Photographer Paul Benjamin Gaylord took the earliest images of Duluth including this view showing trees cut and rudimentary housing and dock construction.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Winter view of workers constructing a dyke across Superior Bay starting from the end of Rice's Point to Minnesota Point over which a rail track would be laid.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Isle Royale, a part of the state of Michigan, is located just off the Minnesota North Shore of Lake Superior with a historical population of Minnesota residents who built properties and lived there, many year-round.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Isle Royale, a part of the state of Michigan, is located just off the Minnesota North Shore of Lake Superior with a historical population of Minnesota residents.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
The "North West" with passengers aboard deck was built in Cleveland, Ohio in 1894 by the Globe Shipbuilding Company but operated by the Northern Steamship Company of Buffalo, New York until 1911 when she burned.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Isle Royale, a part of the state of Michigan, is located just off the Minnesota North Shore of Lake Superior with a historical population of Minnesota residents.
Contributing Institution:
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.
Contributing Institution:
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.
Contributing Institution:
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.
Contributing Institution:
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.
Contributing Institution:
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