There have been excursions available at the Duluth Harbor through the decades. This craft is part of a 1960s business that becomes the Goldfine family's Vista Fleet in the 1990s. This outing was during the Duluth celebration called Portorama Days. This excursion boat in in the Duluth harbor. The first Duluth Seaway Portorama of 1960 was celebrated to commemorate the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway the prior year (officially May 3) in Duluth in July 8-14 of 1959. The Duluth Junior Chamber of Commerce, commonly called the Duluth Jaycees, was the sponsor. They crowned a Miss Seaway. It was about nine days in duration, usually late July to early August and later overlapped with the International Folk Festival held each August. The Jaycees announced it would discontinue sponsoring Portorama in 1970.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
The Norweigan Royalty visit Northfield. The Crown Prince Olav and Crown Princess Martha visit St. Olaf College in May 1939. The crowd scene is at Bridge Square.
Side view of the Selma Lagerlof statue showing the inscription, including her life dates and achievements. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Standing in the back row, left to right: Ellen Lahti, Martha Lepponen, Lila Isaacson, Esther Niskala, Lara Kivimaki, Florence Ranta, Laila Stone, Ellen Luopa, Aune Kettunen; Standing in the middle row, left to right: Elsie Lindfors, Stella Schley, Amelia Saari, Amelia Jokinen, Helen Luukkonen, Ina Kotchkas, Sylvia Silvola, Carol Kauppi, Lillian Smith, Edna Pohlman, Aili Tapanila; Sitting in the front row: Aune Lahti, Julia Sersha, Helen Kiiskinen, Eva Lammi, Edna Simonson, Aini Makinen, Violet Ojakangas, Tynne Isaacson.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives