Central Hillside; downtown; Duluth Skyride; Seventh Avenue West incline railway; tracks; view up Seventh Avenue West in downtown Duluth; brick row house; apartment buildings; power lines; people; houses; trees; stairs; sidewalk; pedestrians; summer; the incline was put into service late in 1891 to connect Superior Street streetcar lines with a line running a short distance from the hilltop into Duluth Heights; the original cars were large enough to hold four teams of horses with wagons as well as large groups of people; in 1911 two news cars were installed under control of an operator at the top of the hill; a conductor opened and closed the doors and collected fares; its last run was Labor Day 1939
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Highland Park streetcar and four uniformed motormen at top of seventh avenue west incline; pavilion architectural features tower, shingles, dormer; winter; deep snow
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Seventh avenue west incline and pavilion at the top; inflated hot air balloon; people on grounds and in pavilion; children; Traphagen building burned in May 1901; see also 241.1
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Incline at sixty-first and Grand avenue West Duluth; Duluth Belt Line railway began in 1889 abandoned 1916; man in building; man and reclining dog outside; houses
Contributing Institution:
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; 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
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
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