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60676. Zenith Furnace Company, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1919?
Description:
Zenith Furnace Company couth 58th avenue west; Interlake Iron Company; laborers
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

60677. Zenith Furnace Company, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1905?
Description:
This is the West Duluth plant of the Zenith Furnace Company. West Duluth is a neighborhood of Duluth. Captain August B. Wolvin bought the aging blast furnace at this Fifty-seventh Avenue West location, modernized it and organized Zenith Furnace to operate it. It produced pig iron. It was incorporated in 1902. The plant produced 175 tons of product in 24 hours. In one month in 1916, a record of 310 tons of pig iron was produced in 24 hours. The site covers 80 acres and includes a coal dock. Coal gas, ammonia, and coal tar are by-products. It employed 350 men with a payroll of $35,000 a month in 1916.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

60678. Zenith Furnace Company, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1930?
Description:
View of blast furnaces at this pig iron manufacturing site at South Fifty-eighth Avenue West and the Northern Pacific Railway tracks.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

60679. Zenith Furnace Company office, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1918-10-18
Description:
Zenith Furnace Company Office, South 58th Avenue West and Northern Pacific Railway tracks; Inter Lake Company
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

60680. Zenith Furnace, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1917 - 1920
Description:
Zenith Furnace Company opened in 1902. This complex eventually included a blast furnace, a coal dock, and sixty-five coke ovens located on eighty acres of land along St. Louis Bay. The company produced pig iron, was active in the wholesale coal trade, and sold by-products such as ammonia gas, coal gas, and coal tar. Later purchased by Interlake Iron Corporation, the facility served as the northernmost merchant of pig iron plant in the United States until it closed permanently in 1962.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

60681. Zenith Mine, Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1899 - 1964
Description:
The Zenith Mine opened in 1892 and was in operation until it closed in 1964.
Contributing Institution:
Ely-Winton Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

60682. Zenith Restaurant with workers, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900?
Description:
Zenith restaurant business and workers; identified workers; 529 west Superior street; manager Archie Gish in white; meals ten cents; signs in window for Forepaugh and Sells circus in July
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

60683. Zesbaugh Bros., Established 1875, Manufacturers of and Dealers in Picture Frames, Cornice, and Room Mouldings, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Zesbaugh Brothers
Date Created:
1880 - 1910
Description:
Business trade card for Zesbaugh Brothers, manufacturers of and dealers in picture frames, cornice, and room mouldings.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Trade cards

60684. Zesbaugh Bros., Established 1875, Manufacturers of and Dealers in Picture Frames, Cornice, and Room Mouldings, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Zesbaugh Brothers
Date Created:
1880 - 1910
Description:
Business trade card for Zesbaugh Brothers, manufacturers of and dealers in picture frames, cornice, and room mouldings.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Trade cards

60685. Zig Zag Tennis Club, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:
Tenney, Charles A.
Date Created:
1887
Description:
Photograph of Zig Zag Tennis Club at the M. G. Norton Home. Standing left to right: Benton Hatcher, Maude Laird, Bud Whipple, and Helen Horton. Seated left to right: Beulah Norton, Neville Staughton, Margaret Lamberton, Bert Norton, John Blunt, Gertrude Keeler, Mame Whipple and Mathew Norton.
Contributing Institution:
Winona County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

60686. Zimmerman Hardware Store, Mankato, Minnesota

Date Created:
1898
Description:
Exterior view of the Zimmerman Hardware Store building in Mankato.
Contributing Institution:
Blue Earth County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

60687. Zim Quadrangle, Minnesota - St. Louis County, 1951: 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic) Map

Creator:
United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey; State of Minnesota, Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Commission
Date Created:
1951
Description:
Zim quadrangle topographic map (N4715-W9230/7.5) featuring handwritten notations by Ray Segar in red ink regarding logging railroad lines in Clinton Township.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Topographic maps

60688. Zimrah Choral Group, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1947
Description:
Portrait photograph of the men and women belonging to the Zimrah Choral Group.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

60689. Zinsmaster Bread Company, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1930?
Description:
The Zinsmaster Baking Company began in Duluth in 1913 as the Zinsmaster-Smith Bread Company, Harry W. Zinsmaster and R. F. Smith partners. The small local enterprise grew to one of national importance. Principal company staff retired in 1977 and 1978, and Zinsmaster was acquired by Metz Baking Company in January 1978.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

60690. Zion Evangelical Church of Danube, Minnesota

Description:
Exterior view of the Zion Evangelical Church.
Contributing Institution:
Renville County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

60691. Zion Evangelical Church of Danube, Minnesota

Description:
Exterior view of the Zion Evangelical United Brethren Church.
Contributing Institution:
Renville County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

60692. Zion Evangelical Church, Sleepy Eye, Minnesota

Creator:
Anderson, Algot
Date Created:
1890
Description:
St. Paul's College in St. Paul Park, organized in 1889 offered both a preparatory and collegiate course. St. Paul's was organized and supported by the Northern German Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. This conference included German Methodist congregation in Minnesota plus some in Wisconsin and North Dakota. The school operated until 1917, closing under financial difficulties and the stress of being a German-speaking institution during World War I. Supporters were encouraged to shift allegiance to Hamline University.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Annual Conference United Methodist Church
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Albumen prints

60693. Zion Evangelical Church, Sleepy Eye, Minnesota

Date Created:
1921
Description:
Photograph showing the front exterior of Zion Evangelical Church. The brick and stucco building had two entrances and a square steeple. This church was dedicated November 27, 1921. This is the third building of this congregation and cost $24,000.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Annual Conference United Methodist Church
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

60694. Zion Evangelical United Brethen Church of Danube, Minnesota

Description:
Exterior view of the Zion Evangelical United Brethren Church.
Contributing Institution:
Renville County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

60695. Zion Evangelical United Brethen Church of Danube, Minnesota

Description:
Exterior view of the Zion Evangelical United Brethren Church.
Contributing Institution:
Renville County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

60696. Zion Ev Lutheran, Morton, Minnesota

Description:
Exterior view of church from street.
Contributing Institution:
Renville County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

60697. Zion Lutheran Church and Congregational Church, Stewartville, Minnesota

Date Created:
1916
Description:
Sunday morning walk to church in Stewartville. Zion Lutheran and the Congregational Church were on the same street across from each other.
Contributing Institution:
Stewartville Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

60698. Zion Lutheran Church, first building, Ortonville, Minnesota

Date Created:
1895?
Description:
Exterior view of the original Zion Church in Ortonville.
Contributing Institution:
Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

60699. Zion Lutheran Church, Morris, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900 - 1920
Description:
Exterior view of the Zion Lutheran Church, built circa 1897 and demolished circa 1924. Women sat on the left side and men on the right side. Lender was baptized in this church.
Contributing Institution:
Stevens County Museum and Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

60700. Zion Lutheran Church of Morton, Minnesota

Date Created:
1889 - 1939
Description:
Wagons and people standing in front of church.
Contributing Institution:
Renville County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
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