Mallard, now a Minnesota ghost town, originally thrived during the logging boom of early Clearwater County. Photograph taken before 1909. By 1930, the town of Mallard had been abandoned.
This photograph by Caswell & Davy shows a steamship and a sailing ship docked at Duluth. Image is captioned, "Scenery on the Northern Pacific Railroad."
A view looking northeast from Second Street and about Ninth Avenue West that shows the Northern Pacific railway freight house on the far right to the Seventh Avenue West incline railway elevated above Second Street on the far left. Minnesota Point stretches to the right prior to the aerial bridge that will be built in 1904-1905.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
View of Fond du Lac. One-hundred Thirty-First Avenue West is at the far right. The boat landing is One-hundred Thirty-Third avenue west. Excursion boats like the Montauk (built in 1890) made daily trips along the St. Louis River to Fond du Lac.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
View of Grand Marais harbor and buildings near beach; Bay View hotel burned between 1901 and 1905; second building from left Dr. Hicks residence and office
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
View of Duluth hillside from Superior street approaching third avenue west; Duluth Carriage Works; church behind Carriage Works is original First Methodist third avenue west and second street erected 1870
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
View of James J. Hill's warehouse on Saint Paul's Mississippi River levee, as well as J.C. and H.C. Burbank's warehouse and other buildings in the area.
132 West Michigan Street, Cudahy Packing Company building designed by Oliver Green Traphagen, 126 West Michigan Street Thompson Fruits, wholesale, horses and wagons, dray, awnings, workers, Patton and White that became Glass Block
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
This image was made from a glass plate negative. It shows a view of Minnesota Avenue in St. Peter, looking to the north from a location south of Mulberry Street.
This image shows a view of the St. Peter business district in 1958, looking to the south from a location at the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Broadway. This postcard negative, marked 5148, has been converted to a digital positive image.
This colorized postcard shows a view in St. Peter looking to the south along Minnesota Avenue from its intersection with Broadway. Businesses along both sides of the avenue are visible. A watering trough stands in the middle of the intersection. See also E7395.
A view of Raleigh Street from Fifty Seventh Avenue West facing east. The North Pole Bar is at 506 Raleigh Street. Moline Inc. is in the background at 114 South Central Avenue. Moline was a manufacturer of bakery equipment.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Superior street upper side buildings fifth avenue west intersection; Traphagen's Lyceum theater; Crown restaurant; Tom Madden; horse pulling sleigh of cut wood
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Businesses and unidentified people on Superior Street at Seventh Avenue West. The top-most details of the Park Terrace apartment building are visible in the center of this shot. Park Terrace was built in 1891 at Mesaba Avenue and First Street.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
View of Superior street downtown from fifth avenue west; Lyceum theater; signs, people, vehicles; electric streetcar; five globe streetlamps; Delmonico restaurant
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
A view to the south along Minnesota Avenue in St. Peter. John Martinson's building, at left, was located on the southeast corner of the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Park Row.
A group of men working on a wooden retaining wall underneath the Tenth Avenue bridge. The view also includes the Stone Arch Bridge and the coffer dam and lower dam areas.
Vigorena feed display with bags of dog food stacked up along with chick starter. In the back row stands six men. Art Tibodeau is second from left and Roy Tibodeau is fourth from left.