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5076. Minnesota Highways, March 1973

Creator:
Minnesota Department of Highways
Date Created:
1973-03
Description:
This issue covers the importance of good public relations, theory ""X"" and theory ""Y"" of concepts of management, and the addition of an electrical power source to the Capitol Complex Area. Minnesota Highways was the official employee newsletter of the Minnesota Department of Highways (1951-1976).
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Newsletters

5077. Minnesota Highways, April 1973

Creator:
Minnesota Department of Highways
Date Created:
1973-04
Description:
This issue covers an anthropological film study of Vietnam, the role of district methods engineers, and the department's need for land surveyors. Minnesota Highways was the official employee newsletter of the Minnesota Department of Highways (1951-1976).
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Newsletters

5078. Minnesota Highways, May 1973

Creator:
Minnesota Department of Highways
Date Created:
1973-05
Description:
This issue covers the Action Plan for Minnesota highway planning, the District Nine blood drive, and the inspection of bridges crossing the Red river. Minnesota Highways was the official employee newsletter of the Minnesota Department of Highways (1951-1976).
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Newsletters

5079. Aerial Lift Bridge: View of the Aerial Lift Bridge from the U.S. Vessel Yard, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Goodsell, Elizabeth Jo, 1924-2006
Date Created:
1973-05-06
Description:
The lift span is up and a Cost Guard vessel is at the dock in this view of the Aerial Bridge taken by Duluth activist and Minnesota Point resident Jo Goodsell.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

5080. Aerial Lift Bridge: View of the Bridge from the Port Terminal, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Goodsell, Elizabeth Jo, 1924-2006
Date Created:
1973-05-13
Description:
The scale of the moored vessel is evident as a person walks beside it. The Aerial Lift Bridge is framed by the Duluth hillside and the moored vessel. The photographer, Elizabeth Jo Goodsell, was a Duluth community activist and a physical education teacher at Duluth East High School. She lived on Minnesota Point and was an avid photographer.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

5081. Minnesota Highways, June 1973

Creator:
Minnesota Department of Highways
Date Created:
1973-06
Description:
This issue covers the dedication of the new maintenance area headquarters building in Windom, citizen involvement in public administration, and work on Highway 135. Minnesota Highways was the official employee newsletter of the Minnesota Department of Highways (1951-1976).
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Newsletters

5082. Aerial Lift Bridge: Aerial View of Arena Auditorium and Canal Park, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Goodsell, Elizabeth Jo, 1924-2006
Date Created:
1973-06-09
Description:
Looking toward the North Shore this aerial view shows the Duluth Arena Auditorium on the lower left. The Arena Auditorium opened in August 1966 and was renamed the DECC or Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center in 1987. Just below the Arena Auditorium is the building that housed the Flame Restaurant. Located at 353 South Fifth Avenue West, the Flame opened in 1930 and closed on January 3, 1973. The water of Minnesota Slip is visible between Canal Park and the Arena-Auditorium. Off the shore of Canal Park in Lake Superior are the remnants of the Whitney rock crushing enterprise, visible here as a small brown rectangle. The Whitney Brothers, of Superior, Wisconsin, had a sand and gravel processing business that was functioning in 1919. The concrete form that is still in the water was the dredging/crushing building.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

5083. Aerial Lift Bridge: Aerial View of Canal Park, Aerial Lift Bridge, and Minnesota Point, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Goodsell, Elizabeth Jo, 1924-2006
Date Created:
1973-06-09
Description:
This image shows Canal Park toward the end of its light industrial era. At the bottom center of the image, between First Avenue East and Lake Avenue, at 438 Lake Avenue South, is the Northwestern Iron and Metal Company scrap yard. The newly constructed Marine Museum (now the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center) is visible below the canal; its grand opening was on September 29, 1973. Also visible in Canal Park are the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers building (1906), next to the Marine Museum, the Sand Bar, 522 Lake Avenue South, and the home of Jeno's Incorporated, 525 Lake Avenue South, now known as the Paulucci Building. In the upper right corner of the image, on Minnesota Point is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers vessel yard. An excursion boat in the canal approaches the harbor.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

5084. Aerial Lift Bridge: Aerial view of Downtown Duluth, Duluth Harbor, and Canal Park, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Goodsell, Elizabeth Jo, 1924-2006
Date Created:
1973-06-09
Description:
The Duluth Arena Auditorium is at the center of this image, above and to the right of the Arena are the grain elevators on Rice's Point, and the John A. Blatnik Bridge connecting Duluth and Superior, Wisconsin. Built in 1961, the High Bridge was renamed for Congressman John A. Blatnik in 1971. Blatnik (1911-1991) was elected to the Minnesota Senate in 1940, he was a representative to the U.S. Congress for Minnesota's Eight District from 1947-1974. The U-shaped building at the lower left is the Hotel Duluth.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

5085. Aerial Lift Bridge: Aerial View of Duluth from Minnesota Point, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Goodsell, Elizabeth Jo, 1924-2006
Date Created:
1973-06-09
Description:
This aerial view faces downtown Duluth, incorporating the near end of Minnesota Point and Canal Park. Minnesota Slip runs straight up through the center of the image, between Canal Park and the Duluth Arena Auditorium, and a Coast Guard cutter is docked in front of the Arena. Minnesota Slip is where the 600-foot long William A. Irvin ore boat museum will lay beginning in July 1986. The hillside rises up behind downtown, with Mesaba Avenue running diagonally up the left side of the hill. The rectangle and three dots parallel to the piers of the canal are the remnants of the Whitney Brothers rock crushing enterprise. The lift span of the bridge is up as a ship moves out of the harbor. At the center in the bottom portion of the image is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Duluth Vessel Yard at Ninth Street and Minnesota Avenue that was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in October 1995. It was a maintenance, storage, mooring facility established in 1904, supporting dredging and maintenance of the Duluth shipping harbor.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

5086. Aerial Lift Bridge: Aerial View of Duluth Harbor and downtown, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Goodsell, Elizabeth Jo, 1924-2006
Date Created:
1973-06-09
Description:
A ship heads toward the canal to exit the Duluth harbor. The span is up on the Aerial Lift Bridge to allow the vessel to pass. The discoloration in the water around the ship could be fuel or other residue from vessel traffic in the harbor. Minnesota Slip is parallel to Canal Park in the center of the image; to the left is the Duluth Arena Auditorium. The Arena Auditorium's grand opening was in August 1966. It would be added to over the years and renamed DECC or Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

5087. Aerial Lift Bridge: Aerial View of Minnesota Point and Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Goodsell, Elizabeth Jo, 1924-2006
Date Created:
1973-06-09
Description:
This aerial view clearly shows the long narrow sandbar correctly called Minnesota Point but familiarly called Park Point by local residents. The Point has a recreation area at Thirteenth street and the larger facility including bathhouse, playing fields, and lifeguards at "the End" (the Park at the far end of the beach). To the left of the Point is Superior Bay, to the right is Lake Superior. At the top of the image is the hillside of Duluth. Hearding Island is off Minnesota Point toward the harbor. The island is the uninhabited site that has been called Bird Island by Park Point residents and Harbor Island by Duluth Bird Club members. The photographer, Elizabeth Jo Goodsell, was a Duluth community activist, teacher, and long time resident of Minnesota Point.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

5088. Aerial Lift Bridge: Aerial View of the Aerial Lift Bridge and Superior Bay, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Goodsell, Elizabeth Jo, 1924-2006
Date Created:
1973-06-09
Description:
An excursion boat enters Superior Bay (the Duluth harbor) under the Aerial Lift Bridge. Canal Park is on the left of the bridge, and Minnesota Point is on the right. The discoloration in the water of the Bay could be fuel or other residue from vessel traffic in the harbor.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

5089. Aerial Lift Bridge: Aerial View of the Lift Bridge, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Goodsell, Elizabeth Jo, 1924-2006
Date Created:
1973-06-09
Description:
In this aerial view the span of the Lift Bridge is down and traffic is free to flow between Canal Park and Minnesota Point. The newly constructed Marine Museum (now the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center) is visible in the lower portion of the image, adjacent to the right side of the canal; its grand opening was on September 29, 1973. Also visible in Canal Park are the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Building, next to the Marine Museum, the Sand Bar, 522 Lake Avenue South, and the home of Jeno's Incorporated, 525 Lake Avenue South, now known as the Paulucci Building. The sandy beach of Minnesota Point shows on the left side of the canal in this image.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

5090. Aerial Lift Bridge: Aerial View of the Lift Bridge, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Goodsell, Elizabeth Jo, 1924-2006
Date Created:
1973-06-09
Description:
This striking image presents an aerial view directly above the Lift Bridge. The span is up and a vessel approaches the canal. On the left, cars on Minnesota Point are visible waiting for the bridge span to return to ground level. In local parlance, if you are stopped for the lifting of the span, you are being bridged. People who live on the Point calculate their comings and goings with getting bridged in mind. You can sit and wait for ten or fifteen minutes and sometimes longer.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

5091. Aerial Lift Bridge: Aerial View of the Lift Bridge, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Goodsell, Elizabeth Jo, 1924-2006
Date Created:
1973-06-09
Description:
In this aerial view the span of the Lift Bridge is up and a vessel approaches the canal. The newly constructed Marine Museum (now the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Building are visible in the lower left corner of the image. The photographer, Elizabeth Jo Goodsell, was a Duluth community activist and a physical education teacher at Duluth East High School. She lived on Minnesota Point and was an avid photographer.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

5092. Can of Worms, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Goodsell, Elizabeth Jo, 1924-2006
Date Created:
1973-06-09
Description:
Aerial view of the freeway segment locally known as the can of worms. The I-35 freeway was completed in 34 years. On August 31, 1958, the Minnesota Highway Department submitted the proposed route through West Duluth, and on October 29, 1992, the final connecting segment through eastern Duluth opened.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

5093. Aerial Lift Bridge: At the Foot of the Lift Bridge, Canal Park, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Goodsell, Elizabeth Jo, 1924-2006
Date Created:
1973-06-14
Description:
The lift span is up as pedestrians walk along the north side of the Ship Canal. Behind the bridge footings is the home office of Jeno's Inc, 525 Lake Avenue South, now known as the Paulucci Building.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

5094. Aerial Lift Bridge: Bulk Carrier Under the Bridge, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Goodsell, Elizabeth Jo, 1924-2006
Date Created:
1973-06-14
Description:
A bulk carrier enters the harbor under the Lift Bridge as an excursion boat approaches the canal. In the foreground of the image is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vessel Yard, 901 Minnesota Avenue.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

5095. Aerial Lift Bridge: Inner Light Tower and South Bridge Tower, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Goodsell, Elizabeth Jo, 1924-2006
Date Created:
1973-06-14
Description:
Formally known as the South Breakwater Inner Light Tower this 67 foot tall structure, seen here next to the south tower of the Aerial Lift Bridge, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The light was first lit in 1901. Originally owned by the federal government, the light tower was sold in December 2008.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

5096. Aerial Lift Bridge: South Pier of the Duluth Ship Canal, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Goodsell, Elizabeth Jo, 1924-2006
Date Created:
1973-06-14
Description:
This view from the entry of the Ship Canal shows the south pier, including both the outer and inner South Breakwater Lights. The lift span of the Aerial Bridge is up, giving a view into the harbor. The "Eiffel Tower" structure near the end of the South Pier of the Duluth Ship Canal held the antenna for the Radio Direction Finder signal which used to be broadcast from there. The tower was left standing after the RDF equipment was removed. When the Ship Canal piers were renovated in 1985-1986, the tower was removed.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

5097. Minnesota Highways, July 1973

Creator:
Minnesota Department of Highways
Date Created:
1973-07
Description:
This issue covers the 1973 Employee Pay and Fringe Benefit Bill, the fiftieth anniversary of the Hiwayan Club, and the annual art and hobby show. Minnesota Highways was the official employee newsletter of the Minnesota Department of Highways (1951-1976).
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Newsletters

5098. Aerial Lift Bridge: Bridge and Riders, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Goodsell, Elizabeth Jo, 1924-2006
Date Created:
1973-07-13
Description:
Pedestrians stand on the bridge as the lift span opens for vessel traffic. In 1971 tickets for the Lift Bridge rides sold for twenty-five cents. Riders were required to stay within an enclosure during the ride.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

5099. Aerial Lift Bridge: View from Kitchi Gammi Club, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Goodsell, Elizabeth Jo, 1924-2006
Date Created:
1973-07-14
Description:
As described by the photographer, this photograph was taken from the vantage point of the Kitchi Gammi Club, 831 East Superior Street. Behind the Aerial Lift Bridge the Blatnik High Bridge is visible in the distance. In the foreground is a statue of Jay Cooke. Created by sculptor Henry M. Shrady, the statue was dedicated October 15, 1921. Photographer, Elizabeth Jo Goodsell, was a Duluth community activist, teacher, and long time resident of Minnesota Point.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

5100. Minnesota Highways, August 1973

Creator:
Minnesota Department of Highways
Date Created:
1973-08
Description:
This issue covers the photologging of Minnesota's trunk highway system, the importance of safety on Interstate 94 construction sites, and a test of department personnel history. Minnesota Highways was the official employee newsletter of the Minnesota Department of Highways (1951-1976).
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Newsletters
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