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1. Streetcar barn, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1882
Description:
Streetcar barn; Dinky and mules; workmen and boys; barrels; girl with lunch pail; street
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

2. Streetcar pulled by mules, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1882
Description:
Streetcar pulled by mules; Dinky car number 5; streetcar with passenger on Duluth street; Misfit Clothing Parlor
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

3. First electric Streetcar, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Newton, George A.
Date Created:
1890-11
Description:
First electric streetcar in Duluth; Duluth Street Railway Company; car 19 and open sided car with passengers and motormen
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

4. Electric Streetcar in winter, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890?
Description:
Electric streetcar in winter; snow banks; passengers; houses; car says fortieth avenue west
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

5. Streetcar station, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1894?
Description:
Motor Line Improvement Company waiting station at Woodland avenue and Lewis street; built in 1892; converted to a residence; Glen Avon Presbyterian church built in 1893; florist in station
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

6. Duluth Street Railway staff, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1895?
Description:
Uniformed street railway employees Duluth Federation of Labor event; banner; children on wall
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

7. Street railway bridge before interstate, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1895?
Description:
View of bridge 1894-1897; winter; before interstate; electric streetcar; sign dangerous walking no foot passengers
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

8. Neighborhoods of Duluth: Central Hillside, Duluth Skyride, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900
Description:
Central Hillside; downtown; Duluth Skyride; Seventh Avenue West incline railway; tracks; view up Seventh Avenue West in downtown Duluth; brick row house; apartment buildings; power lines; people; houses; trees; stairs; sidewalk; pedestrians; summer; the incline was put into service late in 1891 to connect Superior Street streetcar lines with a line running a short distance from the hilltop into Duluth Heights; the original cars were large enough to hold four teams of horses with wagons as well as large groups of people; in 1911 two news cars were installed under control of an operator at the top of the hill; a conductor opened and closed the doors and collected fares; its last run was Labor Day 1939
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

9. Garfield Avenue sawmill and lumber, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900?
Description:
View of a Garfield Avenue lumber mill, perhaps Alger Smith, with a streetcar in the foreground.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

10. Highland Park streetcar at top of Seventh Avenue west incline, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900?
Description:
Highland Park streetcar and four uniformed motormen at top of seventh avenue west incline; pavilion architectural features tower, shingles, dormer; winter; deep snow
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

11. Incline powerhouse and terminal at summit, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900?
Description:
Incline powerhouse and terminal at top of seventh avenue west; snow; boy looking at camera; house to east
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

12. Incline Railway at West Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900?
Description:
West Duluth incline car and waiting room building; men; trestle-type structure;
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

13. Seventh Avenue Incline Railway, Duluth, Minnesota 3000 Feet Long 604 Feet High

Creator:
Hakkerup, Niels L.
Date Created:
1900?
Description:
Seventh avenue west incline car number 163 descending with passengers and motorman; buildings
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

14. Seventh Avenue west incline and pavilion at summit, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900?
Description:
Seventh avenue west incline and pavilion at the top; inflated hot air balloon; people on grounds and in pavilion; children; Traphagen building burned in May 1901; see also 241.1
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

15. West Duluth incline, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900?
Description:
Incline at sixty-first and Grand avenue West Duluth; Duluth Belt Line railway began in 1889 abandoned 1916; man in building; man and reclining dog outside; houses
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

16. Assessing incline crash damage, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1901-05
Description:
Men assessing Superior street seventh avenue west incline damage; bystanders behind rope barricade; hillside buildings
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

17. Duluth-Superior Traction Company Duluth Station, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Larson, Herman A. 1876-?
Date Created:
1905
Description:
Bust portrait photographs of dozens of uniformed, identified streetcar operators, a superintendent and a foreman, and equipment.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Studio portraits

18. Duluth Street Railway Company, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1913
Description:
Streetcar company workers in front of their company's office building at 2631 West Superior Street.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

19. Incline Railroad, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1914?
Description:
Incline Railroad; 7th avenue west and Superior street; houses; street railway; the incline car is near Superior street.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

20. Duluth Street Railway Company, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1915?
Description:
Duluth Street Railway Company laying track, identified laborers; equipment
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

21. Duluth street railway workers, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1915?
Description:
Streetcar and street railway workers standing by the master mechanic's office and the company office buildings.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Panoramas

22. Houses at Twenty-First Avenue and Fourth Street, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1917
Description:
Court Exhibit, house 21st Avenue East and 4th Street; looking west on 4th Street; sidewalks; porches; streetcar tracks
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

23. Neighborhoods of Duluth: East Hillside, Fourth Street and Tenth Avenue, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920-06-30
Description:
East Hillside; Street; Tenth Avenue East and Fourth street looking east; street lamps; streetcar tracks; houses; corner store; business; Cudahy's awning; children; fire hydrant
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

24. Neighborhoods of Duluth: East Hillside, Fifth Avenue, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920-12-02
Description:
East Hillside; Street; Fifth Avenue East and Fifth Street looking west; children; streetcar tracks; houses; telephone poles; sign painted on side of frame building says Gold Medal Flour; fire hydrant; dirt streets
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

25. Neighborhoods of Duluth: East Hillside, Fifth Avenue, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920-12-02
Description:
East Hillside; Street; Fifth Avenue East and Fifth Street looking north; children; streetcar tracks; houses; telephone poles; church with steeple; fire hydrant; dirt streets
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

26. Duluth Street Railway Company construction, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1920?
Description:
streetscene, Duluth Street Railway Co. construction on East 9th Street looking east; neighborhood
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

27. Duluth Street Railway Company construction, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1920?
Description:
streetscene, Duluth Street Railway Co. construction on East 9th Street looking east; neighborhood
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

28. Neighborhoods of Duluth: West Duluth, Raleigh Street, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920?
Description:
West Duluth; Street; Raleigh street looking east to car works; business district; businesses; streetcar tracks; telephone poles; frame buildings
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

29. Neighborhoods of Duluth: West Duluth, Third Street, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1923-03-02
Description:
West Duluth; Street; third street between Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Avenue West looking north east; this photograph was a court exhibit used to document an accident of some type; streetcar; businesses; truck; sign Trop-Arctic Auto Oil; telephone poles; streetcar tracks
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

30. Neighborhoods of Duluth: West Duluth, Third Street, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1923-04-04
Description:
West Duluth; Third Street looking east from Forty-ninth Avenue West; streetcar tracks; houses; man; this photograph was a court exhibit used to document an accident of some type; billboards, "Buy It In The West End It Will Cost You Less."
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

31. Neighborhoods of Duluth: West Duluth, intersection at Central Avenue, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1930-06-05
Description:
West Duluth Intersection at Central Avenue and Ramsey street; business district
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

32. Neighborhoods of Duluth: Central Hillside, Duluth Skyride, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1939
Description:
Central Hillside; Duluth Skyride; two men; last chance ride labor day 1939; Seventh Avenue West incline removed fall of 1940; view of incline rails going up the hill; stop light; houses
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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