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1. 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

2. View to Lake Superior from Fourth Street, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Newton, George A.
Date Created:
1889-03 - 1889-05
Description:
View from fourth street looking to downtown; Lake avenue to fifth avenue west; Minnesota point; coal docks; St Louis hotel; Spalding
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

3. View of west end and harbor from hillside up at Fifth Street, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Newton, George A.
Date Created:
1893
Description:
View of west end and harbor from fifth street; waterfront; elevators B H C E; Duluth Transfer Railway; Kelley Island Lime and Transport Co eighth avenue west
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

4. View of waterfront from Sixth to Eighth Avenues west, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Newton, George A.
Date Created:
1889?
Description:
Duluth waterfront from sixth to eights avenues west; Minnesota Point; docks warehouses; CSPM and O railroad; Duluth Roller Mill Co; Northern Pacific freight depot; tracks; vessels
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

5. View of waterfront and Minnesota Point, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Newton, George A.
Date Created:
1893?
Description:
View of waterfront; canal; Minnesota Point; snow; Stone-Wells Mercantile Wholesale Grocers; Chapin-Wells; Duluth Dry Goods Co; Duluth Shoe Co; Duluth Boat Club
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

6. View of waterfront and harbor looking west from Michigan Street, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Newton, George A.
Date Created:
1888?
Description:
View of waterfront and harbor looking west from Michigan street. Union Depot; Duluth Boat Club sixth and waterfront; Armour packing; Lakefront Hotel seventh avenue west; Northern Pacific dock
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

7. View of waterfront and harbor looking east from about Fourth Street, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Newton, George A.
Date Created:
1887
Description:
View of waterfront and harbor from hillside and fourth street looking northeast; Minnesota Point; canal; wooden piers; slips; C W Murray 714 west Superior street; Duluth Boat Club; Kelley Island Lime; coal dock
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

8. View of waterfront and Fifth Avenue west, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Newton, George A.
Date Created:
1889
Description:
Narrow view of waterfront and fifth avenue west businesses; CSPM and O passenger depot; Minnesota Home; laundry drying on lines; NW Fuel Co; W C Sargent
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

9. View of the harbor from the Duluth Boat House, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Newton, George A.
Date Created:
1888-09
Description:
Duluth harbor from Duluth Boat House; W C Sargent dock; Northern Pacific dock at foot of fifth avenue west; barges Tom Adams and Romania; schooner; sailboats; Minnesota Point
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

10. View of Rock Harbor, Isle Royale, Michigan

Creator:
Newton, George A.
Date Created:
1889?
Description:
View of Isle Royale Rock Harbor; John Nelson in boat; Isle Royale National Park; Keweenaw County, Michigan.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

11. View of downtown and waterfront looking east from Third Street, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Newton, George A.
Date Created:
1900?
Description:
View of downtown and waterfront from third avenue west and Superior street to seventh avenue west looking east from third street; Minnesota Point; canal; slips; 1892 Union Depot; 1895 Torrey building; 1893 Manhattan building
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

12. View from hillside to Lake Superior, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Newton, George A.
Date Created:
1888
Description:
View of Duluth housing stock and downtown area from hillside at about eights avenue west looking east; Spalding; Grand Opera; coal docks; Union Depot
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

13. View from hillside looking southwest of elevators in harbor, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Newton, George A.
Date Created:
1888?
Description:
Duluth elevators BDHEC in harbor; hillside buildings under construction; rock outcroppings; see 270
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

14. Vessel with passengers in Burlington Bay, Two Harbors, Minnesota

Creator:
Newton, George A.
Date Created:
1888-09-22
Description:
Vessel with passengers in Burlington bay
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

15. Tugboat "Record" and crew, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Newton, George A.
Date Created:
1888?
Description:
68 foot 59 ton tug boat RECORD and crew of the Byron B Inman tug line of Duluth; child on cabin roof; built 1884; went down 8 October 1899 and 1902 on November 7 each time with one fatality
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

16. Tugboat "Ella G. Stone," Two Harbors, Minnesota

Creator:
Newton, George A.
Date Created:
1885?
Description:
Duluth and Iron Range railroad's ELLA G STONE tug moved train cars to Two Harbors from Duluth until 1886; she was named after railroad president's wife; schooner E M Peck; ore dock
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

17. Steamer "Winslow" at Lester Park, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Newton, George A.
Date Created:
1891-10-02
Description:
Bow view of propeller steamer Winslow near Lester Park at Duluth; she burned in October 1891 after service on Lake Superior for thirty years
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

18. Steamer "Ossifrage" with passengers, Beaver Bay, Minnesota

Creator:
Newton, George A.
Date Created:
1888
Description:
Steamer Ossifrage with passengers lying at dock at Beaver Bay; Inman's North Shore Line traveled between Duluth and Port Arthur; Beaver Bay was first community organized in Lake county; two sailboats in foreground
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

19. Steamer "Ossifrage" and passengers, Two Harbors, Minnesota

Creator:
Newton, George A.
Date Created:
1888-09-22
Description:
Vessel with passengers in Burlington bay
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

20. Steamer "Ossifrage" and passengers at Knife Island, Knife River, Minnesota

Creator:
Newton, George A.
Date Created:
1888
Description:
Vessel with passengers at Knife Island
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

21. Steamer "Ossifrage" and passengers, Ashland, Wisconsin

Creator:
Newton, George A.
Date Created:
1888-08-26
Description:
Steamer Ossifrage with passengers lying at dock possibly at Ashland Wisconsin
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

22. Schooners in the harbor, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Newton, George A.
Date Created:
1895-06-01
Description:
Docked schooner S R Kirby and two unidentified vessels in the Duluth harbor with coal dockside the background
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

23. Rock Harbor, Isle Royale, Michigan

Creator:
Newton, George A.
Date Created:
1889?
Description:
Rock Harbor Isle Royale; Isle Royale National Park; Keweenaw County, Michigan.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

24. Ore dock, Two Harbors, Minnesota

Creator:
Newton, George A.
Date Created:
1890?
Description:
Two schooners along side Two Harbors wooden ore dock No 2 in Agate Bay; ore train locomotive on dock; workers; dock built in 1884; dock stood 40 feet above water extended 644 feet into the harbor
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

25. Ore dock and beach, Two Harbors, Minnesota

Creator:
Newton, George A.
Date Created:
1890?
Description:
Wider view than 288 of Two Harbors ore dock; two men are on the cobble beach with a shovel
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

26. Northern Steamship Company vessel at coal dock, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Newton, George A.
Date Created:
1889?
Description:
Northern Steamship Company vessel at Duluth coal dock
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

27. Freighter "Rosedale" on Knife Island, Knife River, Minnesota

Creator:
Newton, George A.
Date Created:
1893-07-06
Description:
Freighter Rosedale at Knife River on Knife Island; excursion vessel observes from a distance
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

28. Freighter "Rosedale" on Knife Island, Knife River, Minnesota

Creator:
Newton, George A.
Date Created:
1893-07-06
Description:
Freighter Rosedale at Knife River on Knife Island; men on the island at bottom of ladder and on deck
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

29. Freighter "Rosedale" on Knife Island, Knife River, Minnesota

Creator:
Newton, George A.
Date Created:
1893-07
Description:
ROSEDALE on Knife Island on Lake Superior; men; repairs underway
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

30. Freighter "Rosedale" moored at Knife Island, Knife River, Minnesota

Creator:
Newton, George A.
Date Created:
1893-07-06
Description:
Freighter Rosedale at Knife River on Knife Island; men on the island and in small craft; excursion steamer in distance
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

31. Deck of ore dock, Two Harbors, Minnesota

Creator:
Newton, George A.
Date Created:
1890?
Description:
Deck of ore dock at Two Harbors; locomotive; workers; masts of schooner
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

32. 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

33. Washington Harbor House, St. Louis County, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1914
Description:
Washington Harbor House; Washington harbor; pleasure craft; row boats; buildings on Lake Superior
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

34. U.S.S. "Gopher" excursion boat, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1910?
Description:
excursion boat The Gopher ship and pleasure craft in harbor; U. S. S. Gopher; aerial bridge; houses
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

35. Tugboats "Record" and "Sinclair" in ice, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1915?
Description:
Tugboats Record and Sinclair in ice with lake vessels; boys walking on ice; winter
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

36. Tugboat "Saugatuck" in the harbor, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1919?
Description:
Tugs have been an ongoing feature of the Duluth Superior harbor.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

37. Tugboat "Minnesota" in the harbor, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1916?
Description:
Tug Minnesota in Duluth harbor ice; winter; lake vessels; iron ore vessels; sawmill
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

38. Tugboat "E. G. Maxwell," Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1919?
Description:
The Whitney Brothers ran a rock crushing business in the harbor.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

39. Tugboat "Charley Ferris" in the harbor, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1916?
Description:
Tugboat Charley Ferris; crew; Duluth Superior harbor; aerial bridge
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

40. Ship at dock, Duluth, Minnesota?

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1915?
Description:
ship; laker Buffalo; New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Line; slip; shipping
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

41. Pennsylvania Railroad ship "Delaware" at dock, Superior, Wisconsin

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1916
Description:
Pennsylvania Railroad Delaware at NP dock in Superior, Wisconsin; Milwaukee Superior Elevator Warehouse Company
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

42. 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

43. 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

44. Northwestern dock, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1920?
Description:
Northwestern Dock No. 3, 600 Garfield Avenue; Capitol Elevator; Minnesota Point
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

45. 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

46. 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

47. View of west end and harbor from about Third Street, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Gaylord, Paul B., 1848-1936
Date Created:
1890?
Description:
View of west end and harbor from about third street; elevators B C D E Point of Rocks
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

48. View of waterfront from Third Street and Third Avenue west, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Gaylord, Paul B., 1848-1936
Date Created:
1888?
Description:
View of Duluth and waterfront from third street and third avenue west; Board of Trade; Grand Opera house
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

49. View of Superior Street looking east, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Gaylord, Paul B., 1848-1936
Date Created:
1875?
Description:
View of Superior street looking east; Elevator A; vessels at Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad freight depot; see also 93.1
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

50. View of Rice's Point from Point of Rocks, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Gaylord, Paul B., 1848-1936
Date Created:
1875
Description:
Rice's Point from Point of Rocks; Garfield avenue; Northern Pacific railroad round house; Nestor Lumber; see 52.1
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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