 Soo Line depot is at the far right at Sixth Avenue West and Superior Street. The newspaper announced in 1971, plans for a 13-story apartment building for the middle-income elderly on the site of the Soo Line Depot which was razed in August of 1972. The 1892 Union Depot at 506 West Michigan Street becomes the St. Louis County Heritage and Arts Center. A January 11, 1973, newspaper article announced the St. Louis County Board received $201,250 for historical preservation and restoration of Duluth's Union Depot. The Depot was purchased from Burlington Northern for $137,500. The county serves as landlord, which averts tax problems. On March 19, 1973, Don Shank turned the first shovel of dirt for Lake Superior Museum of Transportation and Industry known by locals as the Train Museum.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Looking toward Canal Park from East Second Street, Calvary Temple Church is at the center right with a white cross. The church address is 412 East First Street. Next door to Calvary is Curran Apartment building with three front stoops at 408 and 410 East First Street. The very top of Hotel Duluth at far right top. This residential area was absorbed by Miller-Dwan Hospital and its parking facilities.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Hillside housing stock built with a rock outcrop in the backyard; A Master Bread billboard is at the top of the image. The Zinsmaster family opened a bakery called Zinsmaster Hol-Ry Company in Duluth in 1931. Master Bread was one of their brands. The structure that looks like it is framed by the Aerial Lift Bridge is the Huron Portland Cement silo that later became LaFarge Cement. It still stands on the Duluth waterfront. The white trimmed brick structure at the top right is 1515 West Superior Street, the Duluth Gospel Tabernacle building. The building to the right but further east on Superior Street with the arched window is a Minnesota Power station and garage at about Fourteenth Avenue West and Superior Street.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
A view from an upper window of the Duluth Malt and Brewing Company at Twenty Ninth Avenue West between Huron and Railroad streets. These Lincoln Park houses will be lost during interstate construction.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
West Duluth Rentola Boarding House; RENTOLA in wood on the front of the frame building; bluestone foundation; Finnish; 4 North 59 Avenue West; glassed-in porch; houses; 1950s car; summer
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
West Duluth Nelson Building; Remodeled to allow Ramsey Street to extend from Central Avenue to Grand Avenue; first brick business on Grand Avenue; Duluth Universal Flour advertisement; eight people four working; brick piles
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Dr. Graham house; interior; 124 Fifty-sixth Avenue West; fire place; ceramic tiles; mantle; pillars; mirror with image of decorative windows; light bulb; pictures and knick-knacks on mantle; carved fireplace surround; carved wood
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
West Duluth Dr. Graham house; interior; 124 Fifty-sixth Avenue West; carved woodwork; pillar; telephone; carved wood fire place surround; columns; entry; radiator
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
The 1893 First Methodist Episcopal church occupied the corner of Third Avenue West and Third Street in downtown Duluth until the congregation built the 1965 church building designed by architect Pietro Belluschi that everyone calls the Copper Top church at Skyline and Central Entrance. This brownstone structure closed in November 1966 and was razed in 1969.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
West Duluth; Merritt house; John Merritt house; 4102 Grand Avenue; clapboard; fence; Cassius Merritt; dirt road in front; three chimneys; trees; summer
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
West Duluth; Merritt house; Andrus Merritt house; Fortieth and Sixth street; 3931 West Sixth street; built in 1894; three story; wrap around porch; houses; snow; winter
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Two unidentified men hold a copy of a national magazine whose cover features the Aerial Bridge. These men are probably with the Chamber of Commerce. The June 14, 1947, Saturday Evening Post cover of Duluth Aerial Bridge with boat is by John Atherton. John Carlton Atherton was born in Brainerd, Minnesota, on June 7, 1900. Atherton would eventually illustrate over forty covers for Saturday Evening Post, starting with his December 1942 design, Patient Dog. In the late 1940s, Albert Dorne, fellow Saturday Evening Post illustrator, founded the Famous Artists School, an institution to teach the art of correspondence illustration. John Atherton was among the famous artists such as Al Parker, Jon Witcomb, and Norman Rockwell, who contributed to the program. Atherton eventually moved to Arlington, Vermont. The famous illustrator and artist died at age fifty-two (in 1952) in a drowning accident while fly-fishing in New Brunswick, Canada. He was survived by his wife, Maxine Breeze.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Lakeside Lester Park; house 5714 Juniata Street; C. L. Cecil owner; five rooms, hot air heat, garage, 50x140 lot, $2,500 first mortgage, tax $71, price $4,400; houses; summer; porch
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Exterior view of the A.E. Ouellette house located at 4631 Cooke Street. The wood frame house features a wrap-around corner sunroom, summer landscaping, and a flagpole. Note: House numbers in Duluth were renumbered sometime after this photograph was taken. The current address is 4627 Cooke Street.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
West Duluth; Duluth Zoo murals; interior of main zoo building; most of the buildings were constructed in 1927 including the primate house, aviary, and pheasant house; mural leaf forms; radiators; people; gumball machines; light fixtures suspended from ceiling; murals are by Arne Edgar Nybak; Minnesota Art Project Work Projects Administration; WPA
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Central Hillside; view of Duluth with Civic Center; Fifth Avenue West and First Street; City Hall at right, St. Louis County Courthouse in center, Federal Building at left, Duluth Fire Department behind and between the Federal building and courthouse; incline in visible in distance; school; buildings; houses; Munger Terrace is up the hill at far right; line of cars are parked up Fourth Avenue West; streets; sidewalks
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Central Hillside house; 329 West Third street; house of Captain C. O. Flynn; Cornelius O. Flynn; architectural details; porch; clapboard; winter; snow; stairs
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
West Duluth Colpaert House; 3716 Coates near Thirty-seventh Avenue west; frame house with porch; cement steps; board sidewalk; snow; men and women; family
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
William K. Rogers' Duluth house; Rogers was a native of Ohio who lived in Duluth and advocated for a scenic drive; the 1887 or 1888 drive was known as Rogers Boulevard or Terrace Parkway of Skyline Drive; Forty-fifth avenue west and Michigan Street; the house was across from the Wheeler home;West Duluth
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
East Hillside house; 1027 East Fifth Street; Mrs. H. Stein owner; Sunday editor of the Duluth News Tribune, Nathan Cohen lived at this address in 1942; vines; porch; steps; spring
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
East Hillside house; 915 East Fourth Street; eight rooms; forced air heat; two car garage; $8,200; Roy Murnian; summer; stairs; chimney; clapboard; lawn
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Central Hillside; Civic Center; Fifth Avenue West between First and Second Street; City Hall was opened in 1928; the Federal Building is at the left side of the photograph, it was razed in 1945; cars; Jackson school; incline railway is on horizon in background; houses; apartments; stairs; spring
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections