This vehicle is claimed to be the first customized towing truck in Duluth. An automobile would fit completely on the bed. It was designed and built by Norman Anderson for his Kenwood Wrecking Service. Merlin Anderson and his son are on hand for the initial test with a 1921 Maxwell hanging in the hooks.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
West Duluth; Third Street looking west at Forty-ninth Avenue West; streetcar tracks; houses; two men; this photograph was a court exhibit used to document an accident of some type; railroad overpass; railroad depot
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
West Duluth; Third Street looking east from Forty-ninth Avenue West; streetcar tracks; houses; man; this photograph was a court exhibit used to document an accident of some type; billboards, "Buy It In The West End It Will Cost You Less."
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
West Duluth; Street; third street between Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Avenue West looking north east; this photograph was a court exhibit used to document an accident of some type; streetcar; businesses; truck; sign Trop-Arctic Auto Oil; telephone poles; streetcar tracks
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Two men, apparently twins, stand outside a car parked in the 300 block of Central Avenue. Businesses in the background include Boston Store and Robert J. Osell Shoes.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Navel officers and crew of the vessel U.S.S.. Paducah, Dubuque Class gunboat launched 1904 and out of service 1945, in Duluth for naval reservist training.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Morgan Park; Streetcar waiting station; stood at the edge of the manager's district in the eastern neighborhood; trees; man; buildings; houses; sidewalks; streets; car; 16335
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
East Hillside; Street; Fifth Avenue East and Fifth Street looking west; children; streetcar tracks; houses; telephone poles; sign painted on side of frame building says Gold Medal Flour; fire hydrant; dirt streets
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
East Hillside; Street; Fifth Avenue East and Fifth Street looking north; children; streetcar tracks; houses; telephone poles; church with steeple; fire hydrant; dirt streets
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
In 1893, James J. Hill's Northern Steamship Company built 385-foot ocean style passenger steamers. In 1911, the peak year, 80,000 passengers traveled to Lake Superior. After 1920, the number of passenger cruise ships diminished with the advent of "motor-cars." Very few cruise ships were still in service after World War II. The Canadian steel steamer Huronic was constructed in Collingwood, Ontario, in 1902. She ran on the Northern Navigation Division of the Canadian Steamship Company, on cruise trips from Detroit to Duluth. In 1940, the Huronic was dismantled and made into a package freighter.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections