E. J. Stiefel worked for Great Northern as a surveyor and crew chief from 1900 to 1910. An avid camera buff, he apparently developed photographs in the dormitory work car, using glass plate negatives. The Great Northern Railway cut a new grade through Hancock in 1906 to reduce a hill which was stalling freight trains. The new cut was known locally as the Subway. This image includes a proof print and a postcard.
A group of people stands at Northern Pacific Depot, Glenwood, Minnesota. The section house is visible in the background. Mary Anderson is third from the left and Lilly Baldrow McClintick is third from the right.
Central Hillside; Duluth Skyride; incline railway car traveling up the Seventh Avenue West incline railway; Minnesota Point in background; houses; lake
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
East Hillside; Street; Tenth Avenue East and Fourth street looking west; street lamps; streetcar tracks; houses; corner store; business; Wick's Market; grocery store; pedestrians; bicycle; street cleaner; people waiting for streetcar; streetcar in the distance; church steeple in the distance; power lines for streetcars
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Many people are on the tracks with a steam engine and passenger cars next to the Northern Pacific Railroad Depot in Starbuck, Minnesota. This postcard was mailed in May 1909 to Theodore J. Johnson (1887-1946).