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
Portrait of a woman standing on a sidewalk. The location of this photograph is unknown; but the Iron Range includes parts of the following Minnesota counties: Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake and St. Louis.
Winter scene with horse drawn sleighs and a row of businesses. The third building down is Dr. Trutna's office and the fourth building is the Silver Lake Pharmacy.
Looking northwest along Washington Avenue at the intersection of Nicollet Avenue Numerous streetcars and horse drawn wagons visible, plus the Nicollet Hotel.
A common practice in the early part of the 20th century was to have photographs printed on ""picture postcard"" stock. This photo, from the collection of Constance W. Johnson, shows United Church Seminary students relaxing outside the seminary building, ca. 1905. Back of postcard reads: LTS seminary students outside Bockman Hall ca. 1905.
A common practice in the early part of the 20th century was to have photographs printed on ""picture postcard"" stock. This photo, from the Constance W. Johnson collection, shows the gymnasium at the United Church Seminary. Three children are posed on the parallel bars. Some equipment items shown are: parallel bars, free weight, punching bag, juggling pins, rings. Back of postcard reads: Gymnasium, Bockman Hall, Luther Theological Seminary, Constance Weswig Johnson in center.
A common practice in the early part of the 20th century was to have photographs printed on ""picture postcard"" stock. This photo, from the Constance W. Johnson collection, shows the interior of the chapel in the United Church Seminary building. Back of postcard reads: Chapel in Bockman Hall, Luther Theological Seminary.
Steam engine with a passenger car and passengers on the Chicago, Minneapolis, St. Paul and Omaha Railroad line. Passengers include Charles Smallwood, Jim Messer, Edward Carnes the road master, Fred Parker and Hannah Parker.
View includes the District School #90, St. Nicholas Parsonage, First St. Nicholas Church, Peter Wirtzgeld Store and Post Office, and John Lutgen Saloon.
Exterior view of The Swedish Hospital in Minneapolis. The building was built in 1901. The unappealing exterior is in stark contrast to the hospital's modern and luxurious interior, which featured comfortable furniture and fine architectural detailing. The lace curtains hung in the patients' rooms are visible in this photograph if you look closely.
Portrait of men working. The location of this photograph is unknown; but the Iron Range includes parts of the following Minnesota counties: Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake and St. Louis.
Exterior view of the Telemarken Hotel, Thief River Falls. Osmund Navalson, 4th from left. The hotel was later purchased by Dr. Swedenburg for his clinic, on Knight Avenue. Osmund Navalson helped build the hotel and stayed there at times.
Portrait of a young man standing next to surveying equipment. The location of this photograph is unknown; but the Iron Range includes parts of the following Minnesota counties: Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake and St. Louis.
View of second avenue west and Superior street buildings on upper side of street; pedestrians; streetcar; George A. Gray Company became Wahl department store
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Sunday School Picnic at Wrabek's Creek on the corner of Highway #19 and Le Sueur County #164 east of New Prague; Bessie ?, Rose Novotny, Bartosh ?, Mrs. John Barta, Miss Novak - Sunday School teacher, Mary Kopet, Polly Funda (Above), Margie Lockwood, Fred Sckodapole, Otillia Vanasek, Ludy Holicky, Julia Holicky, Lena Holicky - twins, Mrs. Melounek,, Charles Wrabek, Mary Mikiska, Millie Vanasek, Cora Bartosh, Rose Bartosh, Mrs. Funda, George Franek - holding flag, Mrs. Jacob Komarek, Mrs. Joe Bastyr, Mrs. Albert Rynda, Mrs. Dietrich, Mrs. Proshek, Mrs. Kritta, Mrs. Wrabek, Mrs. Lockwood holding Howard.
This photograph shows the main building at the St. Peter State Hospital. The east front of the original hospital building and much of the north wing is visible. The south wing is mostly obscured by trees.
This photograph shows members of the St. Peter Cornet Band. Some of the members are named on the photo. Surnames include Gault, Faust, Staake, Davis, Dick, Miller, Kramer, Anderson, and Hultberg.
Students stand, in military arrangement, outside of St. Bernard's convent school holding rifles. St. Bernard's was a school for boys staffed by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet from 1905-1910. It was also a military academy with training provided to the boys by a Civil War veteran. Staffing a school with military training was very unusual for the Sisters of St. Joseph. The school was destroyed by fire in 1910.
In the early 20th Century, Twin City Rapid Transit Company operated special sightseeing streetcars that toured the Twin Cities. In this photo, two of them are at the Mounds Park wye at the south end of Earl Street.
The streetcar company operated special sightseer streetcar offering tours of the Twin Cities. This car runs alongside the Lakewood Cemetery, near the shore of Lake Calhoun
Shooting gallery with man seated in the tent. This might be the county fair. A sign at the end of the gallery states, "Come in and shoot and win a prize. Three shots for Five."
The Selby Avenue carhouse at Selby and Kent was originally built to house and provide power to cable cars operating on Selby Avenue Here it has been converted to electric streetcars.
Three girls in a two-wheeled horse-drawn cart. The reverse side of the photograph indicates that the cart belonged to Sadie Davis, who was graduated from St. Peter High School in 1906.
The Rushmore Cornet Band in uniform about 1905. Left to right: Henry Thompson, Band Director Rushmore depot agent, Albene Dahlberg, Chris Hanson, Chas Morton, Steve Fagerness, Chris Fagerness, E.G. Edwards, sitting on left Arthur Thompson and on right Clayton Bedford
The Reverend Edwin W. Lanham in foreground on the shore of Lake Okabena. Lanham was the pastor at the Worthington Westminster Presbyterian Church from 1904 to 1907. In the background is a sailboat on Okabena Lake.
Reverend C. B. L. Boman, as the subject of this photo, is shown in the pulpit of a church. He began serving the congregation of the Bernadotte Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bernadotte, Minnesota. in 1905. Reverend Boman previously served in Moore's Prairie, Minnesota.
The formal portrait of William Hoffman of Prairie Island. Hoffman was a member of the Mdewakanton band of Dakota. His Dakota name was Ta Shunke Maza which translates to Iron Horse.
Informal portrait of Sherman Turner with his daughter Eva in field with trees in background on sunny day. Sherman wears shirtsleeves, suspenders and a hat, and looks down at his daughter. Eva is also looking down. Writing on back reads "Sherman + Eva. A snaged (sic) dress."
Portrait of the engineer J. M. S. with his surveying equipment. The location of this photograph is unknown; but the Iron Range includes parts of the following Minnesota counties: Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake and St. Louis.
Included in the montage are pictures of the water tower (upper center), the high school (center right); Fosston Hospital (lower right), Fosston Woolen Mills (lower left), and the S.S. Stadsvold Fosston Elevator and Flouring Mills (center left). A hadwritten note on the back says, ""The village fathers and hangers on, and saloon keepers and their bartenders, as well as a few structures, about 1905 in the Village of Fosston.""
"Professor Winchell excavating the old Indian village at Cambria, Minn." The Cambria site (21BE2) is located above the Minnesota River 25 km northwest of Mankato. The site was initially reported and mapped by Newton winchell in the early 20th century. The site was later excavated by W. B. Nickerson for the Minnesota Historical Society in 1913 and 1916.
Portrait of two unidentified men wearing suits. The location of this photograph is unknown; but the Iron Range includes parts of the following Minnesota counties: Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake and St. Louis.
Members of the first Minnesota Live Stock Sanitary Board, formed in 1903. The board was formed to "protect the health of domestic animals of the state," and included three livestock breeders and two veterinarians. Seated, left to right: J.J. Furlong, W.W.P. McConnell, Forest Henry. Standing: veterinarians S.H. Ward, Charles E. Cotton, and Myron Reynolds. Dr. Ward served as the board secretary.