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1. View of the harbor, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Crandall, Robert S.; Fletcher, William R.
Date Created:
1902
Description:
View looking east from eleventh avenue west above Mesaba avenue; harbor; Minnesota Point
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Aerial photographs

2. Freighter at anchor in harbor waiting turn at the coal and ore docks, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Fenney, Knute L.; Adams, John P. H.
Date Created:
1907
Description:
Freighters at anchor in Duluth harbor waiting to load; 165 boats distributed in harbor April 29 to May 4
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

3. Duluth Missabe and Northern Ore docks, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1912
Description:
Duluth Missabe and Northern Ore docks; DM&N, 34th Avenue West; winter; houses; ore train; locomotive; harbor; elevators
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

4. Duluth harbor, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1915?
Description:
Duluth harbor, aerial bridge, ore boat, CSPM&O freight station, slips, Northwestern Fuel Company, Minnesota Point
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

5. Harbor fire, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1915?
Description:
Harbor Fire; firefighting tugboat; fire tug
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

6. Ore docks, Two Harbors, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1915?
Description:
Ore Docks at Two Harbors; iron ore cars; railroad
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

7. Ore boats on Lake Superior, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1917-06-06
Description:
Ore Boats; iron ore vessels; ice; lake vessels in ice; winter; piers; Lighthouse; Duluth canal
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

8. Duluth Missabe and Northern Ore docks, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1918?
Description:
laborers unloading frozen ore at the Duluth Missabe and Northern Ore docks
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

9. Unloading coal, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1920
Description:
Unloading coal from S.S. Harold S. Nye; Zenith Dock, 58th Avenue West
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

10. Coal docks and ship at Superior, Wisconsin

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1920?
Description:
ship loading at coal docks at Superior, Wisconsin; tug boat
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

11. Northwestern Fuel Company, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Hamilton, Paul W.
Date Created:
1922?
Description:
This retail coal company also dealt in the manufacture of coke, and pig iron. The company had a Duluth presence from 1882 through the 1950s.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

12. Wholesale District of Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1924
Description:
In the foreground is the wholesale district on the waterfront of the Duluth harbor. In the background are grain elevators. In this photo, Michigan Street is at the far right in front of the Union Depot. Railroad Street is parallel to Michigan and runs in front of the Duluth Terminal building and Northern Cold Storage Company (with the white steam) at 400 South Ninth Avenue West. The Patrick Building at 302 South Fifth Avenue West and Commerce Street is between the Hickory sign and the Northern Drug Company building. Hickory is the main brand of Kelley-How-Thomson Company. It and Stone-Ordean-Wells are wholesale grocery businesses. The elevated streets are Sixth and Ninth Avenues West. A number of railroad depots and tracks are prominent.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

13. Neighborhoods of Duluth: West Duluth, Ore Docks, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1941?
Description:
West Duluth; Iron Ore Docks; Duluth Municipal Stadium that would be renamed Wade Stadium; harbor; houses; baseball diamond; cars; Berwind Fuel Company at South Fiftieth Avenue West and NP Railway tracks; ore carriers; ore boats; iron ore docks; Thirty-ninth Avenue west; summer; trees
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

14. Whitney Brothers Gravel Business Structure, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Starkey, George Fairchild, 1916-2001
Date Created:
1959
Description:
Winter view of the remnants of the Whitney Brothers rock crushing business that stand in Lake Superior off the shore at Canal Park near the Aerial lift bridge. William A. Whitney and E. Harvey Whitney of Superior, Wisconsin, had a sand and gravel processing business. The largest concrete form was the dredging or crushing building. The structure was built in 1919. A tunnel ran from the building to Minnesota Point. There was a conveyor belt and railroad spur adjacent to the concrete building. Sand from the Apostle Islands and gravel from Grand Marais were carried to Duluth on a small vessel named LIMIT. There was also a tug the WILLIAM A. WHITNEY.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
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