Lakeside Lester Park; House 4640 London Road; Robert Congdon house; driveway up to porte-cochere; car; brick with tile roof; chimneys; landscaping; dormers; porch; sidewalk; shrubs; summer; trees
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
This 1925 building at 23 Mesaba Avenue was a memorial to Luke Authur Marvin who died in 1924, son of Luke Marvin, and housed The Bethel Sunday School and Boys and Girls Clubs for many years.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
plat; 50 to 55 avenues west; streets; West Duluth; Alger Smith Lumber Mill and Dock; Duluth Short Line Railway; Northern Pacific Railway; Wisconsin Central Railway; Polk Street
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Exterior view of the Modern Woodmen of America Hall, located at 2031 West First Street. Note: The Modern Woodmen of America is a fraternal benefit society founded in 1883.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Central Hillside house; 329 West Third street; house of Captain C. O. Flynn; Cornelius O. Flynn; architectural details; porch; clapboard; winter; snow; stairs
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Central Hillside; view of Duluth with Civic Center; Fifth Avenue West and First Street; City Hall at right, St. Louis County Courthouse in center, Federal Building at left, Duluth Fire Department behind and between the Federal building and courthouse; incline in visible in distance; school; buildings; houses; Munger Terrace is up the hill at far right; line of cars are parked up Fourth Avenue West; streets; sidewalks
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Central Hillside; Civic Center; Fifth Avenue West between First and Second Street; City Hall was opened in 1928; the Federal Building is at the left side of the photograph, it was razed in 1945; cars; Jackson school; incline railway is on horizon in background; houses; apartments; stairs; spring
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Central Hillside; Duluth Central High school; north side of Second Street between Lake and First Avenue East; clock tower; St. Paul's Episcopal Church at left; neighborhood view
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Central Hillside; Duluth Central High school building was the talk of the country when it was built in 1891-1892; architects Palmer and Hall of Duluth based the school's design on Richardson's Romanesque Allegheny Courthouse in Pittsburgh; the carving was done by Duluthian O. George Thrana (1872-1939), a Norwegian master stone carver; the main tower is 230 feet tall; Westminster chimes were installed; houses in background; people on steps; Central is used as the Duluth school district 709's administrative building
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Neighborhoods of Duluth, Central Hillside; Luke Marvin House. The Marvins were an early Duluth family and long associated with First Presbyterian Church and Duluth government and development. Queen Anne style house includes a wrap around porch with a child and a woman on the steps.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Public Library under construction; building Carnegie Library; Second Street and First Avenue West; 101 West First Street; bricklayer is working on the dome; construction materials; scaffold; crane; power lines; boardwalk sidewalks; workers; work men; building; construction site; streetcar tracks; dirt street
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Central Hillside; View looking down the hill from Second Avenue East to Lake Superior; street; buildings; tower of First Presbyterian church 300 East Second Street; Masonic Temple Opera House with distinctive onion bulb is at Second Avenue East and Superior Street
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Central Hillside; view of Duluth looking northeast; largest building at the left is First Presbyterian church is 300 East Second Street; Lake Superior; houses; buildings; businesses; streets; telephone poles; sidewalks; pedestrians
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Central Hillside; Street; 321 West First Street; Victor Hotel; Capitol Caf?; Borgen Paint and Hardware 323 West First Street; car; store windows; sidewalk; signs; stone and brick building; Romanesque architecture
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
East Hillside; Street; Fifth Avenue East and Fifth street looking east; houses; streetcar tracks; stairs; clothesline; pedestrian; cords of cut and split wood
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
East Hillside; Street; Tenth Avenue East and Fourth street looking east; street lamps; streetcar tracks; houses; corner store; business; Cudahy's awning; children; fire hydrant
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
East Hillside house; 205 East Third Street; Judge Jehu Baker Middlecoff (1866-1925?) and his widow Jessie Boyd Middlecoff owned this house for many years with their four children, he was a graduate of the University of Michigan, lawyer, and in Duluth a judge of probate court; wrap around porch; balcony; stained glass windows; vines; shrubs; summer
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
East Hillside house; 1027 East Fifth Street; Mrs. H. Stein owner; Sunday editor of the Duluth News Tribune, Nathan Cohen lived at this address in 1942; vines; porch; steps; spring
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
East Hillside house; 915 East Fourth Street; eight rooms; forced air heat; two car garage; $8,200; Roy Murnian; summer; stairs; chimney; clapboard; lawn
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
East Hillside; courthouse and jail 1884-1924; building designed by architects Traphagen and Fitzpatrick; draped with bunting; street; sidewalk; was later used as Hearding Hospital
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
East Hillside; Street; Tenth Avenue East and Fourth street looking south; cars; Wick's Market; sidewalk; street sign; awnings; street lamps; streetcar tracks; houses; corner store; business; Cudahy's; awning; grocery store; fire hydrant
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
East Hillside; Street; Tenth Avenue East and Fourth street looking north from below Fourth street; sidewalk; corner house with porch and awnings; streetcar tracks; houses; cement bench; Portland Square park; people waiting for a streetcar
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Hunter's Park; David Stocking home 2140 Woodland Avenue; Hunter's Park was named for John Hunter and Ronald Hunter; Glen Avon is named for the glens of Scotland and the river Avon of England by a Scottish man Angus Roderick Macfarlane who married Catharine Hunter; elm trees, lawn; trellises
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Hunter's Park; David Stocking home 2140 Woodland Avenue; Hunter's Park was named for John Hunter and Ronald Hunter; Glen Avon is named for the glens of Scotland and the river Avon of England by a Scottish man Angus Roderick Macfarlane who married Catharine Hunter; backyard; lawn, lawn furniture, boy or man benches
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Hunter's Park; James Prest house at Oxford and Woodland Avenue; 2317 Woodland Avenue; rear view; chimneys; roof iron work; Hunter's Park was named for John Hunter and Ronald Hunter; Glen Avon is named for the glens of Scotland and the river Avon of England by a Scottish man Angus Roderick Macfarlane who married Catharine Hunter; summer; flower beds; phlox plants; day lilies; peonies; birdbath; landscaping
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Exterior view of the A.E. Ouellette house located at 4631 Cooke Street. The wood frame house features a wrap-around corner sunroom, summer landscaping, and a flagpole. Note: House numbers in Duluth were renumbered sometime after this photograph was taken. The current address is 4627 Cooke Street.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Lakeside Lester Park; Child in field; view of Duluth from Reed house front porch (4218 London Road); tents and people near Lake Superior; young girl; child
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Lakeside Lester Park; house 5714 Juniata Street; C. L. Cecil owner; five rooms, hot air heat, garage, 50x140 lot, $2,500 first mortgage, tax $71, price $4,400; houses; summer; porch
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Lakeside Lester Park; House 4309 Cooke street; Frank A. and Matilda Wolthausen residence; shingle; glassed-in porch; steps; trellises; landscaping; garage; trees; lawn; Virginia creeper; street; curb; house next door; summer
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Lakeside Lester Park; George B. Sargent built this house in 1873 at Forty-Fifth Avenue East and London Road; it was later the home of his son William C. Sargent; winter; snow; porch; chimneys; modified mansard-style roof; architectural details; dormers; clapboard; stone foundation; brick work
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections