Lakeside Lester Park; George B. Sargent built this house in 1873 at Forty-Fifth Avenue East and London Road; it was later the home of his son William C. Sargent; winter; snow; porch; chimneys; modified mansard-style roof; architectural details; dormers; clapboard; stone foundation; brick work
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Neighborhoods of Duluth, Central Hillside; Luke Marvin House. The Marvins were an early Duluth family and long associated with First Presbyterian Church and Duluth government and development. Queen Anne style house includes a wrap around porch with a child and a woman on the steps.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
West Duluth; Winness house; Sixtieth Avenue West and Highland Street; people in yard include Anna Cole, Clara Wade, Henry Sampson, Mr. and Mrs. J. Winness, Mr. and Mrs. L. Winness, Mae Winness, John Winness; witch's hat; fence; horse and buggy; balcony; porch; houses; laundry in background; spring; children; baby; baby carriage
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Douglas A. Petre was the son in law of John Hunter; family; dogs; horses and carriage; this building was a summer home and relocated; the modified building stands on west St. Marie street
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Interior of the Douglas A. Petre house; Petre was the son in law of John Hunter; family; dogs; horses and carriage; this building was a summer home and relocated; the modified building stands on west St. Marie street
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Douglas A. Petre was the son in law of John Hunter; family; dogs; horses and carriage; this building was a summer home and relocated; the modified building stands on west St. Marie street
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Douglas A. Petre was the son in law of John Hunter; family; dogs; horses and carriage; this building was a summer home and relocated; the modified building stands on west St. Marie street
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Grand Opera House front entrance and fa?ºade; built by Munger and Markell; fourth avenue west and Superior street; people; Cormany photographer; post office; signs; Chamber of Commerce
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
110 north fourth avenue west; house of Charles F. Johnson was built in 1881; the land cost $800; in 1890 it was enlarged and a stone foundation added by Nels Nelson; Snap the family's Irish setter; sold to Mr. Christie in 1907 and razed; site of Christie building
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Lakeside Lester Park; Child in field; view of Duluth from Reed house front porch (4218 London Road); tents and people near Lake Superior; young girl; child
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Lakeside Lester Park; David A. Reed house; 4218 London road; clapboard; leaded glass windows with flowers; architectural details; man on porch; chimneys; porch; stairs; new construction planks up to front porch
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Central Hillside; Duluth Central High school building was the talk of the country when it was built in 1891-1892; architects Palmer and Hall of Duluth based the school's design on Richardson's Romanesque Allegheny Courthouse in Pittsburgh; the carving was done by Duluthian O. George Thrana (1872-1939), a Norwegian master stone carver; the main tower is 230 feet tall; Westminster chimes were installed; houses in background; people on steps; Central is used as the Duluth school district 709's administrative building
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Businessman Franz Heinrich and his family lived at 705 East Second Street. The East End Hotel is across the street in his neighborhood. Mr. Heinrich was a bar tender at Fitger's Brewing Company. He died in 1909 at the age of 55.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Central Hillside; Duluth Central High school; north side of Second Street between Lake and First Avenue East; clock tower; St. Paul's Episcopal Church at left; neighborhood view
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Lakeside Lester Park; Lakeside School Forty-seventh Avenue East and Pitt Street was built in 1893 with additions in 1914 and 1952; brick building; garage; dirt street; stairs
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Ice covered remains of burned Fargusson building at 402-404 west Superior street; signs for where all building tenants moved to; Schiller; G. R. Kimball; see also 720.2 and 735.2
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Central Hillside; view of Duluth looking northeast; largest building at the left is First Presbyterian church is 300 East Second Street; Lake Superior; houses; buildings; businesses; streets; telephone poles; sidewalks; pedestrians
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
West Duluth; Clint D. Prescott house Fifty-fourth Avenue west and Central Place; built 1891 by Prescott and occupied by that family until 1895; occupied by Hansen Evesmith family 1897 to 1913; trees; fence; witch's hat architectural detail; wrap around porch; spires; fence; poplar trees; summer
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
The William Whittier, 1820-1901, and Electra Wilkinson Spalding (1835-1920) house located at 125 North Fifth Avenue West may have been designed by architect James J. Eagan of Chicago who designed the Spalding Hotel of Duluth in 1887.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
The William Whittier, 1820-1901, and Electra Wilkinson Spalding (1835-1920) house located at 125 North Fifth Avenue West may have been designed by architect James J. Eagan of Chicago who designed the Spalding Hotel of Duluth in 1887.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Duluth hillside from Superior street up to third street looking east; churches; streetcar on second street; Ashtabula Flats; Branch's Hall; Temple Opera
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
East Hillside; courthouse and jail 1884-1924; building designed by architects Traphagen and Fitzpatrick; draped with bunting; street; sidewalk; was later used as Hearding Hospital
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Lakeside Lester Park; 4721 Robinson Street; clapboard house with bluestone foundation; stucco top with timber details; leaded glass window; bay window; front porch swing; children; man with beard; three generations; birch tree; family seated on front stoop; wicker baby buggy; garden at right side
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
West Duluth; Maunu Family; house; behind Oneota hills; Becks Road down in hollows; Katie Marvin holding a baby; children; nine people; horse and buggy with two riders; log house; dovetail corner; porch; shingles; fall
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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
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Seventh avenue west incline and pavilion at the top; uninflated hot air balloon; people on grounds and in pavilion; children; Traphagen building burned in May 1901
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
West Duluth; view of Duluth from hillside; Longfellow elementary school at Elinor northwest corner Sixtieth Avenue West; Sharp House under construction; residence; summer; rock outcrop
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Public Library under construction; building Carnegie Library; Second Street and First Avenue West; 101 West First Street; bricklayer is working on the dome; construction materials; scaffold; crane; power lines; boardwalk sidewalks; workers; work men; building; construction site; streetcar tracks; dirt street
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Lakeside Lester Park; Oneida Street; Lakeside Land Company developed this area and between 1889-1898; houses; homes of grocer Ben B. Gaylord 5409 Oneida, timber dealer George Gamble 5415 Oneida, bookkeeper Duluth and Iron Range railway Horace Johnson 5421 Oneida, plumber Mathias Crosby brother of George Crosby 5427 Oneida, travel agent and later a salesman Hans J. Reinertsen house at 5405 Oneida; snow; winter
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
This drawing identifies wind forces and their effects on the physical structure. Notes are included on this drawing for example: "Stresses in lower sections of tension diagonals equal or smaller than top sections, but same riveting to be used in detail." The drawing includes a key for live load, dead load, impact, wind at 150 pounds per linear foot, wind stress due to traveler, equivalent to live load. The drawing shows top and bottom laterals. Total weight of the carrier and car is given as 240,000 pounds. The scale is given as 20 feet equaling one inch. Drawing H5421, Sheet 3.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Detailed drawing of four parts of the Aerial Bridge. The end view is a drawing of a tower; part side elevation is of half of the Aerial Bridge with the suspended car transfer. The third drawing is called Section A-A and depicts a tower without the cross structures drawn in. The last drawing is called Section B-B, which is a top down view of one of the towers resting on its footings. All of these drawings have dimensions. The part side elevation includes a very small drawing of the side of the gondola car. The end view includes the phrase "car approaches built by city." The finials are shown on three of the four drawings. Drawing H5421, Sheet 2.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Brownstone home designed by architect I. Vernon Hill and built in 1902 at 2029 East Superior Street for George Howard Crosby iron mining investor on the Mesabi and Cuyuna Ranges.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
The post card caption says The Aerial Bridge, Span 393 feet 9 inches, 135 feet high from water line. Cost $100,000. This post card illustration is of a view from the waterfront. At the right is the South Breakwater Inner Light Tower. Houses on Minnesota Point are at the far right. Engineer C.A.P. Turner, of the Gillette-Herzog Manufacturing Company of Minneapolis, designed the Ferry Bridge with Suspended Car Transfer in February 1901, meeting federal specifications. Bids were opened March 25, 1901, but only one was received. The Duluth Canal Bridge Company was awarded the contract but abandoned the work. In February, 1904, the Modern Steel Structural Company of Waukesha, Wisconsin was issued a contract. Work began July 20, 1904.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
The post card caption says The Aerial Bridge, Span 393 feet 9 inches, 135 feet high from water line. Cost $100,000. This post card illustration is of a view from the Duluth harbor with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Building at the left and the South Breakwater Inner Light Tower at the right. Houses on Minnesota Point are at the far right. Engineer C.A.P. Turner, of the Gillette-Herzog Manufacturing Company of Minneapolis, designed the Ferry Bridge with Suspended Car Transfer in February 1901, meeting federal specifications. Bids were opened March 25, 1901, but only one was received. The Duluth Canal Bridge Company was awarded the contract but abandoned the work. In February, 1904, the Modern Steel Structural Company of Waukesha, Wisconsin was issued a contract. Work began July 20, 1904. The aerial bridge transporter or gondola or transfer car roadway was 17 feet by 50 feet with sidewalks seven feet by 50 feet; the cabins were 30 feet long.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
plat; 50 to 55 avenues west; streets; West Duluth; Alger Smith Lumber Mill and Dock; Duluth Short Line Railway; Northern Pacific Railway; Wisconsin Central Railway; Polk Street
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
View of the Georgian style house designed by Emmet S. Palmer and William A. Hunt architects and built in 1905 at 2307 East Superior Street for First National Bank president and local philanthropist A. L. Ordean who died in 1928 at 72.
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections