This is Leif Erikson Park's amphitheater feature and its view to the Lake Superior. People are on park benches, and there is an ore boat on the lake. Lakeshore Park was renamed Leif Erikson Park 1929.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
This is a view of Leif Erikson Park on the London Road side with the Duluth Curling Club building at the left. Lakeshore Park was renamed Leif Erikson Park 1929.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
A statue of Jay Cooke and his dog by sculptor Henry M. Shrady was located where Superior Street and London Road meet. It was dedicated in 1921, the 100th anniversary of Cooke's birth.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
This is the original Swinging Bridge in Jay Cooke State Park, built by the Forest Service in 1924. Later, the bridge was rebuilt by the Civilian Conservation Corps using a design by Oscar Newstrom.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
A person is standing on the bridge. The Forest Service built the first Swinging Bridge of logs and rope in 1924. Later, the bridge was rebuilt by the Civilian Conservation Corps using a design by Oscar Newstrom.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
A person is standing on the bridge. The Forest Service built the first Swinging Bridge of logs and rope in 1924. Later, the bridge was rebuilt by the Civilian Conservation Corps using a design by Oscar Newstrom.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
A person is walking across the bridge. The Forest Service built the first Swinging Bridge of logs and rope in 1924. Later, the bridge was rebuilt by the Civilian Conservation Corps using a design by Oscar Newstrom.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
This is the original Swinging Bridge in Jay Cooke State Park, built by the Forest Service in 1924. Later, the bridge was rebuilt by the Civilian Conservation Corps using a design by Oscar Newstrom.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
The 1927 Lester River Bridge is a stone-faced concrete arch bridge that carries London Road-Congdon Boulevard (Minnesota Highway 61) over the Lester River in the northeastern portion of the city of Duluth.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
The smaller Lester Park Rustic Bridge in 1928. A larger, more complete Rustic Bridge was built in 1897 then reduced in size and finally removed in 1931.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections