Road construction underway near Bardon's Peak. Duluth's official map puts Bardon's Peak on West Skyline Parkway, which was designated as a scenic byway in 1998, located within the boundaries of the Smithville neighborhood.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Road construction is underway near Bardon's Peak. Duluth's official map puts Bardon's Peak on West Skyline Parkway, which was designated as a scenic byway in 1998, located within the boundaries of the Smithville neighborhood.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Road construction is underway near Bardon's Peak. Duluth's official map puts Bardon's Peak on West Skyline Parkway, which was designated as a scenic byway in 1998, located within the boundaries of the Smithville neighborhood.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Duluth's official map puts Bardon's Peak on West Skyline Parkway, which was designated as a scenic byway in 1998, located within the boundaries of the Smithville neighborhood.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Workers are constructing a stone retaining wall. The power source being used is movable. Duluth's official map puts Bardon's Peak on West Skyline Parkway located within the boundaries of the Smithville neighborhood.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Road construction is underway near Bardon's Peak. Duluth's official map puts Bardon's Peak on West Skyline Parkway, which was designated as a scenic byway in 1998, located within the boundaries of the Smithville neighborhood.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Segments of the skyline boulevard drive is being constructed. This is near the edge of the road with grand views. Duluth's official map puts Bardon's Peak on West Skyline Parkway, which was designated as a scenic byway in 1998, located within the boundaries of the Smithville neighborhood.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
One of the grand views from Skyline Parkway. Duluth's official map puts Bardon's Peak on West Skyline Parkway, which was designated as a scenic byway in 1998, located within the boundaries of the Smithville neighborhood.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Duluth's first air-mail service was celebrated with Northwest Airline heads, the Duluth mayor, and committeemen. The plane landed in the bay at the Duluth Boat Club on Minnesota Point. A police motorcycle escort accompanied the mail truck.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Chester Creek runs through Chester Park (also known as Chester Bowl Park) and empties into Lake Superior near Thirteenth Avenue East. Someone is walking to a parked car.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
The 1927 Lester River Bridge is a stone-faced concrete arch bridge that carries London Road-Congdon Boulevard (Minnesota Highway 61) over the Lester River in the northeastern portion of the city of Duluth.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Another view of the Dickerman Triangle Park at Fourth Street and Woodland Avenue. Duluthian Charles Kent Dickerman was a civic leader and philanthropist.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
This is the wall in the Dickerman Triangle Park at Fourth Street and Woodland Avenue. Duluthian Charles Kent Dickerman was a civic leader and philanthropist.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
The photographer describes this as Fond du Lac Jay Cooke Park Road with St. Louis River. A road was needed to connect the Duluth park system with Jay Cooke. Park. Fond du Lac Park lies between Duluth and Jay Cooke Park. This is an aerial view.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
The Municipal Nursery land was purchased in 1926. Duluth Parks Superintendent F. Rodney Paine (1889-1968) reported hundreds of thousands of trees started in the nursery were planted in Jay Cooke State Park.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections