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101. 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

102. 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

103. 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

104. 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

105. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a Senate resolution of April 9, 1872, information relating to the canal and dike at Du Luth, Minnesota

Creator:
United States Congress, Senate, Committee on Commerce, 42nd Congress, 2nd session
Date Created:
1872
Description:
This 62-page document, from the 42nd Congress, 2nd Session, reproduces letters regarding the digging of the canal that connected the Duluth harbor with Lake Superior in 1871. The first letter, from William W. Belknap, Secretary of War, describes the process that was followed to dig the canal. Following letters, often exchanged between engineers or politicians and J.J. Egan, city attorney for Duluth, contain a discussion of the legality of the canal being dug as well as a discussion of the building of a dike to keep the waters of the St. Louis River from flowing through the canal and filling the Superior, Wisconsin, entry with silt. (United States Congress, Senate, Committee on Commerce, 42nd Congress, 2nd session, no. 60 Senate Executive Document.)
Contributing Institution:
Duluth Public Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Reports

106. 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

107. 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

108. 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

109. 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

110. 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

111. 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

112. 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

113. 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

114. 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

115. 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

116. 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

117. 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

118. 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

119. 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

120. Streetcar on Superior Street at 21st Avenue West, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1934 - 1939
Description:
Looking east at a westbound car turning from Superior Street onto 21st Avenue, followed by a bus.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

121. Streetcar on Superior Street at 5th Avenue. W., Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1915
Description:
Looking east on Superior Street at 5th Avenue W., with the Lyceum Theater at the left. Printed in Germany.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

122. Streetcar on Superior Street at 6th Avenue West, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1930 - 1939
Description:
Looking west at a westbound car. The Hibbing Hotel, Park Hotel, and Lenox Hotel are in the photo.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

123. Superior Street at 7th Avenue West, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Mehlenbeck, Bob
Date Created:
1932
Description:
Looking east at a westbound car. The Incline base station is at left. The Soo Line and Union Depots are at right.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

124. Trolley bus at Superior and 24th Avenue East, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1956
Description:
Looking east at an eastbound bus turning from Superior Street onto 24th Avenue East.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

125. 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

126. East Maryland Avenue at Northern Pacific overpass, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1928
Description:
Looking east at the single track on Maryland Avenue passing under the Northern Pacific overpass southeast of Lake Phalen.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

127. Tourist's and Sportsman's Guide to Duluth, Superior and Vicinity: Containing Sketches of Adjacent Hunting, Fishing and Excursion Resorts, Time Tables, and General Information, Proctor Knott's Famous Speech on Duluth.

Creator:
Davis & Eldridge
Date Created:
1895
Description:
This book contains information on hunting, fishing, and other recreational activities in northern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin. It also includes railway and steamship timetables, a brief directory of local businesses and public buildings in Duluth and Superior, resorts and picnic grounds in Duluth and Superior, social clubs, points of interest to visit, and many interesting advertisements.
Contributing Institution:
Duluth Public Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Books

128. Macalester College Contributions, Number Six, "The Notice of a Rare Washington Portrait; also, Description of Some Copper Relics, of the T.H. Louis Collection, in Macalester Museum of History and Archaeology," Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Macalester College
Date Created:
1890
Description:
Macalester College Contributions: Department of History, Literature and Political Science are a series of articles on varying American and European historical topics written by Edward Duffield Neill between the years 1889 and 1892. Number six of the first series consists of the article, "The Notice of a Rare Washington Portrait; also, Description of Some Copper Relics, of the T.H. Louis Collection, in Macalester Museum of History and Archaeology."
Contributing Institution:
Macalester College
Type:
Text
Format:
Booklets

129. Duluth Incline railroad, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh
Date Created:
1904 - 1909
Description:
A panoramic view of the incline from the west, also showing two connecting streetcars on Superior Street and railcars in yard.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

130. Duluth Incline railroad, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1902 - 1909
Description:
Looking directly up the incline from an elevated position across Superior Street. The decked roof car is on the west track, half a block up the hill. Printed in Germany.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

131. Neighborhoods of Duluth: West Duluth, Duluth Missabe and Northern Railroad, Number 6 Dock construction, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1917-06-21
Description:
West Duluth; Duluth Missabe and Northern Railroad; Foundation showing Sheet Piling; construction of number 6 dock; winter; snow; ore dock; tug boat; crane; railroad tracks; piling foundation; pile driver; June 21, 1917; photograph number 28
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

132. Trainmen, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1905 - 1915
Description:
Studio portrait of two streetcar conductors in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Studio portraits

133. Trolley bus at Superior Street and 21st Avenue West, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1955?
Description:
Electric trolley bus turns the corner at Superior Street and 21st Avenue West.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

134. Trolley bus at Superior Street and 21st Avenue West, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1955?
Description:
Electric trolley bus turns the corner at Superior Street and 21st Avenue West.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

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

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

136. Neighborhoods of Duluth: West Duluth, Duluth Missabe and Northern Railroad, Number 6 Dock construction, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1917-03-22
Description:
West Duluth; Duluth Missabe and Northern Railroad; number 6 Dock Construction; pile foundation; pile driving; workers; workmen; winter; snow; ore dock; Lake Superior; photograph number 23; equipment; March 22, 1917
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

137. Neighborhoods of Duluth: West Duluth, Duluth Missabe and Northern Railroad, Number 6 Dock construction, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1917-07-24
Description:
Duluth Missabe and Northern Railroad; West Duluth Foundation showing Piers of no. 6 dock construction; steam equipment; workers; workmen; ore dock; railroad tracks; July 24, 1917; photograph number 33; forms; concrete structures; barges
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

138. Northern Pacific railroad slip and Duluth Boat Club on St. Louis Bay, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1888?
Description:
Northern Pacific railroad slip and Duluth Boat Club on St. Louis Bay at foot of seventh avenue west; rowers; Lake Front Hotel
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

139. Along White Bear Lake

Creator:
Sweet for TCRT
Date Created:
1904
Description:
White Bear line streetcar skirts the south shore of White Bear Lake.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

140. Railroad Commissioners' Map of Minnesota 1919

Creator:
Mills, Ira B.
Date Created:
1919
Description:
Map of Railroads in Minnesota in 1919, including steam lines, terminal and transfer railways and electric interurban lines also hasNotes Index on verso; insets of Mesabi Range, St. Paul-Minneapolis, Duluth-Superior, Cook County.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Transportation maps

141. Duluth and Iron Range Railroad Steam Locomotive 1109, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920 - 1940
Description:
Roster photograph of D. & I. R. locomotive 1109 a Baldwin Pacific (4-6-2) on a passenger train in front of the Union Depot, Duluth.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Superior Railroad Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

142. Duluth and Iron Range Railroad Baseball Team, Proctor, Minnesota

Date Created:
1936
Description:
Seven members and coach of the General Office D. & I. R. Baseball Team. The letters D. & I. R. herald and "GO" on the uniforms. This photo was used on page 19 of the Christmas 1936 issue of the D. M. & N. Safety and Welfare Magazine.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Superior Railroad Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

143. Duluth and Iron Range Railroad Baseball Team, Proctor, Minnesota

Date Created:
1936
Description:
Ten members and coach of the Car Shop D. & I. R. Baseball Team. The letters D. & I. R. herald and "CS" are on the uniforms. This photograph was used on page 19 of the Christmas 1936 issue of the D. M. & N. Safety and Welfare Magazine.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Superior Railroad Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

144. Duluth and Iron Range Railroad Baseball Team, Proctor, Minnesota

Date Created:
1936
Description:
Tweleve members and coach of the Machine Shop D. & I. R. Baseball Team. The letters D. & I. R. herald and "MS" on the uniforms. This photograph was used on page 19 of the Christmas 1936 issue of the D. M. & N. Safety and Welfare Magazine.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Superior Railroad Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

145. Minnesota Bikeways: Map J - West Duluth and Superior

Creator:
Minnesota Department of Transportation
Date Created:
1980
Description:
The front side of Minnesota Bikeways: Map J - West Duluth and Superior" contains a list of municipal parks, the map index, a checklist of touring supplies with a diagram of where to put supplies on a bike, and a "potpourri" article. The back side contains the larger bikeways map, a legend of signs and symbols, and a mini-tours map of local landmarks around Duluth, Proctor, Oliver, Superior, and Superior Village. MnDOT's bikeway maps serve as a reference guide illustrating major historical and cultural points of interest in Minnesota, public park lands and facilities, equipment, and safety information. They also depict road analyses for bicycle travel, location of paved road shoulders and off-road bikeways, and controlled access roads where bicycles are prohibited. There are 54 maps in the Statewide Series (1979-1983), 4 maps in the Statewide Quadrant Series (1986-1993), and 2 maps in the Metro Series (1989). Legislatively mandated, these maps were prepared as convenient guides to help bicyclists select their routes. Each map is unique and signifies a historical reference to the state of bicycle facilities at the time of publication.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Transportation maps

146. Map #11; Sectional Map of Lake County Minnesota Compiled from Government Surveys and County Records

Description:
Topographic map of the Lake County region featuring handwritten notations by Ray Segar in red ink and colored pencil possibly regarding the location railroads and of logging camps in the area north of Finland.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Topographic maps

147. Lake Minnetonka streetcar through Meadowbrook Lake, Edina, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Looking west along the Lake Minnetonka streetcar line as it passes through Meadowbrook Lake.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

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

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

149. Superior Street at Nineteenth Avenue East, Duluth, Minnesota

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

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

Date Created:
1931
Description:
Looking east on Superior Street at 31st Avenue in Duluth, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
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