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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. Lake Superior International Highway, Minnesota

Creator:
Fort William, Canada Civic Tourist Bureau; Port Arthur, Canada Chamber of Commerce
Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
This circa 1920s map of the Lake Superior International Highway between Duluth, Minnesota, United States, and Port Arthur and Fort William, Ontario, Canada, provides brief descriptions of towns and geographic features along the route, including Two Harbors, Silver Creek Cliff, Lutsen, Grand Marais, and Kakabeka Falls. The map includes photographs of sites such as Split Rock Lighthouse, Cross River, Arrowhead River, the Port Arthur Hotel, and Mt. McKay.
Contributing Institution:
Duluth Public Library
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Tourist maps

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. Interview with Joyce Krueger (1927- ) and Joyce Taylor (1927- ), Schroeder Area Historical Society Oral History Collection, Schroeder, Minnesota

Creator:
Schroeder Area Historical Society, Schroeder, Minnesota
Date Created:
2008-10-28
Description:
The oral history of Joyce Krueger and Joyce Taylor provides detailed description of running their family resort, The North Hotel in Tofte, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Schroeder Area Historical Society
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

17. 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

18. Interview with George Torgersen, North Shore Commercial Fishing Oral History Project, Knife River, Minnesota

Creator:
Torgersen, George
Date Created:
1977-06-27
Description:
George Torgersen was of Norwegian descent. His spouse was Barbara Eggert Torgeson. He was interviewed at his home at Knife River, Minnesota, by interviewer Barbara W. Sommer.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

19. Interview with Conrad and Fern Lorntson, North Shore Commercial Fishing Oral History Project, Beaver Bay, Minnesota

Creator:
Lorntson, Conrad, 1896-1984; Lorntson, Fern
Date Created:
1977-07-29
Description:
Lorntsen, Conrad, tape 1, side2, narrator. He was of Norwegian descent. His spouse Fern Williams Lorntsen was present throughout the interview. Mr. Lorntsen is retired. He was interviewed at Mr. Lorntsen's home in Beaver Bay, Minnesota, by interviewer Barbara W. Sommer.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

20. Interview with Milford Johnson, Jr., North Shore Commercial Fishing Oral History Project, Two Harbors, Minnesota

Creator:
Johnson, Jr. Milford
Date Created:
1977-07-14
Description:
Milford Johnson Jr.'s spouse was Monica Wannebo Johnson. He is currently working at Reserve Mining Company. He was interviewed at Mr. Johnson's home in Two Harbors, Minnesota, by interviewer Barbara W. Sommer.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

21. Interview with Ragnvald Sve, North Shore Commercial Fishing Oral History Project, Two Harbors, Minnesota

Creator:
Sve, Ragnvald, 1902-1989
Date Created:
1977-07-15
Description:
Ragnvald Sve was of Norwegian descent. His spouse was Ragnhild Jacobson Sve. They were married to each other for 51 year. He is one of several people presently allowed a license to fish trout in Lake Superior. He was interviewed at the Sve home in Two Harbors, Minnesota, by interviewer Barbara W. Sommer.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

22. 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)

23. "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

24. 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

25. Interview with Nancy Gunderson Lindquist (December 30, 1933- ), Schroeder Area Historical Society Oral History Collection, Schroeder, Minnesota

Creator:
Schroeder Area Historical Society, Schroeder, Minnesota
Date Created:
2000-09-20
Description:
The oral history of Nancy Gunderson Lindquist describes the emigration from Sweden of her grandparents, home birth with doctor and midwife, favorite foods, bachelor fishermen, The Cross River Coffee Shop, Girl Scouts, religious life and music.
Contributing Institution:
Schroeder Area Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories
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