West Duluth; wholesale bakers; Purity Bakers Corporation; 2332 West Superior Street; The Purity Store and workers; Our Own Coffee; Duluth Universal Flour; Romanesque architecture; men; boys; children; truck; snow; winter; business district; building 1889
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Central Hillside; Duluth Public Library's Children book week; Carnegie Library interior; display of books; children's books; bookshelves; tables; desk; windows with shades drawn; plant; ferns; posters; ceiling lights; chairs; fishbowl
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Central Hillside; Duluth Public Library; Carnegie Library interior; bookshelves; sign Don't Forget the Little Folks Put Books in Their Christmas Stockings; book display; posters; oak and glass display case with open books; table; chair; person on chair is blurred
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
West Duluth Dominion Tar and Chemical Company; Dominion Tar existed from about the 1920s-1940s; Fifty-Eighth Avenue west and Northern Pacific Railroad tracks; Dominion was subsequent to Zenith Furnace Company which functioned from 1904-1920s and both were linked to Interlake (Steel), 1920-1964; winter; snow; telephone poles
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
This is the view from Lakeshore Park. A boy is leaning on the bluestone wall opening inside an amphitheater turret looking toward the Aerial Bridge. Lakeshore Park was renamed Leif Erikson Park 1929.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Another view of the Dickerman Triangle Park at Fourth Street and Woodland Avenue. Duluthian Charles Kent Dickerman was a civic leader and philanthropist.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Lakeshore Park fronts along London Road with a view to Lake Superior. This is a view looking west toward downtown and the corner of the lake. Lakeshore Park was renamed Leif Erikson Park 1929.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
This may be the parcel of land donated by Thomas Merritt in honor of his uncle, Cassius Merritt. F. Rodney Paine identifies the photo as "Merritt Memorial Park - Cassius."
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
This is the wall in the Dickerman Triangle Park at Fourth Street and Woodland Avenue. Duluthian Charles Kent Dickerman was a civic leader and philanthropist.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
This is Brighton Beach with campers' tents and cars in Kitchi Gammi Park. Cabins that could be rented were built in the 1930s. Brighton Beach is on the shore of Lake Superior with a great view of ore boats.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Lakeshore Park is right on the shore of Lake Superior. People have sat upon and climbed on these rocks for generations. Lakeshore Park was renamed Leif Erikson Park 1929.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
A statue of Jay Cooke and his dog by sculptor Henry M. Shrady was located where Superior Street and London Road meet. It was dedicated in 1921, the 100th anniversary of Cooke's birth.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
The smaller Lester Park Rustic Bridge in 1928. A larger, more complete Rustic Bridge was built in 1897 then reduced in size and finally removed in 1931.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Parade of members of the Toboggan and Snowshoe Association in their white hats and coats along Superior Street in downtown Duluth. The orignal image was taken February 22, 1886 by Carl Thiel and Edward H. Foster and was later copied by Hugh McKenzie.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Julius Howland Barnes founded Klearflax Linen Looms, Incorporated, and was president of the board. This was the manufacturing plant at 63 Avenue West and Grand. Barnes sought a way to utilize flax straw, then largely burned in Minnesota fields were it was produced. He planned to make toweling, but that proved unworkable. Flax made a durable and artistic rug. In 1933, only 60 people were employed in the mill. They diversified, and 200 were employed with a payroll of $30,000 a month. The plant used no coal, but was steam heated using waste products from raw materials. Looms were invented to accommodate the flax material after it had been cleaned, steamed, dried, combed and carded, and spun into yarn. The company also utilized wool and cotton. The company gained national prominence when it began to advertise in magazines like Vogue, Good Housekeeping and Ladies Home Journal. One rug was in the main entry of New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel and showed little wear after an estimated 10 million people had walked across it. Another was made in 1939, weighing a half-ton, cost $300,000, was 15x30 feet, of special design, for the Finnish capital at Helsinki. Barnes sold the company to Romos enterprises of Ohio in April 1953.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Naniboujou Club or Naniboujou Lodge in Cook County Minnesota near Grand Marais that comprises about 3,300 acres about 125 miles from Duluth about 15 miles from the Pigeon river was opening to many notables. Invitations were sent to 800 members, in July 1929. It never grew as expected due to the 1929 crash. It still stands. It is a lodge with a dining room right on the lake.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Hanford, Bertha, State and County Agent for the Blind
Date Created:
1929
Description:
In 1928, the St. Louis County Child Welfare Board was requested by the State Board of Control to sponsor the work for the Blind in this county. This the first use of local management of such a pgoram and was successful. The report describes the Range Broom Factory at Chisholm, Minnesota, that employs several agency clients under the management of R. H. Alcox. This agency operated under the State Department for the Blind, Children's Bureau, Board of Control and the St. Louis County Board of Commissioners. Its work was for the prevention of blindness and the treatment of people with blindness. The reports give objectives, staff, and statistics. Its district included St. Louis, Carlton, Itasca, Cook, Lake, and Koochiching counties.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Inez Torell (May 12, 1906 - September 26, 1969) compiled this photograph album that chronicles her life from childhood to adulthood. It includes Inez's family, friends, various hospitals she stayed in, hospital staff and patients. Many of the photographs include handwritten names, locations, dates, and comments.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Chester Creek runs through Chester Park (also known as Chester Bowl Park) and empties into Lake Superior near Thirteenth Avenue East. Someone is walking to a parked car.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
The toboggan slides in Chester Park (also known as Chester Bowl Park) were installed during the winter of 1909-1910. Three neighborhood boys are taking the first run: Arthur Carlson, Skuli Rutford and Ben Rasmussen.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Swimmers are enjoying the upper lake. Chester Creek runs through Chester Park (also known as Chester Bowl Park) and is dammed, which results in designation of lakes, or ponds, of "upper" and "lower" or "above" or "below" the dam.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections