The Duluth Chamber of Commerce supplied offices for like minded organizations. The gentleman is Roy B. Lewis, assistant secretary of the Commercial Club. Vincent V. Vincent is standing. In 1880 the Duluth Chamber of Commerce was organized. In 1889 records of organization were destroyed in a fire. In 1893, the City of Duluth withdrew funds causing the collapse of the Chamber organization. In 1902, it reorganized as the Duluth Commercial Club. In 1930, it again became organized as the Duluth Chamber of Commerce.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Hugh McKenzie was a principal Duluth photographer. McKenzie's studio was in this Seip Building or Smith Building 101 West Superior on the northwest corner. It was the last frame building in the main business district on Superior Street when it was torn down in 1926.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Workmen in their Wahl Company workroom with wrapped boxes of chocolates. John Wahl had a wholesale confectionery for many years at different locations.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Workers in the workroom where chocolate covered caramels are being made. John Wahl had a wholesale confectionery for many years at different locations.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
The Duluth Chamber of Commerce supplied offices for like minded organizations. The gentleman is Hubert V. Eva, secretary of the Commercial Club. In 1880 the Duluth Chamber of Commerce was organized. In 1889 records of organization were destroyed in a fire. In 1893, the City of Duluth withdrew funds causing the collapse of the Chamber organization. In 1902, it reorganized as the Duluth Commercial Club. In 1930, it again became organized as the Duluth Chamber of Commerce.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
The Sunbeam Theater was located at 109 West Superior Street beginning in 1908. The silent film "Highbrow Love" was out in 1913. In 1922 the motion picture theater the Astor took that address, and the Sunbeam moved to 103 West Superior Street where it remained until 1930.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
August Lofgren was a Duluth pharmacist operating businesses in West Duluth and the West End, eventually using the name Lion Drug Store at 2031 West Superior Street.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
August Lofgren was a Duluth pharmacist operating businesses in West Duluth and the West End, eventually using the name Lion Drug Store at 2031 West Superior Street. Pictured here is August Lofgren, left, pharmacist Jerry Mikiskia, center, and clerk Arvid Trulson, right.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Downtown Northfield, Minnesota looking north on Division St. at the intersection with 4th St. at Bridge Square. Includes The First National Bank and Drew & Eltun Dry Goods.
Local woodsman Mike Mattila is standing in a large pine stump which appears as if it is going to devour him. The fact that this massive stump was hollow indicates its core had rotted out by the time the photo was taken. Whether Mattila felled the tree himself is not known, but if he did, he most certainly used something other than the tool in his left hand.
This is the house of the first store keeper in Thomson Township in the very early days, Henry Ruikka, his wife, and their eight children, with two bicycles in front.
The center figure in the photograph is Henry Ruikka standing in his general store that was located in the Village of Thomson, Minnesota. Located 3.5 miles from the town center of present day Esko, it was much easier to travel by horse-drawn wagon to buy supplies here than to make the arduous, day-long round trip to Duluth. This was one of the first stores in the area, and early Thomson Township and Esko residents traveled to the Village of Thomson by horse and wagon to buy their home and farm supplies. The Village post office was also located in this store. It was reportedly the first Finnish business establishment in Carlton County, having been established in 1891.
Mr. Dickinson stands behind the desk ready to greet people. Along with the guest register, are several boxes of cigars. In the background is the dining room, tables covered with tablecloths. The hotel no longer exists. The Legion Hall stands in its place now.
The first creamery in Hendricks was located by the creek in the northwest part of town. A slaughter house was nearby off the creek. A man is standing in his wagon delivering two cream cans to the creamery. A horse is pulling the man and his cart.
Main Street is lined with cars. The traffic sign was placed art the center of the intersection. The building at the far end is the school, still seeing students today.
This is a view from the Hendricks water tower looking east. The school faces Park street with the homes on Park Street looking very similar today. On each side of the school are the boys and girls outhouses. This building eventually burned down.
Sidewalks continue across the street while the sidewalks themselves are well above the street. This era was a mixture, the automobile along with the horse and wagon.
Many present day structures in this picture exist today. The water tower is unchanged as are several of the homes and Main Street buildings. In the background is Lake Hendricks.
The First National Bank, clothing store, drug store, the PJ Ness cash store and hardware store are some of the business on early Main Street. Wooden traffic signs, Model T Fords and a few people are seen. Many of these buildings remain today much as they were.
The train is pulled up to the elevators. The depot is also present on the right. The elevators are the Hendricks Farmers elevator, Sexaur's, Hendricks Coop Elevator and Jennison. Only the Hendricks farmers elevator exists today as the business but not the elevator building. Two tracks were present to allow a train to come through while railroad cars were standing to be loaded. Behind the depot on the right is the water tower for trains. The trains used the water to make steam to power the engine.
Three elevators and the depot are present. A railroad freight car is being unloaded on the platform. Today the elevators are gone and the depot has been moved to the lake park and is now the Lincoln County Pioneer Museum
This view of Crosby, Minnesota, taken from the water tower, shows the Spalding Hotel in the center and the White School at center top. The Miner's Hospital is the three-story building to the left of the school. A message on the back to Mrs. Chas. Berg is in a language other than English.
The Spalding Hotel sits on Main Street, Crosby, Minnesota. On the far right stands Andrew Burud, Chief of Police. A child's wagon is parked beside the light pole and two horses stand on the side street. People are visiting on the street.
Old automobiles are lined up outside Crosby Auto Garage, Crosby, Minnesota. Four boys and a dog are seated by the road. Crosby resident Joe Mirau is driver of the second car from the right. In the background is Krueger Furniture and Undertaking.
This panorama photograph is taken from the top of a grain elevator, looking north from near the intersection of First Street and Davis Avenue. The image shows railroad tracks, grain elevators, the water tower, the Fosston Woolen Mills, and the High Shool. The High School was built in 1905 and burned down in 1913. The image also shows residences and other buildings of the town of Fosston.
The postcard shows men parading down Harrison Avenue (now North Johnson Avenue) with a wagon decorated in flags and bunting in downtown Fosston. Stores lining the street include S.K. Halvorson Flour and Feed, Lyceum Opera House, and Jens Bengaard Harness, Shoes and Trunks.
The photograph shows a parade on Harrison Avenue heading north (now North Johnson Avenue) with a group of women marching in the front. A line of cars follows the women. Also shown are the fronts of a lodging house, E. H. Cormontan's Drug Store, and a business called Wellen's, among others.
Interior view of Mark's Drug Store, which served residents of Fosston, Minnesota from 1892 to 1968. Two patrons and an employee (possibly H.F. Mark) stand near cafe tables with wrought iron chairs.
Exterior view of the P. M. Mark Medicine Company buidling in Fosston, Minnesota. Incorporated in 1905, the company was the manufacturer of Mark's Celebrated Remedies.
The Pioneer Mine was the largest and longest lasting of the five Ely mines. It closed on April Fool's Day 1967. It had two operating shaft structures with the "A" shaft still in existance as part of the Pioneer Mine Heritage complex.
The Swallow and Hopkins Lumber Mill was the second largest mill in Winton. It opened in 1899 as the Fall Lake Lumber Company and continued operations until shortly after World War One.
Winton's first lumber mill. It started as the Knox Lumber Company but was renamed after its sale. Like Swallow and Hopkins, it, too, closed in the 1920s.
Rail service reached Winton in 1902 when the Duluth and Iron Range Railroad extended service to Fall Lake and Winton. Sixty years later the station was still open two hours each day as the train still thundered through.
A photographic glass plate of the L.E. Dennewith General Merchandise Store Front in Grass Lake Minnesota with six unidentified people in the front, two horse buggies off to the left hand side and six people directly in front of the store.
Panoramic View of Mahoning-Hull Rust Mine. The photograph is captioned: "Largest open Pit in the World". The photograph depicts in the foreground: Railroad Tracks and pallets of railroad ties; 2-8-2 Steam Train hauling ore cars; Middle area: Core Drilling Equipment; and Steam Train hauling ore cars and Background: Smoke on reclamation dump; bridge and water tower and Steam Train hauling ore cars.
Panoramic view of mining operations in Winter. The left area of the photograph depicts a mine drill. The center and right areas of the photograph depict mining shovels in various positions of mining operations. The photograph depicts the beginning stages of open pit mining possibly in or near North Hibbing, Minnesota.
Panoramic view of Mining Operations at the Mahoning-Hull Rust Mine. The photograph is captioned: "Mahoning-Hull Rust-Mine, Hibbing, Minn.--Largest Open Pit in the World--". The photograph depicts in the foreground: Railroad Tracks and pallets of railroad ties; 2-8-2 Steam Train hauling ore cars; Middle area: Core Drilling Equipment; and Steam Train hauling ore cars and Background: Smoke on reclamation dump; bridge and water tower and Steam Train hauling ore cars.
Panoramic view of mining operations at the Mahoning-Hull Rust Mine in North Hibbing, Minnesota. The background in the photograph depicts at left are 2 houses. A steam shovel is positioned at the center and there are mining buildings and a steam locomotive positioned at right in the photograph. At the very right side of the photograph are railroad tracks leading to the steam shovel in the center of the photograph. On the left foreground of the photograph are railroad tracks.
Panoramic view of mining operations at Mahoning-Hull Rust iron ore pit, Hibbing, Minnesota. North Hibbing town site and Oliver Iron Mining shops at left of photo, showing South Agnew shaft at center.
Panoramic View of Mining Operations consisting of Railroad Tracks in foreground, Mining Operations Buildings in background, Mahoning-Hull Rust Mine, Steam shovels, Water tower for Steam Locomotives and South Hibbing on right side of photograph.
Panoramic view of housing area behind a railroad tracks across the left half of the photograph. The center of the photograph depicts the North Hibbing Power Plant with smoke stack and water tower. The right area of the photograph depicts a housing area and mine reclamation dump in the background. Approximate area/view of this photograph is along North Street in North Hibbing.
Panoramic view of firefighter company posed in ranks in front of an unknown building (not Hibbing, Minnesota) for a group photograph. The left area of the photograph depicts the officers of the firefighter company. The center of the photograph depicts the firefighter band posed with their instruments in front of the front entrance of this unknown building. The right area of the photograph depicts the rank and file firefighters posed with a fire wagon and crossed hose nozzles.
Panoramic view of firefighter company posed in ranks in front of an unknown building (not Hibbing, Minnesota) for a group photograph. The left area of the photograph depicts the officers of the firefighter company. The center of the photograph depicts the firefighter band posed with their instruments in front of the front entrance of this unknown building. The right area of the photograph depicts the rank and file firefighters posed with a fire wagon and crossed hose nozzles.
Panoramic view of the rail scrap yard in Cooley, Minnesota. Photograph depicts a steam locomotive hauling scrap in gondola cars, a water tower, a large industrial building (warehouse or shop type), housing area on the left side of the photograph and mining operations on the right side of the photograph.
Panoramic view of a winter scene in North Hibbing featuring the Duluth Mesabi and Northern Train Depot on McKinley Street and the nearby housing area. Panning left to right the photograph depicts a city water tower, the St. Louis County Courthouse on McKinley Street, the Lincoln High School, the American flag flying at the Jefferson School, and the business district on 4th Avenue at the far right of the photograph.
Interior view of the Millinery store owned and operated by Katherine Spaith. Pictured are Katherine Spaith and sister Julia O'Hearn. Spaith arrived in Two Harbors in 1890 and turned the old post office on Poplar Street into her millinery store. She also was the first woman in Lake County to take up her rights in homestead and timber lands.
Image of the tugboat, Edna G., at dock in Two Harbors. A whaleback vessel is docked alongside the tugboat. Ice appears around the tugboat, snow covers railroad tracks alongside dock. Note the eagle on top of the pilot house. When the Edna G. returned to Two Harbors from WWI service, the eagle had been removed.
The Wilson Store and residence in Maine, Minnesota. A picket fence is front of the house and a large tree grows between the store and house. There is a sign in the store window advertising the "The Lanpher Hat" (made by the Lanpher, Skinner and Copmany, located in St. Paul, Minnesota).
A view of three businesses in Underwood. Several horse drawn wagons are parked in front of the buildings. Two men stand on a wooden sidewalk in front of one of the businesses.
A view of the commercial district of Hickson, North Dakota. From left to right is J.A. Blegen General Merchandise, Bergstrom Bros. General Merchandise, and T. T. Kinneberg Fruit & Confectionary. There are several horse drawn wagons on the street, and train tracks to the right.
A view of the commercial district of Hickson, North Dakota. On the left hand side are some grain elevators, in the middle are train tracks and two the right are some businesses.
Minneapolis Saint Paul and Saulte Ste Marie Railroad
Date Created:
1912-1916
Description:
Photocopies of blueprints for the Sam Parker House Hotel at the Soo Line depot in Glenwood. It was designed for the Minneapolis Saint Paul and Saulte Ste Marie Railroad by the office of Buildings and Bridges. The dates on the pages vary. There are four sheets: First Floor Plan, Second Floor Plan - Drawn January 4, 1912, Basement Plan and cross section�- Drawn January 4, 1912, and Trim details - drawn March 28, 1916.