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).
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.
This photograph by Caswell & Davy shows a steamship and a sailing ship docked at Duluth. Image is captioned, "Scenery on the Northern Pacific Railroad."
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.
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.
Industrial Exposition Association (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Date Created:
1893
Description:
Catalog from the eighth exhibition organized by the Industrial Exposition Association, Minneapolis. Title from cover. "Other local artists were included among the exhibitors at the Industrial Expositions, and in 1900 the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts began holding its own annual exhibitions of American artists works."--Conforti, Michael, editor. Minnesota 1900: art and life on the Upper Mississippi 1890-1915, 1994, page 98. Advertisements at back (pages 54-55, p. 4 of cover). Prices included with some items; some prices have penciled annotations. Includes names of organizations and individuals that lent items to the exhibition. MIA Library Archives copy missing front and back covers. 52 pages, 3 unnumbered pages: illustrations.
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.
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."
Wooden passenger packet steamer Winslow in a spectacular fire at Duluth's St. Paul and Duluth Railroad dock unloading after grounding at Lakeside the day before; a $55,000 casualty; owned by the Erie and Western Transportation Co in the LakeSuperior Transit Line at the end
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
This book of one folded sheet with ten plates that provide small drawings of Duluth buildings, including offices, factories, schools, churches, and residences. Images include the Masonic Temple Opera House, the Woodbridge Building, the Incline Railway, the Lyceum Theater, the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, and homes of G.C. Hartley, A.T. Crosley, Charles D'Autremont, and E.C. Gridley.
Hardcover book containing township and village plats; History of Cottonwood County; Real Estate Dealers; Illustrations of Buildings; Map of United States; Map of Minnesota; Map of Cottonwood County; and Reference Directory.
George A. Ogle and Company, Publishers and Engravers
Date Created:
1896
Description:
Standard Atlas of Mower County, Minnesota, 1896. George A. Ogle and Company, Publishers and Engravers, created this book, including a plat book of the villages, cities and townships of the county, a map of the State of Minnesota, a map of the United States and of the World. There is a farmers directory, illustrations of early residents, a business directory and general information about the county. An analysis of the system of U.S. Land Surveys, a digest of the system of Civil Government, and a chronological calendar of events from medieval times to 1896.
Wooden 298 foot steamer ALEX NIMICK built 1890 crashed and disintegrated September 20, 1907; other vessels at wooden ore dock; railroad cars on tracks pass under opening in dock
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
A Plat Book of the villages, cities and townships of the county, Map of the State, United States and World, Farmers Directory, Reference Business Directory and Departments devoted to general information. Analysis of the System of US Land Surveys, Digest of the System of Civil Governments and more.
Book of plat maps of all the townships in Olmsted County, Minnesota, with owners' names. Maps of the United States and the world are included along with a chronological history of the world. There is also a section detailing the system of land surveys and the system of civil government in the United States.
This 40-page book, published in 1897, describes the land and towns that lie on the route of the Saint Paul & Duluth Railroad. Chapters describe the route of the railroad; the counties the railroad passes through; various crops grown, including potatoes, grain, berries and small fruit, and dairying. The last chapter provides brief descriptions of some towns along the route, including Pine City, Hinckley, Finlayson, Rutledge, Willow River, Sturgeon Lake, Moose Lake, Barnum, Mahtowa, Carlton, Duluth, and West Superior.
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 nine of the first series consists of the article, "Pierre Paul, The Sieur Marin, Commandant at Lake Pepin, Minnesota, A.D. 1750-1752."
This is a view looking northeast to downtown Duluth. Superior Street is visible at the right. The large, dark building in the center of the shot is the Spalding Hotel. The building across from the Spalding with the scaffolding is the Lyceum Theater under construction. The Spalding opened in June of 1889. The 1,500 seat Lyceum opened in August of 1891. They are across Superior Street from each other at Fifth Avenue West. The hotel came down in 1963, the theater in 1966.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
"A Handbook of Information and Statistics Regarding The Metropolis of the Northwest, Illustrated with Original Engravings." The 1893 Year Book is a history of Duluth's progress for 1892. Topics covered include mines and mining, lumber, manufacturing, railroads, marine, education, and suburban Duluth. Photographs show Chester Terrace, the Burrows Block, Buffalo Flats, the Pavilion at the top of the Incline Railway, the Union Depot, the Masonic Temple, Sacred Heart Cathedral, and the coal docks. Also includes some interesting advertisements from local businesses.