Ninth image (of seventeen images) described as a continuous strip of shoreline. It is not clear if the sequence is shot moving toward the canal and the Aerial bridge or down Minnesota Point toward the end. They are numbered in this collection in the original order shot by Mr. Rodney Paine.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
First image (of seventeen images) described as a continuous strip of shoreline. It is not clear if the sequence is shot moving toward the canal and the Aerial bridge or down Minnesota Point toward the end. They are numbered in this collection in the original order shot by Mr. Rodney Paine.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Fifth image (of seventeen images) described as a continuous strip of shoreline. It is not clear if the sequence is shot moving toward the canal and the Aerial bridge or down Minnesota Point toward the end. They are numbered in this collection in the original order shot by Mr. Rodney Paine.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Sixth image (of seventeen images) described as a continuous strip of shoreline. It is not clear if the sequence is shot moving toward the canal and the Aerial bridge or down Minnesota Point toward the end. They are numbered in this collection in the original order shot by Mr. Rodney Paine.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Third image (of seventeen images) described as a continuous strip of shoreline. It is not clear if the sequence is shot moving toward the canal and the Aerial bridge or down Minnesota Point toward the end. They are numbered in this collection in the original order shot by Mr. Rodney Paine.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Fourth image (of seventeen images) described as a continuous strip of shoreline. It is not clear if the sequence is shot moving toward the canal and the Aerial bridge or down Minnesota Point toward the end. They are numbered in this collection in the original order shot by Mr. Rodney Paine.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Seventh image (of seventeen images) described as a continuous strip of shoreline. It is not clear if the sequence is shot moving toward the canal and the Aerial bridge or down Minnesota Point toward the end. They are numbered in this collection in the original order shot by Mr. Rodney Paine.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Eighth image (of seventeen images) described as a continuous strip of shoreline. It is not clear if the sequence is shot moving toward the canal and the Aerial bridge or down Minnesota Point toward the end. They are numbered in this collection in the original order shot by Mr. Rodney Paine.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Water diverted from Sunrise Drive during the 1965 flood in St. Peter has removed pavement from West Madison Street to create a waterfall at the intersection with North Washington Avenue. The house with the purple siding and white trim was the home of Howard Thomas at 324 North Washington Avenue.
Diverted flood water from Sunrise Drive is shown along West Madison Street in St. Peter during the 1965 flood. The image was taken from a location slightly west of the intersection with North Washington Avenue. The white house at the center of the image is at 325 North Washington Avenue.
During the 1965 flood, water diverted from Sunrise Drive in St. Peter is shown flowing along West Madison Street toward the Recreation Field on the east side of North Fifth Street. It then made its way to the Minnesota River. The building beyond the North Fifth Street sign was at the site of the local ice skating rink.
In order to relieve stress on a sandbag dike on Sunrise Drive during the 1965 flood in St. Peter, water was diverted to this street, West Madison. This image looks toward the Recreation Field from a location near the intersection of Madison with North Washington Avenue. The volume and force of the water was enough to remove the pavement from the street.
People are inspecting the damage done to West Madison Street in St. Peter at the time of the 1965 flood. This water came from the west, not from the Minnesota River. It was diverted from Sunrise Drive to the Recreation Field shown here in the distance. From there it made its way to the river. This photograph was taken from near North Washington Avenue.
View of Wheeler Field in the foreground and Wade Municipal All Sports Stadium in the middleground and the coal dock in the background. Wade is at 101 North 35th Avenue West was dedicated July 16, 1941. It was renamed Wade Municipal Stadium February 3, 1954, to honor the late Frank Wade, former owner of the Duluth Dukes baseball team.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Aerial view of Wheeler Field and playground at 3501 Grand Avenue with its baseball diamonds and tennis courts. Henry Wakeman Wheeler (1821-1906) a first settler, arrived in Duluth in April of 1855; a 28 acre tract of land between 34-37 Avenue West and Grand Avenue was named Wheeler Field for him.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Aerial photograph of Wirth Parkway and highway 12 interchange construction with Brownie Lake in the upper right hand corner, Minneapolis, Minnesota in June 1949.