Mikado Number 1303 stands on the turntable at Endion Roundhouse located along the shore of Lake Superior with Duluth and the aerial bridge in the background.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Illustrated trade catalog from the W.S. Nott Company. Features leather belting products in addition to pulleys, hoses, gaskets, and packings produced and sold by the company.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Illustrated trade catalog from the W.S. Nott Company, manufacturers of leather belting and wholesale rubber goods. Catalog features machinery packings made of a variety of materials including rubber, asbestos, graphite, carbonite, cotton, and flax.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Illustrated trade catalog from the W.S. Nott Company. Features leather belting products in addition to pulleys, hoses, gaskets, packings, rubber mats, roofing, carts, and oiled clothes produced and sold by the company. Beginning includes testimonials from satisfied customers in Minneapolis and across the United States.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Illustrated trade catalog of seals, stencils, badges, and stamps. Includes police badges, dog tags, alphabet rubber stamp sets, stock stamps, self-inking stamps, and more.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Step 4 of 5 in a series of photographs depicting the process of testing an ore sample. In this step the crushed iron ore sample is dumped into the riffler to get a representative sample in the mine lab in step 4.
Step 5 of 5 in a series of photographs depicting the process of testing an ore sample. In this step a ring stand and crucible are used to determine the chemical analysis of the iron ore sample in the mine lab in step 5.
Step 3 of 5 in a series of photographs depicting the process of testing an ore sample. In this step the iron ore sample is ground through a 200-mesh screen in the mine lab in step 3.
Step 1 of 5 in a series of photographs depicting the process of testing an ore sample. In this step an ore sample is gathered from the ore train for testing in the mine lab in step 1.
Step 2 of 5 in a series of photographs depicting the process of testing an ore sample. In this step the ore sample is dumped into the crusher in the mine lab in step 2.
Illustrated trade catalog for boilers and furnaces manufactured by the William Brothers Boiler and Manufacturing Company. Features buildings (schools, stores, apartments, companies) throughout Minneapolis and other cities, and the furnaces with which they are equipped.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Illustrated trade catalog featuring firebox boilers. Includes models, components, and dimensions as well as price lists. Also includes illustration of the company's Nicollet Island plant and general offices and East Hennepin plant.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Illustrated trade catalog featuring a variety of boilers manufactured by the William Brothers Boiler and Manufacturing Company. Includes models and dimensions as well as price lists.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Illustrated trade catalog of vehicles produced by Wilcox Motor Trucks. Includes several models used for transporting a variety of goods from food, to hardware, to passengers. Detailed descriptions of models include speed, capacity, size, price, and more.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Business trade card advertising Newcastle iron stoves, manufactured by J.S. & M. Peckham in Utica, New York and sold by W.H. Peckham in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Illustrated catalog featuring homes and buildings fitted with Whitney Windows, producers of casement windows that open out. Minneapolis residences include those of architect W.G. Purcell, Professor E.W. Olmsted, W.B. Chandler, Karl DeLaittre, B.M. Weisberg, and architect C.A. Boehme. Architectural window drawings included.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
The Bradley House (built in 1855 by Albert Stevens) was sold to J. T. Bradley in 1861. This stagecoach stop, located at the east end, facing north, of the then College Street (now 4th Street) bridge, a block east of Broadway was on the Old Dubuque Trail. A fancy coach met all trains and transported customers and their baggage to the Bradley House.
This photograph by Duluth photographer William Whitesides is taken from Point of Rocks looking east and shows much of downtown Duluth and the hillside.