Staff of the Finnish-American reformers school Work People's College at 402 South Eighty-eighth Avenue West in the Smithville Riverside neighborhood, held classes for 35 years beginning in 1904.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Brick Oneota school built in 1888 at 4420 West First Street; designed by architect Oliver Traphagen; the building also served as the Oneota Village Council Chambers before the village of Oneota became part of West Duluth; brick and brownstone with name over entrance; Romanesque windows with keystones; over the protests of families and the community club students were reassigned to the Merritt school when the Oneota was closed in 1946 then used for storage and razed in 1973 for construction of an industrial park; 16495
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Washington Elementary School was built by Minneapolis architect LeRoy Buffington in 1882. It was razed in 1890 in order to build Central High School on the same site. The High School was completed in 1892.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
West Duluth; Longfellow elementary school; above Eighth Street and Elinor; Sixtieth Avenue west and Elinor; bell tower; grass; three story brick and stone; entrance; granite columns; stairs
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
West Duluth Irving School; snow; winter; play ground equipment; Romanesque architecture; on Nicollet northwest corner Fifty-seventh Avenue West; this school building was the 'model' for Old Main on the lower campus or original campus of UMD; this building was constructed in 1893 on the site of the first Irving building
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
West Duluth; Denfeld High school; Ely elementary school; Ely Central Avenue and Sixth street; Denfeld school was built in 1925-26 and named for Robert E. Denfeld Duluth's superintendent of schools for 33 years;In fall of 1918 Seventh and Eighth grade boys of Irving, Ely, Fairmont and Longfellow schools were permitted to enter Denfeld because grade schools were becoming crowded; brick buildings; trees; flag pole; spring
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Morgan Park; School; children; adults; playground; swings; combination sand box with wading pool with water; teeter-totters; buggy; stroller; swings; 15525
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Morgan Park; school looking toward southwest; the school opened in 1916; brick building; steel plant in background; water tower in background; flagpole; bushes; trees; buildings; 20554
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Morgan Park; children; school playground; fence; adult; school building; bench; wading pool with water; sandbox; in distance are houses, the Blessed St. Margaret Mary Catholic church and the steel plant; 16866
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Lakeside Lester Park; original Lester Park School at Fifty-Fourth Avenue East and Oneida Street; another school was built in 1917 with an addition in 1954
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Hunter's Park; Washburn School at 201 West St. Andrews Street was built in 1905 with additions in 1926 and 1957; Hunter's Park was named for John Hunter and Ronald Hunter; Glen Avon is named for the glens of Scotland and the river Avon of England by a Scottish man Angus Roderick Macfarlane who married Catharine Hunter; Flemish architecture; cupola; flagpole; brick building
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Hunter's Park: Glen Avon school; St. Andrews street; boys and girls; teacher; students; Hunter's Park was named for John Hunter and Ronald Hunter; Glen Avon is named for the glens of Scotland and the river Avon of England by a Scottish man Angus Roderick Macfarlane who married Catharine Hunter; children and teacher standing on the front steps; boy with a drum; aprons, hats, capes
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Hunter's Park: Glen Avon school; boys and girls; teacher; students; St. Andrews street and Roslyn Avenue; old Hunter's Park school; Hunter's Park was named for John Hunter and Ronald Hunter; Glen Avon is named for the glens of Scotland and the river Avon of England by a Scottish man Angus Roderick Macfarlane who married Catharine Hunter; older children standing and seated on steps; the school is not in lists after 1906
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
East Hillside; Franklin School fire Fourth Avenue East and Seventh; 411 East Seventh street; spectators; houses on both sides of Seventh street; trees; dirt street; boardwalks; children; women; men
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
East Hillside; Franklin School fire Fourth Avenue East and Seventh; 411 East Seventh street; spectators; trees; dirt street; boardwalks; children; women; men
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Central Hillside; Washington Junior High School was built in 1911; 305 Lake Avenue North; brick building; trees; cars; bushes; street lights; houses; fence
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Central Hillside; Howard Pyle room at Public library; Carnegie Library interior; hardwood floors; books; bookshelves; children; boys and girls; librarian; people; tables; chairs; desk; door; ceiling lights
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Central Hillside; Duluth Public Library's Children book week; Carnegie Library interior; display of books; children's books; bookshelves; tables; desk; windows with shades drawn; plant; ferns; posters; ceiling lights; chairs; fishbowl
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Central Hillside; Duluth Public Library; Carnegie Library interior; bookshelves; sign Don't Forget the Little Folks Put Books in Their Christmas Stockings; book display; posters; oak and glass display case with open books; table; chair; person on chair is blurred
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Central Hillside; Emerson School 1028 West Third Street; this 12 room brick building by architect A. F. Rudolph was built in 1891; stone foundation; adults; children; power lines; telephone poles; trees; sidewalk; houses
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Central Hillside; Duluth Central High school classroom; blackboards filled with information; sophomores; students; boys and girls; Latin teacher Arthur F.M. Custance is pointing to the board that says The Caesar Class; students are holding their books for the photographer to see them; wood and iron desks; desks bolted to floor
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Central Hillside; Darling Observatory; Ninth Avenue West and Third Street; 910 West Third Street; John Darling left a $20,000 trust fund for its upkeep; it holds a 9 inch refractive telescope with a focal length of 130 inches that weighs about 3,000 pounds with the 10 foot tall pier; it was built by W. M. Gaertner and Company for John Darling in 1917; the observatory was operated by UMD after 1964 and finally closed with the telescope relocated to UMD; fence; dome roof; stucco
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Longfellow elementary school at eighth street and sixtieth avenue west or Norton northwest corner Elinor; architect was Palmer and Hall; it closed in 1957 and was razed in 1959
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Jefferson elementary school second street between ninth and tenth avenues east; St. Luke's hospital bought it in 1983 for its nursing program; subsequently sold and is an apartment building with a day care program
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Jefferson elementary school second street between ninth and tenth avenues east; St. Luke's hospital bought it in 1983 for its nursing program; subsequently sold and is an apartment building with a day care program
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
retaining wall being worked on; workers; Central high school built in 1892 at Lake avenue and second street was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972; architects Palmer and Hall of Duluth
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Central high school built in 1892 at Lake avenue and second street was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972; architects Palmer and Hall of Duluth
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
A Bryant elementary third grade classroom of boys and girls with their teacher. The children are seated at their desks, the unidentified woman teacher is standing at the rear of the room. Blinds are drawn, but sunlight is peeking in below the one near the teacher. The classroom is full of interesting items, but the drawing of the Aerial Bridge on the large blackboard is delightful. The day's schedule is on the back corner blackboard. Drawing is a twenty-minute slot after lunch and before geography. Jane, Rose, Edith, Grace and Irene are named Busy Workers and have stars by their names on the blackboard.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections