Portrait of Joe Whitford. Mr. Whitford built the first cabin on the townsite in the summer of 1857 and was responsible for naming the city in honor of his benefactor, James Fergus.
Studio portrait of employees. Front row, left to right: Joe Gaffney, Agnes Benn Olson, Margaret Galvin, Laura Thoele. Middle row, left to right: Ivar Hanson, Milton Kernz, C.J. Guter, Ed Healy, Miss Stinson Back row, left to right: F.A. Hancock, Getz, F.A. Mullen, ?, ?
Portraits of the six early collectors of customs at Duluth: Henry Selby, Vespasian Smith, Horace B. Moore, Charles F. Johnson, Emil Olund, and Levi M. Willcuts who were also mayor, businessmen, physician, and community leaders.
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
Studio portrait of the Axel and Jennie Englund family. Axel G. Englund (1860-1939), Jennie Petra Olson Englund (1864-1930), Carl, Mabel, Arthur, Evelyn and Milleana. Axel Englund was a leading businessman of Starbuck, Minnesota.
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
Portrait photograph of a boy wearing a Husch Brothers uniform for the Saint Paul Winter Carnival. Husch Brothers was a Jewish-owned clothing manufacturer.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives