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1. William Crooks locomotive, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1934
Description:
The William Crooks was the first locomotive to operate in Minnesota. Constructed in 1861, it provided service a year later for the Saint Paul and Pacific Railroad, a company that eventually became part of the Great Northern Railway. James J. Hill had the locomotive pull his personal train. It now resides in a static display at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth. Minnesota. Engineer Herschell Hudgens, Jr. and three unidentified people shown.
Contributing Institution:
New Brighton Area Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

2. William Crooks locomotive, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1938
Description:
The William Crooks was the first locomotive to operate in Minnesota. Constructed in 1861, it arrived on a river barge in Saint Paul. It provided service in 1862 for the Saint Paul and Pacific Railroad, a company that eventually became part of the Great Northern Railway. The engine is pulling a Saint Paul and Pacific baggage car and passenger car. It ran on the eleven miles of track between Saint Paul and Saint Anthony (now Minneapolis). Eventually, James J. Hill used the locomotive to pull his personal train. It now resides in a static display at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
New Brighton Area Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

3. William Crooks locomotive, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1938
Description:
The William Crooks was the first locomotive to operate in Minnesota. Constructed in 1861, it first provided service a year later for the Saint Paul and Pacific Railroad, a company that eventually became part of the Great Northern Railway. James J. Hill had the locomotive pull his personal train. William Crooks was displayed at the 1939 New York World's Fair and in 1948 at the Chicago Railroad Fair. It was displayed for some time at the Saint Paul Union Depot before being put in a static display at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum, in Duluth, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
New Brighton Area Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

4. "Ella G. Stone" anchored in Burlington Bay, Two Harbors, Minnesota

Creator:
Newton, George A.
Date Created:
1883 - 1896
Description:
Image of the tugboat, Ella G. Stone, anchored off of the rocky shoreline in Burlington Bay. The Ella G. Stone was the first Duluth and Iron Range Company Tug used to supply workers and materials to build railroads and ore docks in Two Harbors (1883-1896).
Contributing Institution:
Lake County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Cabinet photographs

5. Ship "Niagra" and passenger freigher "Ossifrage" docked at Agate Bay, Two Harbors, Minnesota

Creator:
Newton, George A.
Date Created:
1888 - 1910
Description:
Published by the Duluth Missabe and Iron Range Railroad in a series of images taken by George A. Nelson. This image shows the passenger and coal docks. Misidentified as the first boat load of rails as the Ossifrage was not built until 1886 and the coal docks were not built until 1888. Therefore this photo dates to around 1889.
Contributing Institution:
Lake County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Cabinet photographs

6. City of Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Zimmerman, Charles Alfred, 1844-1909
Date Created:
1871?
Description:
An early view of the Duluth hillside from Elevator A and the pier looking west to downtown Duluth and Minnesota Point.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Panoramas

7. Leif Erikson Park Amphitheater, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Paine, F. Rodney, 1889-1968
Date Created:
1932
Description:
This is a view into Leif Erikson Park from London Road over the railroad tracks that separate the street from the park. Lakeshore Park was renamed Leif Erikson Park 1929.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

8. View of boats in Duluth Harbor, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1870?
Description:
This photograph shows the Duluth harbor, ca. 1870, with paddlewheel steamers and sailing vessels, Elevator A, and the Lake Superior and Mississippi Railway depot.
Contributing Institution:
Duluth Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

9. Duluth From Minnesota Point, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Crandall, Robert S.; Fletcher, George W.
Date Created:
1901
Description:
View of the Duluth business district and the hillside from Minnesota Point.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Panoramas

10. View of Duluth Harbor with steamship and sailing ship, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1869 - 1890
Description:
This photograph by Caswell & Davy shows a steamship and a sailing ship docked at Duluth. Image is captioned, "Scenery on the Northern Pacific Railroad."
Contributing Institution:
Duluth Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

11. Construction of Wooden Ore Dock at Agate Bay, Two Harbors, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890-1899
Description:
Group of men pose for a photograph with shovels. They stand on the clay bottom of the bay, water held back by a berm. The first wooden ore docks were built at Agate Bay in 1884. The docks were upgraded to steel beginning in 1907.
Contributing Institution:
Lake County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

12. Construction of Ore Dock Six in Agate Bay, Two Harbors, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900 - 1907
Description:
Image showing a network of railroad tracks and barges used to construct the second docks in Agate Bay. Footings have already been set, completed wooden ore dock can be seen in the background. Ore dock six was the first steel iron ore dock on the great lakes. Built by the Duluth Missabe and Iron Range Railroad.
Contributing Institution:
Lake County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

13. Ore Docks at Agate Bay, Two Harbors, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900 - 1910
Description:
Image of workers posing for a photograph on the loading docks at Agate Bay. Steam powered on dock with ore cars. Note the numbered loading docks and electric lights. The Two Harbors Lighthouse is in the background.
Contributing Institution:
Lake County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

14. Ore docks of the Duluth, Missabe & Northern Railway, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Original wooden ore docks numbers 2, 3, and 4 and the newer steel dock at the far left of the Duluth Missabe and Northern Railway (DM & N).
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Panoramas

15. Fond du Lac Railroad Depot, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Rykken, Hjalmer 1899-1996
Date Created:
1962-07
Description:
The Northern Pacific railroad built this depot building in 1870. It has had various occupants. The address of this restaurant is 13308 One-hundred Thirty Third Avenue West.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

16. Park Point Looking South from Barrens, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Paine, F. Rodney, 1889-1968
Date Created:
1936
Description:
Unidentified man is standing near the railroad used in making fill.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

17. "Edna G." tugboat at the dock, Two Harbors, Minnesota

Date Created:
1896 - 1917
Description:
Image of the tugboat, Edna G., at dock in Two Harbors. A whaleback vessel is docked alongside the tugboat. Ice appears around the tugboat, snow covers railroad tracks alongside dock. Note the eagle on top of the pilot house. When the Edna G. returned to Two Harbors from WWI service, the eagle had been removed.
Contributing Institution:
Lake County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Albumen prints

18. Grain elevator and Lake Superior & Mississippi Depot, Stillwater, Minnesota

Creator:
Sinclair, James
Date Created:
1873?
Description:
Elevator and Lake Superior & Mississippi Depot, Stillwater, MN. Elevator was erected in 1870 and has a capacity of 38,000 bushels. Lake Superior & Mississippi Division of the Northern Pacific Railroad was completed to Stillwater in 1871.
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

19. 1939 Bus Guide and City Map, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Duluth-Superior Transit Company
Date Created:
1939
Description:
Fold-out brochure promoting the Duluth-Superior bus system with photos, maps and text.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Transportation maps

20. Pennsylvania Railroad ship "Delaware" at dock, Superior, Wisconsin

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1916
Description:
Pennsylvania Railroad Delaware at NP dock in Superior, Wisconsin; Milwaukee Superior Elevator Warehouse Company
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

21. Constructing Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad, St. Louis County, Minnesota

Creator:
Gaylord, Paul B., 1848-1936
Date Created:
1870
Description:
Steamer "Norman," men constructing Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad, workers, masted vessels, rock outcrop, Gaylord 6 and 7
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

22. Lake Superior Limited car card, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920?
Description:
Streetcar interior advertisement for the Lake Superior Limited. "Speeding daily betwen the Twin Ports [Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin] and St. Paul - Minneapolis. Northern Pacific."
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Text
Format:
Car cards

23. Duluth Missabe and Iron Range Depot and Water Tank, Alborn, Minnesota

Date Created:
1961-08
Description:
A view of the train depot, water tower and stand pipe at Alborn, Minnesota. Also visible in this photograph are the main tracks and siding.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Superior Railroad Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

24. Duluth Missabe and Iron Range 237 ore train wreck, Biwabik, Minnesota

Date Created:
1956-06-18
Description:
Scene of the derailment of D.M. & I.R. steam locomotive 237 at Biwabik with cleanup underway. Wrecking crane and work train are in the photo as well as wrecked cars.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Superior Railroad Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

25. Duluth Missabe and Iron Range Railway Endion passenger depot at Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1950 - 1960
Description:
The D.M. & I.R. Endion neighborhood Depot in Duluth. Looking from the south.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Superior Railroad Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

26. Duluth Missabe and Iron Range Railway passenger depot at Proctor, Minnesota

Date Created:
1940 - 1950
Description:
The D.M. & I.R. Proctor Passenger Depot looking at it from the northwest.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Superior Railroad Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

27. Duluth Missabe and Iron Range Railway passenger depot at Proctor, Minnesota

Date Created:
1940 - 1950
Description:
The D.M. & I.R. Proctor Passenger Depot looking at it from the southwest with crossing gates and tower and shop building and water tower in the background.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Superior Railroad Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

28. Duluth Missabe and Iron Range Railway passenger depot at Proctor, Minnesota

Date Created:
1940 - 1950
Description:
The west side of the D.M. & I.R. Proctor Passenger Depot.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Superior Railroad Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

29. Duluth Missabe and Iron Range steam ore train wreck at Wyman, Minnesota

Date Created:
1957-07-24
Description:
Scene of the wreck of D.M. & I.R. steam locomotive 228 at Wyman with destroyed ore cars and spilled ore over Wyman Creek bridge.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Superior Railroad Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

30. Duluth Missabe and Northern Railway depot at Munger, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920 - 1925
Description:
The DM&N Munger, Minnesota Depot or Section House in the winter time after a snow fall with 9 men shoveling snow to clear the platform.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Superior Railroad Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

31. Aerial Lift Bridge: Union and Soo Line Depots, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1968?
Description:
View from First Street in downtown Duluth. The 1910 Soo Line depot is at the far right at Sixth Avenue West and Superior Street. The newspaper announced in 1971, plans for a 13-story apartment building for the middle-income elderly on the site of the Soo Line Depot which was razed in August of 1972. The 1892 Union Depot at 506 West Michigan Street becomes the St. Louis County Heritage and Arts Center. A January 11, 1973, newspaper article announced the St. Louis County Board received $201,250 for historical preservation and restoration of Duluth's Union Depot. The Depot was purchased from Burlington Northern for $137,500. The county serves as landlord, which averts tax problems. On March 19, 1973, Don Shank turned the first shovel of dirt for Lake Superior Museum of Transportation and Industry known by locals as the Train Museum.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

32. View of Superior Street looking east, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Gaylord, Paul B., 1848-1936
Date Created:
1875?
Description:
View of Superior street looking east; Elevator A; vessels at Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad freight depot; see also 93.1
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

33. Rebuilding the Lake Street bridge near Lake Calhoun, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad
Date Created:
1916
Description:
West Lake Street passed over the tracks of the Milwaukee Road and the Minneapolis & St. Louis railroads. The original wooden bridge was replaced with a steel and concrete structure. The streetcar line was severed, so a shuttle car, visible in the distance, served St. Louis Park.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

34. Lake Superior and Mississippi railroad and dock under construction, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Gaylord, Paul B., 1848-1936
Date Created:
1870?
Description:
Lake Superior and Mississippi railroad and dock under construction along waterfront at about fourth avenue east; workers; steamer Norman
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

35. Streetcar on 3rd Avenue West at Superior Street, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1914-11-13
Description:
Looking southeast on 3rd Street at an eastbound car.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

36. Streetcar on East 4th Street at Nemadji River bridge, Superior, Wisconsin

Date Created:
1924-11-01
Description:
A streetcar is backing into the wye in the distance, with the Northern Pacific Railroad ore dock approach trestle in the distance.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

37. Streetcar at Rameley, White Bear Lake, Minnesota

Date Created:
1928
Description:
A White Bear streetcar passes Northern Pacific's Lake Shore passenger stop near the southwest side of White Bear Lake.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

38. Lake Superior and Mississippi freight depot, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Gaylord, Paul B., 1848-1936
Date Created:
1873?
Description:
Lake Superior and Mississippi freight depot third avenue east; locomotive; workers
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

39. Aerial Lift Bridge: Aerial View of Aerial Bridge and Duluth From Lake Superior, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Gallagher, L. Perry, Jr., 1912-1988
Date Created:
1979?
Description:
The lift span is up as an ore boat of the Cleveland-Cliffs fleet approaches the canal. Pioneer Hall and the Northwest Passage skywalk link to downtown are complete. Gateway Towers and Lenox Place apartment high-rises and the new Duluth Public Library are visible. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center, formerly called the Marine Museum, opened in 1973 and is seen near the north pier with Grandma's Saloon restaurant and its summertime tent visible marking the first two amenities of Canal Park that would develop into a tourist destination.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

40. Duluth and Iron Range Railroad wreck at Milepost Number 22, Larsmont, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900-08-09
Description:
Photograph of D. & I. R. showing an unknown steam locomotive turned over after a collision at MP 22 just west of Larsmont. Dated August 4, 1900 with officials and workers attending.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Superior Railroad Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

41. Duluth Missabe and Iron Range Railway Depot, Saginaw, Minnesota

Date Created:
1960-02-07
Description:
D.M. & I.R. Depot at Saginaw, Minnesota. The signal semaphores are located in front of the depot.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Superior Railroad Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

42. Streetcar on Superior Street at 2nd Avenue West, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh
Date Created:
1910 - 1915
Description:
Looking northeast on Lake Avenue at a westbound car with small headlight.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

43. Duluth Elevator Company elevator number 3, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Cormany, Montgomery L.
Date Created:
1889?
Description:
Duluth Elevator Company elevator number 3 at foot of Banks avenue in Superior Wisconsin; railroad yard
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

44. Superior Street, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1925 - 1929
Description:
View down the middle of Superior Street in downtown Duluth, Minnesota, showing stop-and-go signal in the center of the street.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

45. Trolley bus loop at Superior Street and 24th Avenue East, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1956
Description:
Electric trolley bus loop turns the corner at Superior Street and 24th Avenue East.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

46. View of city and Minnesota Point, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Gaylord, Paul B., 1848-1936
Date Created:
1878?
Description:
View of Duluth and Minnesota Point from Lake Superior and Mississippi RR freight depot and vicinity; buildings; Point of Rocks in distance
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

47. Superior Street station, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1933
Description:
Looking up the incline from across Superior Street at an incline car one block up the hill.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

48. Duluth (Minnesota)-Superior (Wisconsin): Twin Ports

Creator:
McGill-Warner Company (St. Paul, Minnesota)
Date Created:
1921
Description:
This 1921 street map of the Duluth, Minnesota, and Superior, Wisconsin, area includes streetcar lines, railroads, parks, schools, farms, cemeteries, docks, grain elevators, the Duluth-Superior Ferry Line, the Duluth Boat Club, and other details. There is a separate index for both Duluth and Superior.
Contributing Institution:
Duluth Public Library
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Maps

49. Map of Additions to the Superior National Forest, Minnesota by presidential proclamation, April 9, 1927

Creator:
Dennee, Phyllis
Date Created:
1927-04-27
Description:
This is a map of the Boundary Waters region, and shows great detail on lake and river names. Area north of the international boundary is called "Hunter's Island." The roads and railroads are marked, as well as trails, ranger stations and telephone lines. Additions to the Superior National Forest Proclamation Boundary are shown using a reddish cross hatching.
Contributing Institution:
Ernest C. Oberholtzer Foundation
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Maps

50. Fourtown Lake Quadrangle, Minnesota - Lake County, 1963: 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic) Map

Creator:
United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey; State of Minnesota
Date Created:
1963
Description:
Fourtown Lake quadrangle topographic map (N4800-W9145/7.5) featuring handwritten notations by Ray Segar in red ink regarding logging railroad lines in the Fourtown Lake area of the Superior National Forest north of Ely.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Topographic maps

51. Duluth Superior Transit Company office, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1940?
Description:
The offices of Duluth Superior Transit Company were located on Superior Street at 27th Avenue West, next to the former streetcar house, converted to bus operations after 1939.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

52. West Superior Street with streetcar, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Mehlenbeck, Robert
Date Created:
1932
Description:
A westbound streetcar on Superior Street at 8th Avenue West enters the curve approaching Point of Rocks. In the distance at right are the Soo Line and Union depots.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

53. Streetcar employee photographic collage, Superior, Wisconsin

Date Created:
1906
Description:
Collage of studio portraits of the trainmen and supervisors of Duluth Street railway's Superior, Wisconsin, carhouse.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Studio portraits

54. Idington Quadrangle, Minnesota - St. Louis County, 1952: 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic) Map

Creator:
United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey
Date Created:
1952
Description:
Idington quadrangle topographic map (N4737.5-W9237.5/7.5) featuring handwritten notations by Ray Segar in pencil and red ink regarding logging railroad lines and camps in the area between Kinney and Cook. The hand written notations include information on the following logging camps noted with ‘C’.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Topographic maps

55. Duluth Missabe and Iron Range Railway steam powered passenger train, Endion, Minnesota

Date Created:
1958
Description:
A D.M. & I.R. passenger train headed for Ely, MN lead by steam locomotive #1107 is stopped at Endion Depot. A Railway Express truck is backed up to a mail car for loading/unloading.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Superior Railroad Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

56. Duluth Missabe and Iron Range Railway roundhouse, Proctor, Minnesota

Date Created:
1958 - 1959
Description:
D.M. & I.R. steam locomotive #400 and diesel locomotive #141 parked outside the Proctor, Minnesota roundhouse.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Superior Railroad Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

57. Aerial Lift Bridge: Aerial View from Lake Superior, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Gallagher, L. Perry, Jr., 1912-1988
Date Created:
1959?
Description:
The parallel concrete piers jut out into the lake forming the canal leading to the harbor. Since its remodeling into a lift bridge in 1930, every vessel passes under the Aerial Lift Bridge's raised span. In this view the span is down, and traffic and people cross it as a roadbed. The South Pier is at the left, the North Pier is at the right. Minnesota Point's light sand beach draws residents and tourists in all seasons but especially throughout the summer months. The harbor is still the location of warehouses and coal docks. You can see the light road that is Skyline Parkway parallel to the horizon running the length of Duluth. The Civic Center is at the center of this shot. The St. Louis County Courthouse is in the middle with the Federal Building to the left of the courthouse, City Hall to the right, and the St. Louis County Jail to the left and set back from the courthouse. The Civic Center was designed by Daniel Burnham and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

58. Superior Street at Twenty-fourth Avenue East, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920
Description:
Streetcar line junction at East 24th Avenue and Superior Street in Duluth, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

59. Duluth Missabe and Iron Range Railway Steam Locomotive Number 221, Proctor, Minnesota

Date Created:
1959-05
Description:
D.M. & I.R. steam locomotive number 221 passing through the Proctor Yard with a train of empty ore cars. In the background are loaded ore cars with varied colors of red ore.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Superior Railroad Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

60. Streetcar junction at Superior Street and 3rd Avenue West, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Brown, H. H.
Date Created:
1915-07-19
Description:
Looking southeast across the intersection of 3rd Avenue W. and Superior Street toward Lake Superior. The streetcar starter's shanty is across the street, next to the Chicago and North Western ticket office. The lift bridge is in the distance.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

61. View of hillside from railroad spur, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Whitesides, William
Date Created:
1885?
Description:
View of Duluth hillside from railroad spur
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

62. Silver Bay Quadrangle, Minnesota-Lake County, 1954: 15 Minute Series (Topographic) Map

Creator:
United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey; State of Minnesota, Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Commission
Date Created:
1954
Description:
Silver Bay quadrangle topographic map (N4715-W9115/15) featuring handwritten notations by Ray Segar in pencil and red ink regarding logging railroad lines and camps in the area north and west of Silver Bay.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Topographic maps

63. Dark Lake Quadrangle, Minnesota-St. Louis County, 1955: 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic) Map

Creator:
United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey
Date Created:
1955
Description:
Dark Lake quadrangle topographic map (N4737.5-W9245/7.5) featuring handwritten notations by Ray Segar in red ink and pencil regarding logging railroad lines and camps in the Dark Lake area of the Superior National Forest. The hand written notations include information on the following logging camps noted with ‘C’.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Topographic maps

64. Dewey Lake NW Quadrangle, Minnesota-St. Louis County, 1955: 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic) Map

Creator:
United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey
Date Created:
1955
Description:
Dewey Lake NW quadrangle topographic map (N4737.5-W9252.5/7.5) featuring handwritten notations by Ray Segar in red ink and pencil regarding logging railroad lines and camps in the Dewey Lake area. The hand written notations include information on the following: Swift Refrigerator Lines (SRL) and logging camps noted with ‘C’.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Topographic maps

65. Dewey Lake Quadrangle, Minnesota-St. Louis County, 1955: 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic) Map

Creator:
United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey
Date Created:
1955
Description:
Dewey Lake quadrangle topographic map (N4730-W9252.5/7.5) featuring handwritten notations by Ray Segar in red ink and pencil regarding logging railroad lines and camps in the Dewey Lake area. The hand written notations include information on the following: Virginia Railroad Line and logging camps noted with ‘C’.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Topographic maps

66. Dewey Lake SE Quadrangle, Minnesota - St. Louis County, 1955: 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic) Map

Creator:
United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey
Date Created:
1955
Description:
Dewey Lake quadrangle topographic map (N4730-W9245/7.5) featuring handwritten notations by Ray Segar in red ink and pencil regarding logging railroad lines and camps in the Dewey Lake area. The hand written notations include information on the following: logging camps noted with ‘C’.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Topographic maps

67. Echo Lake Quadrangle, Minnesota - St. Louis County, 1963: 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic) Map

Creator:
United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey; State of Minnesota
Date Created:
1963
Description:
Echo Lake quadrangle topographic map (N4807.5-W9222.5/7.5) featuring handwritten notations by Ray Segar in red ink and pencil regarding logging railroad lines and camps in the Echo Lake area. The hand written notations include information on the following: logging camps noted with ‘C’.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Topographic maps

68. Elephant Lake Quadrangle, Minnesota-St. Louis County, 1967: 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic) Map

Creator:
United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey; State of Minnesota, Department of Administration
Date Created:
1967
Description:
Elephant Lake quadrangle topographic map (N4807.5-W9237.5/7.5) featuring handwritten notations by Ray Segar in ink and pencil regarding logging railroad lines and camps in the Elephant Lake area of the Kabetogama State Forest. The hand written notations include information on the following logging camps noted with ‘C’.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Topographic maps

69. Isaac Lake Quadrangle, Minnesota-St. Louis County, 1949: 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic) Map

Creator:
United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey
Date Created:
1949
Description:
Isaac Lake quadrangle topographic map (N4737.5-W9200/7.5) featuring handwritten notations by Ray Segar in pencil, red and black ink regarding logging railroad lines and camps in the area between Babbitt and Embarrass. The hand written notations include information on the following logging camps noted with ‘C’.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Topographic maps

70. Johnson Lake Quadrangle, Minnesota - St. Louis County, 1967: 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic) Map

Creator:
United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey; State of Minnesota, Department of Administration
Date Created:
1967
Description:
Johnson Lake quadrangle topographic map (N4815-W9230/7.5) featuring handwritten notations by Ray Segar in pencil and red ink regarding logging railroad lines and camps in the Johnson Lake area.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Topographic maps

71. Superior Street Station of Incline, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1908
Description:
Looking directly up the incline from an elevated position across Superior Street.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

72. Building of second wood ore dock on Agate Bay, Lake Superior, Two Harbors, Minnesota

Date Created:
1908?
Description:
Building of second wood ore dock on Agate Bay, Lake Superior (00.1732) in Two Harbors, prior to 1909.
Contributing Institution:
Lake County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

73. Side Lake Quadrangle, Minnesota, 1964: 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic) Map

Creator:
United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey; State of Minnesota, Department of Conservation
Date Created:
1964
Description:
Side Lake quadrangle topographic map (N4737.5-W9300/7.5) featuring handwritten notations by Ray Segar in pencil and red ink regarding logging railroad lines in the Side Lake area. The hand written notations include information on the following: logging camps noted with ‘C’;
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Topographic maps

74. Stingy Lake Quadrangle, Minnesota, 1964: 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic) Map

Creator:
United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey; State of Minnesota, Department of Conservation
Date Created:
1964
Description:
Stingy Lake quadrangle topographic map (N4730-W9300/7.5) featuring handwritten notations by Ray Segar in pencil and red ink regarding logging railroad lines and camps in the area between Side Lake and Keewatin. The hand written notations include information on the following, logging camps noted with ‘C’.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Topographic maps

75. Superior Street and Holland Hotel with streetcar, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910?
Description:
A streetcar boards passengers in front of the Holland Hotel on Superior Street at 5th Avenue West. Visible on the right is the Duluth City Hall.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

76. Superior Street and 25th Avenue West, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1955?
Description:
Electric trolley bus wires turn the corner at Superior Street and 25th Avenue W.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

77. Superior Street and 18th Avenue with streetcar, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1932?
Description:
Looking west on Superior Street at 18th Avenue. The old Adams School is on the right.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

78. Superior Street and 5th Avenue with streetcars, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1915
Description:
Looking east on Superior Street from 5th Avenue W. at the Lyceum Hotel and streetcars.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

79. Superior Street at Fourteenth Avenue East, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1927
Description:
Looking east in Duluth, Minnesota. Just east of wye being built as part of the auditorium/armory streetcar loop.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

80. Superior Street at 31st Avenue East, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1930
Description:
Looking east on Superior Street at 31st Avenue East with streetcar tracks.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

81. Superior Street at 13th Avenue East, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1930
Description:
Looking east on Superior Street at 13th Avenue East with streetcar tracks. Temporary track has been laid to detour around the switch leading to the Armory loop.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

82. Superior Street at 10th Avenue East, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1930
Description:
Looking northwest across Superior Street at 10th Avenue East with streetcar tracks.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

83. Superior Street at 10th Avenue East, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1930
Description:
Looking west on Superior Street at 10th Avenue East with streetcar tracks.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

84. 44th and Superior with streetcar tracks, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1930?
Description:
Looking east on Superior Street at 44th Avenue. Streetcar tracks curve right past a gas station.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

85. Up the Incline from Superior Street, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Panoramic view of the central hillside, showing rail yards, Superior Street and the Incline.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

86. Cramer Quadrangle, Minnesota-Lake County, 1955: 15 Minute Series (Topographic) Map

Creator:
United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey; State of Minnesota, Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Commission, Kaarlo J. Otava, Commissioner
Date Created:
1955
Description:
Cramer quadrangle topographic map (N4730-W9100/15) featuring handwritten notations by Ray Segar in red ink and pencil regarding logging railroad lines and camps in the area north of Finland. The hand written notations include information on the following: Duluth & Northeastern Railroad line (D&NM), logging camps noted with ‘C’.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Topographic maps

87. Railroad trestle at Dalles of St. Louis River, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Gaylord, Paul B., 1848-1936; Thompson, Edward A.
Date Created:
1873?
Description:
Railroad trestle for Lake Superior and Mississippi or St. Paul and Duluth; may be at Dalles of St. Louis river
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

88. Biwabik NW Quadrangle, Minnesota - St. Louis County, 1950: 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic) Map

Creator:
United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey; State of Minnesota, Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Commission
Date Created:
1950
Description:
Biwabik NW quadrangle topographic map (N4737.5-W9222.5/7.5) featuring handwritten notations by Ray Segar in red ink and pencil regarding logging railroad lines and camps in the area between Britt and Biwabik.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Topographic maps

89. Horsecar barn on Superior Street, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1883 - 1890
Description:
Horsecar barn at Superior Street and 11th Avenue West in Duluth, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

90. Horsecars on Superior Street, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1883 - 1890
Description:
Looking east from Fifth Avenel West at horsecars on Superior Street, in Duluth, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

91. Streetcar junction on Superior Street, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1923
Description:
Looking west at the junction of streetcar lines on Superior Street, Garfield Avenue and Piedmont Avenue in Duluth, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

92. Superior Street and Garfield Avenue, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1924
Description:
Looking south at eastbound streetcar on Superior Street just west of Garfield Avenue, in Duluth, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

93. Superior Street and Garfield Avenue, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1924
Description:
Looking south from Point of Rocks at streetcar on Superior Street crossing Garfield Avenue, in Duluth, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

94. Superior Street and Garfield Avenue, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1924
Description:
Looking east at westbound streetcar on Superior Street just west of Garfield Avenue in Duluth, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

95. Superior Street and Garfield Avenue, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1924
Description:
Looking north at Interstate streetcar turning onto Garfield Avenue in Duluth, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

96. Superior Street at London Road, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1934
Description:
Looking east near London Road, barricaded at right, in Duluth, Minnesota. Derailment marks are visible on pavement.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

97. West end on Superior Street, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1935 - 1939
Description:
Looking west on Superior Street at 19th Avenue West Duluth, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

98. Streetcar on Superior Street at Garfield Avenue, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1915 - 1920
Description:
Looking north on Garfield Avenue at an eastbound car on Superior.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

99. Streetcar on Superior Street at Point of Rocks, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh
Date Created:
1910
Description:
Looking east at a westbound car.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

100. Streetcar on Superior Street at 3rd Avenue West, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900
Description:
A grainy view of a streetcar with a standing crew member on the ground. Note the two carriages at left.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
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