This photograph by Duluth photographer William Whitesides is taken from Point of Rocks looking east and shows much of downtown Duluth and the hillside.
This photograph by F.A. Taylor shows the Duluth hillside from below Superior Street and between 3rd and 4th Avenues East; probably from the late 1880s, it shows First Presbyterian Church (built in 1870) in the upper left corner, at 231 East 2nd Street.
Elevator and Lake Superior & Mississippi Depot, Stillwater, MN. Elevator was erected in 1870 and has a capacity of 38,000 bushels. Lake Superior & Mississippi Division of the Northern Pacific Railroad was completed to Stillwater in 1871.
Street view; unpaved streets with horses and buggies; awnings extended on the first floor windows and doors; signage for real estate company and other businesses; photographer, Minnehaha Falls, Minn.; view from Hennepin Avenue and Washington Avenues. Image is similar to Minneapolis Collection M0091 and stereographic card MS00032. Various Minneapolis business advertisements on verso.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Street view with unpaved streets with horses and buggies; awnings extended on the first floor windows. Buildings in foreground could be the First National Hotel located at Washington Avenue at corner of 2nd Avenue South and Nicollet Avenue.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
According to city directory St. James Hotel in 1882 was located at Washington Avenue and Second Avenue South; photo shows street car track and electric power pole, and unpaved streets.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Street view; unpaved streets with horses and buggies; awnings extended on the first floor windows; building could be the First National Bank Building at Washington Avenue and Nicollet Avenue.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Information pertaining to image is inconclusive; Washburn A Mill exploded in 1878. Men are standing in the rubble with commercial buildings in the background.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Dominate building identified as Boston Block building which was erected in 1881 on the northwest corner of Third Street and Hennepin Avenue. Streetcar tracks are visible in unpaved street. A list of stereographic views by photographer/publisher is on verso.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Photo is unidentified; board walk is visible in front left of photo; unpaved streets; streetlight and power pole; list of stereographic views by photographer/publisher on verso.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Streetscape; scene not identified on back; may be of Minneapolis; view of construction of a building next to a completed building - perhaps the row house of Eastman Flats; photographed and published by Nowack and Chase located at 119 Washington Avenue North, Minneapolis; wholesale and retail.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Landscape view of mill and area; photos probably by stereographic photographer, E. D. Mayo, who worked for Barnett and Record Company (a construction company that built grain elevators). The view includes river, river bank, and neighboring buildings from southeast looking north from east side of river.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Interior view of a flour mill in Minneapolis. Image probably by stereographic photographer, E. D. Mayo, who worked for Barnett and Record Company, a construction company that built grain elevators.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Interior view of a flour mill in Minneapolis. Image probably by stereographic photographer, E. D. Mayo, who worked for Barnett and Record Company, a construction company that built grain elevators.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Interior view of a flour mill in Minneapolis or Duluth. Image probably by stereographic photographer, E. D. Mayo, who worked for Barnett and Record Company, a construction company that built grain elevators.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Interior view of a flour mill in Minneapolis. Image probably by stereographic photographer, E. D. Mayo, who worked for Barnett and Record Company, a construction company that built grain elevators.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Interior view of a flour mill in Minneapolis. Image probably by stereographic photographer, E. D. Mayo, who worked for Barnett and Record Company, a construction company that built grain elevators.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Probably by stereographic photographer, E. D. Mayo, who worked for Barnett and Record Co., a construction company that built grain elevators; material, stretching the apparent length of the building, appears to be a heavy fabric possibly felt or wood; interior structure of building is exposed
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Aerial view with unidentified men walking on top of structure overlooking possibly Minneapolis; first reinforced concrete elevator was the single silo Peavey-Haglin in St. Louis Park. A stereographic photographer E. D. Mayo worked for Barnett and Record Co which was a construction company that built grain elevators.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Stereographic photographer, E. D. Mayo, worked for Barnett and Record Co., a construction company that built grain elevators; red tile was a common construction material for early elevators; photos shows detail on the construction of the elevator.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Probably by stereographic photographer, E. D. Mayo, who worked for Barnett and Record Co., a construction company that built grain elevators; Pillsbury A mill built in 1910 is constructed of tile, steel; and reinforced concrete according to the "Grain Elevator Inventory, 1997" prepared for the Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission; photo shows detail on the construction of the elevator.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
part of series of stereographic cards """"Minnesota and Northwestern Views;"""" view from west back looking east over the Mississippi River; river with floating logs and island, various mills are seen in background
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Street view; unpaved streets with horses and buggies; photographer probably Charles L. Jacoby from address; on backside is stamp from Siddall and Co. Art Book Store and Circulating Library.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
View of Nicollett Avenue. Note: did not locate a business called Hause and Davis Boots and Shoes in city directories 1885, 1890, 1895. A list of stereographic views by photographer/publisher is on verso.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
J.C. Oswald & Co., wholesale wines and liquors, was located at 17 Washington Ave N according to the city directory from 1880 to 1900; Nicollet House in background; great street view; streets are unpaved; list of stereographic views by photographer/publisher on verso
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
part of series of stereographic cards """"Minnesota and Northwestern Views;"""" view from west back looking east over the Mississippi River; river filled with floating logs, various mills are seen in the forefront and background; Mill exploded May 2, 1878; address of mill 7th Ave S Canal St
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Superior street and first avenue east looking west; building signs on upper side; Globe Hotel and Restaurant boardwalk;the buildings at the right in the foreground are about 201-205 East Superior Street just east of Second Avenue East, they burned in the spring of 1875
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
This photograph of the dalles of the St. Louis River is by Duluth photographers Gaylord & Thompson (Paul B. Gaylord, 1848-1936, and Edward A. Thompson, ca.1874-1938).
This photograph by Paul B. Gaylord shows the wrecked hull of the tugboat "Amethyst," which was wrecked nine miles east of Beaver Bay about 1881, docked in front of Williams & Upton, contractors for river and harbor improvements, on Minnesota Point at Buchanan Street.
This photograph by Paul B. Gaylord shows a view of Duluth and the eastern hillside taken from the Northern Pacific dock about 1880. This is a variation of "dul917-76-d888.6" and "dul917-76-d888.9."
This is a photograph by Paul B. Gaylord of the steamship "Quebec" of the Great Western of Canada company docked in Duluth's outside harbor next to Elevator A.
This photograph by Paul B. Gaylord shows a view of Duluth and the eastern hillside taken from the Northern Pacific dock about 1880. This is a duplicate of "dul917-76-d888.9" and "dul917-76-d888.10."
This photograph by Paul B. Gaylord shows a view of Duluth and the eastern hillside taken from the Northern Pacific dock about 1880. This is a variation of "dul917-76-d888.6" and "dul917-76-d888.10."
This photograph by Paul B. Gaylord shows the Merchant's Hotel, 202-204 West Superior Street in Duluth after a fire on February 28, 1884. The hotel was designed by architect George Wirth and built in 1882.
This photograph by Paul B. Gaylord from the 1880s or early 1890s looks to the south from Duluth's hillside to Rice's Point and shows the 1871 railroad roundhouse to the east of Garfield Avenue and the steeple of Second Presbyterian Church at 1515 West Superior Street.
This photograph by Paul B. Gaylord and Edward A. Thompson shows the Clark House, Duluth's second hotel, which opened in July of 1870 on the 100 block of West Superior Street; it was destroyed by fire on November 16, 1881.
Aerial view looking from St. Anthony side of river; first suspension bridge; log jams; lumber stacked up on Nicollet Island, town of Minneapolis with mills, houses, businesses in background.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Street scene; streets are unpaved; can identify the first suspension bridge in background; places of business include a building advertising furniture.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library