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1. Academy and Chapel of Our Lady of Good Counsel, Mankato, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920?
Description:
Exterior view of the Academy and Chapel of Our Lady of Good Counsel, Mankato.
Contributing Institution:
Blue Earth County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

2. Acrobats Four Flying Banvards, St. Peter, Minnesota

Creator:
Kloss, A.
Date Created:
1907 - 1909
Description:
This postcard shows acrobats performing on a stage on South Minnesota Avenue in St. Peter. The Four Flying Banvards are shown in front of businesses along the west side of the 300 block on the avenue on the Fourth of July in 1908.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

3. A Days Outing on Lake Washington, near St Peter, Minnesota

Date Created:
1907
Description:
This postcard shows a view of boaters on Lake Washington in Le Sueur County.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

4. Adeline Nyberg and Marian Johnson, St. Peter, Minnesota

Date Created:
1909
Description:
Young friends Adeline Nyberg and Marian Johnson pose in this studio portrait sent as a photographic postcard to Florence Peterson.
Contributing Institution:
Gustavus Adolphus College
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

5. Administration Building, Concordia College, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1925?
Description:
Campus view, including the Administration Building and the Martin Luther statue is in background.
Contributing Institution:
Concordia University, Saint Paul
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

6. Administration Building under construction, Concordia College, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920?
Description:
View of the construction of the Administration Building.
Contributing Institution:
Concordia University, Saint Paul
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

7. A. E. Clark Store, Westport Township, Minnesota

Date Created:
1909
Description:
Exterior view of the A. E. Clark Store in Westport.
Contributing Institution:
Pope County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

8. Aerial Bridge: Aerial Bridge and Canal, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Freighter in the ship canal leaves the Duluth harbor. McKenzie 7553.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

9. Aerial Bridge: Aerial Bridge by night Duluth Superior harbor, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Vessel arriving in Duluth.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

10. Aerial Bridge: Aerial Bridge Over Duluth-Superior Ship Canal, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1915?
Description:
The suspended car transfer was replaced in 1929 with the Aerial Lift Bridge span. The building at the left is the wholesale grocer Gowan Lenning Twohy.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

11. Aerial Bridge: Aerial Bridge over Duluth-Superior ship canal, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1915?
Description:
A passenger vessel in the Duluth harbor near the bridge with Canal Park at the left and Minnesota Point at the right.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

12. Aerial Bridge: Aerial Bridge Showing Car, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
The Hugh C. Leighton Co., Manufacturers, Portland, ME.
Date Created:
1910?
Description:
During storms water from waves collect in the piers which are designed with drainage gaps so the water runs back into the canal. Here, there is melted snow and a small pack of snow at the base of the pier's walkway that blocks the drainage.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

13. Aerial Bridge: An Aeroplane View Showing Entrance to Duluth-Superior Harbor, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
R.D. Handy, Inc. Duluth, Minn.
Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Aerial view of Duluth's harbor and hillside showing Canal Park as an industrial site.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

14. Aerial Bridge Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1905?
Description:
This post card was mailed in 1906, but the image is from an earlier year. In the 1890s commercial fishing on Lake Superior was feeding Duluth and the entire Midwest with major operators: A. Booth and Sons (whose sign is visible at the left), Lake Superior Fish Company, H. Christiansen and Sons.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

15. Aerial Bridge, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910?
Description:
The caption says The Aerial Bridge Span 393 feet 9 inches, 135 feet high from water line, cost $100,000 Duluth, Minn. A few more details that are not on this card are that the Aerial Bridge was completed in February, 1905. The Aerial Bridge transporter or gondola or transfer car roadway was 17 feet by 50 feet with sidewalks seven feet by 50 feet and the cabins were 30 feet long. This original bridge was modified with the lift span in 1929 and first operated March 19, 1930.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

16. Aerial Bridge Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1906?
Description:
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.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

17. Aerial Bridge Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1904
Description:
The caption of this post card says Clear span, 400 feet; clear height, 136 feet; total height above water, 186 feet. This view shows the waterfront when it was warehouses and wharves, docks, railroad freight sheds and slips. This view is probably from Skyline boulevard which, at this time, would have been called Rogers' Boulevard. William Rogers was the first parks department commissioner. In December 1959 the Duluth City Council and Mayor E. Clifford Bork changed the name of Rogers parkway and Skyline Boulevard to Skyline Parkway.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

18. Aerial Bridge: Entrance To Duluth-Superior Harbor, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1915?
Description:
The caption of this post card says The Aerial Bridge, Span 393 feet 9 inches, 135 feet high from water line. Cost $100,000. Entrance to Duluth-Superior Harbor. The white building at the left is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Building constructed in 1906.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

19. Aerial Bridge: Entrance To Duluth-Superior Harbor, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1906?
Description:
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.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

20. Aerial Bridge: Marshall-Wells Hardware Company Duluth

Date Created:
1906?
Description:
The information on this post card says Crowd leaving bridge; The Aerial Bridge; Miniature Train, White City. Joyland White City was the name of the amusement park at the end of Minnesota Point at Oatka Park. It was named White City based upon the buildings constructed at the recently experienced World's Fair where buildings were constructed using "white" building materials. There were rides and a pavilion for performances, dances and music. White City was short lived, about 1905-1911. The pavilion remained and the location reverted to the prior name of Oatka Park. The small train was moved to the Duluth zoo when the last features of the amusement park were dismantled in the 1950s. This post card was mailed in July 1907.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

21. Aerial Bridge: Meet Us in Duluth July 22, 23, 24, 1911 Reception Committee

Date Created:
1911?
Description:
This card features an organization and its upcoming event in Duluth. The Scandinavian Grand Lodge of Minnesota held a convention in Duluth in 1911.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

22. Aerial Bridge: Steamer Huronic Entering Duluth-Superior Harbor, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1915?
Description:
In 1893, James J. Hill's Northern Steamship Company built 385-foot ocean style passenger steamers. In 1911, the peak year, 80,000 passengers traveled to Lake Superior. After 1920, the number of passenger cruise ships diminished with the advent of "motor-cars." Very few cruise ships were still in service after World War II. The Canadian steel steamer Huronic was constructed in Collingwood, Ontario, in 1902. She ran on the Northern Navigation Division of the Canadian Steamship Company, on cruise trips from Detroit to Duluth. In 1940, the Huronic was dismantled and made into a package freighter.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

23. Aerial Bridge: U.S. Ship Canal Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Ore boat leaving Duluth. Detroit Publishing Co. was a prolific post card publisher, especially in the U.S. Their cards were published from 1898 to 1933. Using a color process called Phostint, their cards were considered to be very artistic. The hobby of collecting post cards is called deltiology. The first post card was issued by the Austrian government, America's first postcards came out in 1873. Picture postcards were introduced later. The golden age of postcards was supposed to date from 1907 through the first World War.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

24. Aerial Bridge: Whaleback Leaving Duluth-Superior Harbor Loaded With Ore, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Whaleback is an unusual ship design with steel hulls (body of the vessel) and rounded decks (boat, hurricane, main -which is the lowest full-length deck in a ship's hull, and spar are all decks at different levels) which was introduced by the inventor Captain Alexander McDougall of Duluth in 1888. It was a very stable vessel. American Steel Barge Company, a New York corporation engaged in shipbuilding and transportation on the Great Lakes as well as on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, purchased all of the patents for McDougalls whaleback vessels for $25,000. The only remaining whaleback is the Meteor, which is now a museum at Barker's Island in Superior, Wisconsin.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

25. Aerial Lift Bridge: Aerial Lift Bridge And Ship Canal, Duluth-Superior Harbor

Date Created:
1950?
Description:
John H. Darling (1847-1942), U.S. Engineer for Duluth-Superior Harbor, oversaw replacement of the original wooden canal piers with concrete piers in 1897. The piers have been maintained and repaired with a major remodeling/rehabilitation in 1985-1986.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

26. Aerial Lift Bridge: Aerial Lift Bridge and Ship Canal, Entrance to Duluth-Superior Harbor, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1950?
Description:
139-D The caption of this post card says The unique Aerial Lift Bridge and Ship Canal Entrance to Duluth-Superior Harbor is an outstanding attraction of this popular summer vacation city. Total bridge load lifted is 900 tons. Only 55 seconds are required to lift the span 135 feet. The Harbor is second only to that of New York City in shipping tonnage and through it passes about 60 per cent of America's iron ore production, from the great iron ore ranges just north of Duluth. Another fact, not included in the caption is that John H. Darling (1847-1942), U.S. Engineer for Duluth-Superior Harbor, oversaw replacement of the original wooden canal piers with concrete piers in 1897. The piers have been maintained and repaired with a major remodeling/rehabilitation in 1985-1986.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

27. Aerial Lift Bridge: Aerial Lift Bridge Over Canal Entrance to Duluth-Superior Harbor, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1950?
Description:
The caption for this post card says The famous Aerial Lift Bridge, at the entrance to the Duluth -Superior harbor, is the largest of its kind in the world. The 900-ton span, lifted by electrical energy stored in batteries, rises 120 feet in 50 seconds each time a boat approaches the harbor.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

28. Aerial Lift Bridge: Aerial View of Duluth-Superior Hi Bridge, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Gallagher, L. Perry, Jr., 1912-1988
Date Created:
1961?
Description:
The newly built High Bridge connecting Duluth and Superior, Wisconsin is highlighted in this postcard. Built in 1961, the High Bridge was renamed for Congressman John A. Blatnik in 1971. Blatnik (1911-1991) was elected to the Minnesota Senate in 1940, he was a representative to the U.S. Congress for Minnesota's Eight District from 1947-1974.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

29. Aerial Lift Bridge: Arena Auditorium in Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Gallagher, L. Perry, Jr., 1912-1988
Date Created:
1963?
Description:
This post card caption says Arena-Auditorium Duluth, Minnesota Fifth Avenue West and Waterfront. This beautiful new $6,100,000 multi-purpose facility will have an Auditorium to accommodate 2,500 people, and Arena with seating capacity up to 8,000 persons, an Exhibit Hall, 9 Meeting Rooms, and complete Banquet Facilities. The Arena-Auditorium will make Duluth the Convention Entertainment and Sports Center of The Upper Midwest. The building will be completed in 1966. This illustration is an architect's rendering of the proposed arena auditorium design. Ground was broken December 19, 1963.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

30. Aerial Lift Bridge: Colytto Arriving in Duluth-Superior Harbor D-118, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Gallagher, L. Perry, Jr., 1912-1988
Date Created:
1970?
Description:
This post card caption says Dutch Ship Colytto - 475 feet-long and 62-feet wide with a tonnage capacity of 9075 tons arrives at Duluth coming through the canal and under the famous Aerial Lift Bridge. Duluth is the westerly terminus of the St. Lawrence Seaway. This is an ocean general cargo vessel. Its derricks and booms enable it to load various package cargoes. The St. Lawrence Seaway is the common name for a system of locks, canals and channels that permits ocean-going vessels to travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the North American Great Lakes, as far as Lake Superior. Legally it extends from Montreal to Lake Erie, including the Welland Canal. The seaway is named after the Saint Lawrence River, which it follows from Lake Ontario to the Atlantic Ocean. Proposals for the seaway started in 1909, but were met with resistance from railway and port lobbyists in the United States.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

31. Aerial Lift Bridge: Colytto Arriving in Duluth-Superior Harbor D-118, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Gallagher, L. Perry, Jr., 1912-1988
Date Created:
1970?
Description:
This post card caption says D-117 Foreign Vessel entering Duluth Canal and passing under the famous Aerial Lift Bridge. Duluth is the westerly terminus of the St. Lawrence Seaway. It looks like this is the Dutch vessel Colytto. The lift span is up. The sand beach of Minnesota Point is at the right with waves moving toward it. The neighborhood on Minnesota Point is called Park Point. There are a number of spots along the Point where access to the beach is especially popular, but life guards and a beach house are only at "the end" where you can also find playing fields including a place for polo. The address is 5000 Minnesota Avenue for the recreation area, and it is not truly at the end of the Point. Further along is the Sky Harbor Airport and further yet is the bird sanctuary.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

32. Aerial Lift Bridge, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Gallagher, L. Perry, Jr., 1912-1988
Date Created:
1975?
Description:
This post card caption says D-103 NITE VIEW OF AERIAL LIFT BRIDGE Duluth, Minnesota Vessels from the world's ports arrive at the Duluth-Superior Harbor after transiting the St. Lawrence Seaway. A few more details could include that the St. Lawrence Seaway, after a 40 year struggle, was officially opened June 26, 1959, by President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Queen Elizabeth II. On July 11, 1959 several thousand people gathered in Canal Park, and more lined the lake shore as far north as the Lester River, to celebrate the first ocean-going vessels to arrive in Duluth following completion of the St. Lawrence Seaway.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

33. Aerial Lift Bridge, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1914?
Description:
No. 502 People have always watched the aerial bridge. 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. On February 23, 1905, with a full complement of local dignitaries at hand, the bridge was first operated. Regular service began the next day according to newspaper accounts. The city engineer's report for 1905 stated that the bridge was "completed and commenced operation on May 5, 1905, and a few problems were corrected in running the bridge over the next few days." This post card was mailed in 1914.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

34. Aerial Lift Bridge, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1930?
Description:
Small post card of the aerial lift bridge with the span up and an outbound lake vessel in the canal. On Monday, July 1, 1929, the suspended car made its last trip across the canal. The bridge's modification to operate with a lift span began on April 8, 1929, with a low bid of $448,000 by the Kansas City Bridge Company. The Aerial Lift Bridge was first operated on March 19, 1930. During the shipping season it makes about 25 lifts a day.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

35. Aerial Lift Bridge: Giant Ore Carrier Going Through Canal, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Gallagher, L. Perry, Jr., 1912-1988
Date Created:
1955?
Description:
The full caption on this post card says Giant Ore Carrier going through the canal and under the famous Aerial Lift Bridge in Duluth, Minn. Ore and grain carriers measure as long as 729 feet carrying up to 26,000 tons. Duluth is the westerly terminus of the St. Lawrence Seaway.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

36. Aerial Lift Bridge: John A. Blatnik Bridge D-116, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Gallagher, L. Perry, Jr., 1912-1988
Date Created:
1975?
Description:
The caption on this post card says JOHN A BLATNIK BRIDGE A Foreign Ship enters the Duluth-Superior Harbor Westerly Terminus of the St. Lawrence Seaway. The Port Authority Terminal is shown in the background. This is the Interstate Bridge. The original Interstate toll bridge was built in 1897, property of the Duluth-Superior Bridge Company, a subsidiary of the Great Northern Railroad. It was replaced by the this High Bridge or the Blatnik Bridge as it was renamed in 1971.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

37. Aerial Lift Bridge: Night View of Duluth, Minnesota D-88, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1966?
Description:
This post card caption says D-88 Showing the new $6,5000,000.00 Duluth Arena-Auditorium on Harbor Drive. The Arena Auditorium opened to great fanfare in August 1966. It was renamed the DECC or Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center August 31, 1987. It was expanded and opened with celebrations on June 18, 1990. The Harbor Side Convention Center and Parking Ramp additions were opened January 31, 2001.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

38. Aerial Lift Bridge: The Asia Enters the harbor, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Gallagher, L. Perry, Jr., 1912-1988
Date Created:
1960?
Description:
Tanker Asia transported grain from Canada to the Great Lakes. It was sold in February 1960 to D. B. Deniz Nakliyati T.A.S., Istanbul, renamed and reflagged Gaizan, Turkey and delivered to the buyers in Galveston, Texan in 1960. There is no trace of this vessel after 1977.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

39. Aerial Lift Bridge: The Famous Aerial Lift Bridge, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Obrien, Helen
Date Created:
1955?
Description:
D-5 The caption of this post card says One of the nation's top attractions is Duluth's famous aerial bridge which must be raised for each approaching steamer into the harbor, and stretches the mainland of Duluth to the Minnesota Point which juts out into Lake Superior for nine miles. This card was mailed in August of 1958, but these streetlights on the piers were replaced about 1955. Minnesota Point, or Park Point, is a long, narrow peninsula that extends out from the Canal Park area of Duluth separating Lake Superior from Superior Bay. Minnesota Point is approximately 7 miles in length, and when included with Wisconsin Point, which extends 3 miles out from Superior, Wisconsin, is reported to be the largest freshwater sandbar in the world at a total of 10 miles. Due to the short and easy portage across Minnesota Point, the Ojibwe name for the City of Duluth is Onigamiinsing ("at the little portage"). Since the digging of an artificial canal in 1870-1871 Minnesota Point is technically an island, connected to the rest of the city of Duluth since 1905 by the Aerial Bridge, since 1930 by the Aerial Lift Bridge. At the end of Minnesota Point is a small airport, Sky Harbor.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

40. Aerial Lift Bridge: University of Minnesota, Duluth (UMD), Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Gallagher, L. Perry, Jr., 1912-1988
Date Created:
1967?
Description:
This post card caption says The University of Minnesota, Duluth (UMD) was established on July 1, 1947 with 1.432 students, had 5,000 by 1967 and expects about 5,800 by 1970. UMD offers 53 majors in 34 academic areas plus 18 pre-professional programs and Air Force ROTC. UMD is one of five University of Minnesota campuses.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

41. Aerial Lift Bridge: Vessel enters the harbor, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Gallagher, L. Perry, Jr., 1912-1988
Date Created:
1960?
Description:
The post card caption says These giant ore and grain carriers measure as long as 729 feet and have a pay load of up to 26,000 tons. They make the round trip from Duluth to Lake Erie ports and back in 4 to 5 days. There are over 300 ore and grain carriers operated by some 25 companies.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

42. Aerial view during Bicentennial year facing northeast, New Prague, Minnesota

Date Created:
1976
Description:
Aerial view of Main Street facing northeast. Photograph taken from Schumachers. Businesses identified include Hadac Market in the red building and City Club Bar.
Contributing Institution:
New Prague Area Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

43. Aerial view facing northeast from International Milling, New Prague, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910 - 1920
Description:
Image shows aerial view of New Prague including Hotel Broz in the foreground and the now razed ZCBJ Hall in the background.
Contributing Institution:
New Prague Area Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

44. Aerial view from the water tower, Heron Lake, Minnesota

Date Created:
1915
Description:
Aerial view from the newly constructed water tower in Heron Lake looking west showing a steam operated train from the Chicago, St. Paul and Minneapolis, and Omaha Railroad Company. Included in this image: the railroad spur to Dundee, the Koch Elevator on the right, the Heron Lake Creamery on the left, and various houses (all still in existence in 2008).
Contributing Institution:
Jackson County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

45. Aerial view of business district, St. Peter, Minnesota

Date Created:
1932?
Description:
South Minnesota Avenue in St. Peter extends diagonally upward from a point slightly above the lower left corner of this aerial view and runs across the width of the image. The side streets are, from left to right, Nassau, Park Row, and Broadway. The Nicollet County Bank, the Nicollet Hotel, and the Johnson & Company building are among the visible businesses.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

46. Aerial view of Campus, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota

Date Created:
1923 - 1926
Description:
Aerial view of Carleton College campus looking west.
Contributing Institution:
Carleton College Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

47. Aerial view of Concordia College, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1928?
Description:
Campus view from the top of an unidentified campus building. Students are visible on the ground.
Contributing Institution:
Concordia University, Saint Paul
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

48. Aerial view of Concordia College, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1933?
Description:
Campus view includes the Administration Building. Central High School is also in the background on the right. In far background, possibly the Minnesota State Capitol or St. Paul Cathedral.
Contributing Institution:
Concordia University, Saint Paul
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

49. Aerial view of Concordia College, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1924?
Description:
Campus view of faculty houses and Central High School in background. Possibly taken from the cupola on Old Main.
Contributing Institution:
Concordia University, Saint Paul
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

50. Aerial view of downtown, Shakopee, Minnesota

Date Created:
1895 - 1905
Description:
Real photographic postcard of downtown Shakopee. The image shows the intersection of First Avenue and Lewis Street. Also visible in the image are Jacob Ries Bottling Works, Inc. and St. Mark's Catholic Church. Printed along the bottom edge of the image is "Shakopee, Minn." The card is unused.
Contributing Institution:
Scott County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

51. Aerial view of Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1926 - 1930
Description:
This aerial view shows the roller coaster and fun house at Excelsior Amusement Park, on the shores of Lake Minnetonka. The amusement park was built in 1926.
Contributing Institution:
Westonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

52. Aerial view of Hotel Del Otero, Spring Park, Minnesota

Date Created:
1935 - 1945
Description:
The aerial view shows the three-story hotel with its four-story octagonal tower and many porches, its water tower and wooded grounds, and the railroad tracks behind the hotel.
Contributing Institution:
Westonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

53. Aerial View of Northern Pacific Railroad Shops, Brainerd, Minnesota

Date Created:
1945
Description:
Aerial view looking northwest of Northern Pacific Railroad Shops at Brainerd.
Contributing Institution:
Crow Wing County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

54. Aerial view of Pine River showing Norway Lake in background, Pine River, Minnesota

Date Created:
1969 - 1974
Description:
Aerial view showing north half of Pine River
Contributing Institution:
Heritage Group North
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

55. Aerial view of St. Benedict's Convent and Academy campus, St. Joseph, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900?
Description:
Expansion of Monastery (1880-1909). This aerial view of St. Benedict's Convent/Academy campus (1909) shows the extent of the 40-year growth of the Benedictine community and its academy from the 1863 church/convent/school complex to this impressive campus. About five years after this photograph was taken, the addition of the spacious, copper-domed chapel and the Teresa Hall addition to the academy/college, gave St. Benedict's Convent the appearance of a full-fledged monastery with the college under its wing (Saint Benedict's Monastery Archives).
Contributing Institution:
Saint Benedict's Monastery
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

56. Aerial view, Pine Island Township, Minnesota

Date Created:
1913
Description:
Aerial view of Pine Island Township's South side.
Contributing Institution:
Goodhue County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

57. Aerial View, Pine River, Minnesota

Creator:
Nordgren, D. J.
Date Created:
1982 - 2000
Description:
An aerial view of Pine River showing the new water tower on the left and the older water tower on the right. Some of the town's most iconic buildings have been removed by this time.
Contributing Institution:
Heritage Group North
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

58. Aerial view postcard, Zumbrota, Minnesota

Date Created:
1906
Description:
Postcard showing an aerial view of Zumbrota, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Goodhue County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

59. Aerial view, St. Peter, Minnesota

Date Created:
1932?
Description:
Minnesota Avenue runs along the bottom of this aerial view of St. Peter. Park Row can be seen at the far right, and St. Paul Street can be seen at the far left. The campus of Gustavus Adolphus College is visible in most of the upper left quadrant of the image.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

60. A few hours of duck shooting near Pine River, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920?
Description:
Four hunters standing in the pine trees display their ducks, dog, and vintage guns after a successful hunt.
Contributing Institution:
Heritage Group North
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

61. A Frosty Morning Sixth Avenue, Windom, Minnesota

Date Created:
1896
Description:
Trees are iced over, and snow and ice are on the street.
Contributing Institution:
Cottonwood County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

62. After dinner at the Grand, northern Minnesota

Creator:
Bjornaas, Haakon, 1884-1949
Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Men smoking cigars after dinner at the Grand.
Contributing Institution:
Northwest Minnesota Historical Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

63. Aftermath of the 1919 cyclone, Fergus Falls, Minnesota

Creator:
Bjornaas, Haakon, 1884-1949; Oxley, W.T.
Date Created:
1919-05-22
Description:
After the cyclone at Fergus Falls, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Northwest Minnesota Historical Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

64. Aftermath of the 1919 cyclone, Fergus Falls, Minnesota

Creator:
Bjornaas, Haakon, 1884-1949; Oxley, W.T.
Date Created:
1919-05-22
Description:
View of court house and jail after the cyclone in Fergus Falls, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Northwest Minnesota Historical Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

65. Aftermath of the 1919 cyclone, Fergus Falls, Minnesota

Creator:
Bjornaas, Haakon, 1884-1949; Oxley, W.T.
Date Created:
1919-05-22
Description:
Cleanup efforts after the cyclone in Fergus Falls, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Northwest Minnesota Historical Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

66. Aftermath of the 1908 fire, Lafayette, Minnesota

Date Created:
1908
Description:
This postcard shows part of the town of Lafayette after the October 2, 1908 fire.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

67. Aftermath of the 1908 fire, Lafayette, Minnesota

Date Created:
1908
Description:
This postcard shows part of the town of Lafayette after the October 2, 1908 fire. Many buildings in the business district are shown.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

68. Aftermath of the 1908 fire, Lafayette, Minnesota

Date Created:
1908
Description:
This postcard shows part of the town of Lafayette after the October 2, 1908 fire. A grain elevator is visible in the distance.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

69. After the Fire of October 2, 1908, Lafayette, Minnesota

Date Created:
1908?
Description:
A portion of the business district in Lafayette, Minnesota, is shown in this postcard view of the community that was taken after a severe fire destroyed several businesses in 1908. The people at the center of the bottom of the postcard were on the south side of Main Street.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

70. After the game at Nicollet Park, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1912 - 1915
Description:
Looking north across the 31st Street and Nicollet Avenue intersection at streetcars lined up for the ballpark break.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

71. A Glimpse of Farwell, Minnesota

Date Created:
1908
Description:
View of Farwell looking northeast across a corn field.
Contributing Institution:
Pope County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

72. Agriculture class of the Wells High School in Well, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910-09
Description:
Photographic postcard showing the agriculture class from Wells High School on a farm testing soils.
Contributing Institution:
Faribault County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

73. Albin Ruikka and John Ruikka in their Maxwell ragtop convertible, Thomson Township, Carlton County, Minnesota

Date Created:
1904 - 1930
Description:
This postcard shows Albin Ruikka and John Ruikka in their Maxwell ragtop convertible. The Maxwell automobile company was formed in 1904 and ceased to exist in 1925. The back of the postcard has handwriting saying, "Albin Ruikka John Ruikka in old Maxwell."
Contributing Institution:
Esko Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

74. Alfalfa Arch, Morris, Minnesota

Date Created:
1913-12
Description:
The Alfalfa Arch was constructed across Atlantic Avenue in honor of the Corn and Alfalfa Exposition held in Morris on December 10-12, 1913. The Expo was dedicated to the promotion of corn and alfalfa growing as well as the general virtues of diversified farming.
Contributing Institution:
Stevens County Museum and Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

75. Along the shore of Lake Emily near St. Peter, Minnesota

Date Created:
1907 - 1908
Description:
This postcard shows a view along the shore of Lake Emily east of St. Peter. The postcard was mailed in 1908.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

76. American Board Mission, Fenchow, Shansi, China

Date Created:
1909 - 1948
Description:
Color postcard of the American Board Mission in Fenchow, Shansi, China by Holmes and Flinn Architects out of Chicago Illinois. Carleton College participated in a mission program hear from the early 1900s until the late 1948.
Contributing Institution:
Carleton College Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

77. American Institute of Swedish Arts, Literature and Science, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1930?
Description:
View of the Swan J. Turnblad residence from Park Avenue. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

78. American Legion Lorentz Post Number 11, Drum and Bugle Corps, Mankato, Minnesota

Date Created:
1925 - 1930
Description:
View of the American Legion Lorentz Post No. 11 Drum and Bugle Corps members posed in Native American costumes.
Contributing Institution:
Blue Earth County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

79. American Legion 40-8, Voiture Locale Number 281, Mankato, Minnesota

Date Created:
1940?
Description:
American Legion 40-8, Voiture Locale No. 281 with train engine-shaped vehicle and people in costume. The side of the engine is inscribed, "La Societe des 40 Hommes et 8 Chevaux, Mankato, Minnesota."
Contributing Institution:
Blue Earth County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

80. American Swedish Institute building, 2600 Park Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1960?
Description:
Exterior view of Swan J. Turnblad mansion from northeast corner. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

81. American Swedish Institute building, 2600 Park Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1960?
Description:
Exterior view of the Turnblad mansion used as headquarters for the American Swedish Institute. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

82. American Swedish Institute, 2600 Park Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Blais, Don
Date Created:
1970?
Description:
Postcard with watercolor rendition of the Turnblad mansion. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

83. American Swedish Institute, 2600 Park Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Roser, Albert E.
Date Created:
1960?
Description:
Exterior view of the Turnblad mansion from the corner of Park Avenue and 26th Street. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

84. Ames Mill, Hutchinson, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900?
Description:
Bill Barfknecht, Otto Breztke, and Jack Knaff in front of the Ames Mill in Hutchinson.
Contributing Institution:
McLeod County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

85. Among the Ponds of Great Lake Minnetonka Electric Highway, Minnetonka, Minnesota

Date Created:
1906
Description:
A streetcar on the Twin City Rapid Transit's high speed electric railway passes through a lake on a causeway.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

86. A morning catch at Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900 - 1910
Description:
This often created card shows a fisherman with a hypothetical catch of many fish, including Northern, Walleye and Bass. This card is labeled Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota, postmarked 1909.
Contributing Institution:
Westonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

87. A Morning's Catch, Lake Emily, near St. Peter, Minnesota

Date Created:
1907 - 1910
Description:
This postcard shows three fishermen and the fish that they caught at Lake Emily, east of St. Peter.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

88. Anderson and Martinson, members of the Olle I Skratthult troup

Date Created:
1920?
Description:
Two musicians, Anderson and Arthur Martinson, on tour with Olle I Skratthult somewhere in the Midwest.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

89. An Ideal Summer Resort, Glenwood, Minnesota

Date Created:
1915?
Description:
Photographic postcard tinted, of Lake Minnewaska and Lakeside Pavilion.
Contributing Institution:
Pope County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

90. Anniversary celebration, Underwood, Minnesota

Creator:
Bjornaas, Haakon, 1884-1949
Date Created:
1910?
Description:
View of a celebration in Underwood including C. J. Moen, seated in the Ford, a prominent settler and business man of Underwood, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Northwest Minnesota Historical Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

91. A Picnic on Oakleaf Lake, Oshawa Township, Minnesota

Date Created:
1908
Description:
Picnickers, dressed in their best, sit in rowboats on Oakleaf Lake. The lake was named in honor of H. J. Eckloff, a Swedish farmer, whose name when translated means "oakleaf".
Contributing Institution:
Gustavus Adolphus College
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

92. Approaching Big Island Park, Orono, Minnesota

Date Created:
1909?
Description:
View of Big Island Park from upper deck of approaching ferry.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

93. Approaching the St. Peter State Hospital, St. Peter, Minnesota

Date Created:
1907 - 1910
Description:
This postcard shows the grounds and buildings of the St. Peter State Hospital from the road approaching the institution.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

94. Approach to women's dormitories, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota

Date Created:
1917 - 1945
Description:
View of walkway leading east to Nourse Hall alongside Gridley Hall on the Carleton College campus.
Contributing Institution:
Carleton College Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

95. Approach to Women's Dormitories, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota

Date Created:
1917 - 1945
Description:
Colorchrome postcard of walkway leading east to Nourse Hall alongside Gridley Hall on the Carleton College campus.
Contributing Institution:
Carleton College Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

96. A pretty view from Lake Geneva Beach Hotel, Alexandria, Minnesota

Date Created:
1883 - 1920
Description:
View of the Lake Geneva shoreline and beached boats.
Contributing Institution:
Douglas County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

97. A quiet day on Third Street, Winona, Minnesota

Date Created:
1905?
Description:
Business district along Third Street, with children in the foreground.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

98. A restful corner at the Hotel Del Otero, Spring Park, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910 - 1920
Description:
A room filled with rattan and wooden rocking chairs, with many windows, table lamps, and fireplace create a restful corner at the Hotel Del Otero.
Contributing Institution:
Westonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

99. A. R. McManus and his students, Farwell, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910 - 1925
Description:
Photographic postcard of teacher A. R. McManus and eighteen students.
Contributing Institution:
Pope County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

100. Armory and S.A.T.C. Barracks, College of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1918
Description:
The campus of the College of St. Thomas featuring the Armory, Club House and barracks for the Student Army Training Corps.
Contributing Institution:
University of St. Thomas Libraries
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards
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