e328afdae0c98db60ee9678f5bcc42e5 , 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 summ...

d153382bdad9ca2c12a688188c6dd382 , Map of the Lake Minnetonka area showing lakes, bays, depths, channels, buoys, reefs, islands, points, towns, villages, parks, railroads, and all public roads. Depths are shown as one foot below the crest of Grays Bay Dam 929.4 feet. Key lists symbols for public docks, schools, churches, golf clubs and public beaches, and includes an explanation of the buoy system of Lake Minnetonka. Placement of buoy markings and channels was made by Minnetonka Dredging Company...

ee9e86a4f0662859057c2613fcaf33b2 , 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 ...

abf79667f0907d5cffab1b81e4be383c , Duluth harbor looking at the waterfront, the hillside beyond and the Canal Park area abutting the bridge. At the left on the waterfront are warehouse district buildings and remaining North Western Fuel Company coal docks before you reach slips and Canal Park businesses. At the center of the image is a light building, Hotel Duluth, at Superior Street and Third Avenue East that opened in May 1925. The bay side view of Minnesota Point is at the right with the U.S....

a58e0f677538998c0cc3f020e9c3f1c5 , This image stretches from the ore docks at 33rd Avenue West to about Eighth Avenue East, incorporating downtown Duluth and portions of the East Hillside, Minnesota Point, Superior, and the Superior harbor. A laker has just passed under the Aerial Lift Bridge and is heading in to the Duluth harbor. Grain elevators on Rice's Point are above the vessel. In the center of the photo is Hotel Duluth, just below what is now called the corner of the lake, with Fitge...

5840a2eedc28c0716319c98ff0c838d9 , The Lakeview Hasty Tasty and a second building at the boat landing in Excelsior advertise Coca Cola and 7 Up, 10 cent hamburgers, Coney Islands, pop or ice cream for a nickel, and cracker jack, plus bathing and picnic grounds, soft drinks and beer. The steam boat Minnetonka is docked at the landing, postmarked 1957

e04f495b2c374dc09920b9a3b129cdea , The Puritan docks at Excelsior Landing in front of The Blue Line, with the White House Hotel on the hill behind the café. The message on back in Norwegian lists meal for $2.00 and is postmarked 1910

b60bf16ba3fd096e6e8f08507b2a1329 , Real photographic postcard of the Holmes Street bridge over the Minnesota River in Shakopee. Seen in the image is a boat landing with two boats docked there. Also visible in the background are the smoke stacks at Rahr Malting, Inc. Etched into the emulsion along the bottom edge of the image is ""Bridge and Boat Landing/Shakopee, Minn./C-170."" Card is unused. The bridge was constructed in 1923 and is no longer in use.

afd91c1f190297dbe3bb7be254acf9a9 , This photo shows the riverboat Henrietta on the Minnesota River at St. Peter on April 25, 1897. The riverboat is docked near the Broadway bridge.

57131d065902a14c63fe3b053fdbee4b , Steamer Keenora pulling into Old Baudette docks. Cathcart Hotel on far left, to right of hotel is the Arnold house

f3d80ba551ecf71cee1d3be28978b9b , The steamboat "Queen of the Lake" on Big Stone Lake, docked at a pier and awaiting passengers.

0439382d7550b48d5fa86af0d499c6e , The steamboat "Queen of the Lake" on Big Stone Lake docked with passengers and adorned with American flags.

c11cc390cdab5cd7e2b8c3e17d01d88 , The "Mudhen" is docked at the shore. A smaller wooden boat and a wood canoe are attached to the Mudhen.

71bff9da9e0b71d58a0b35bd7c75531 , Pete Luff and the boat "Flyer" on Big Stone Lake. The Flyer is docked at a pier and is filled with seated passengers.

7ee176592ccd546f451158b3d84566ac , Rowboats docked along Clear Lake shoreline.

4853cb93a108f2b615130e03ae270870 , The Twin City Rapid Transit express steamboat Excelsior, at the Excelsior docks.

f9ffe8f7b18a94ec294d60c19b71cbe3 , Looking east on Oneota Street at about 49th Avenue. In the distance are the DM&IR ore docks. Streetcar tracks occupy the median.

1e8f221c884d63efca1f82767741145c , Looking east on Oneota Street at about 40th Avenue. In the distance are the DM&IR ore docks. Streetcar tracks in the street.

c7e29d191545820c1ca6816c6f07481c , The Twin City Rapid Transit express boat ""White Bear"" docks at Shady Island in Lake Minnetonka.

4dc455129edc41df00d29313ffe504c1 , A Twin City Rapid Transit express boat docks at Zumbro Heights on Lake Minnetonka.

498bf721b5f0b99c84ea3c5e80f6b36c , Looking east from Water Street at the Excelsior waterfront.

f2b5b355f4037be38704b1346380599c , Steamboat Henrietta docked at Mankato, with bridge, people, and buildings

36c87fd1f749b63589de60b45a142136 , View of the harbor from above, possibly from Skyline Drive. The long, low Northern Pacific Railroad freight sheds are between Minnesota and Industrial slips. A laker is in Minnesota Slip. The coal dock area will be the construction site for the Duluth Arena Auditorium in 1963. Hearding Island is off Minnesota Point in the harbor. The island is the uninhabited site that has been called Bird Island by Park Point residents and Harbor Island by Duluth Bird Club mem...

66ada457a18fd296b67bab0a6189eeb7 , This steamboat seems to have stopped at a dock at the Narrows. This was the scene before the bridge was built across the Narrows. The north side of this channel is in the town of Orono, and the south side is in Tonka Bay. Printed message gives description of Lake Minnetonka, postmarked and dated 1918

07fcd477ac9e6d30eed9e543406de9e9 , This view from the end of the dock faces the stone wall and steps built along the shoreline of the Methodist Young People's Lakeside Assembly Association grounds, with two men in the foreground viewing the lake, several buildings in the background nestled in the trees. It was located on the border between Woodland and Minnetonka. Message from resident to her mother that her room is upstairs in a cottage with the front screened in.

41ff1af91c39cf1e2db30586a5d2abcf , In the middle of this image are the low, long Northern Pacific freight sheds with cranes and a couple of men near the harbor end of the dock by the tip of the ore boat. Wholesale grocers Gowan-Lenning-Brown sign for its Honor brand is visible in the Canal Park area near the bridge. The manufacturer of the Honor Brand was an outgrowth of the Wright-Clarkson Company. It was Gowan-Peyton-Twohy Company in 1910 then Gowan-Peyton-Congdon in 1911, and finally Gowan-Le...

8b048d9f63d777c9f09a26e8863330bb , View of Downtown Duluth from Fourth Avenue West including the Duluth Harbor, Aerial Lift Bridge, Minnesota Point, and Lake Superior. Duluth City Hall and the St. Louis County Courthouse and jail are visible in the center right. Just below the Lift Bridge are the tall Alworth building and the wider Medical Arts building, both on the lower side of Superior Street. Along the waterfront are Minnesota Slip, Industrial Slip, the North Western Fuel Company coal dock, ...

8e3e2f1ac21acfa990f5d3b7f16a20e0 , View is to the northeast from the south side of Front Street (Center Avenue) just west of 10th Street South showing the west and south sides of the recently completed Moorhead Storage and Transfer Company building. On the west wall are signs for the businesses located in the building including Leo H. Wright potato buying brokerage, Northrup King & Company Wholesale Seed and Klenk's Modern Printery. The scene shows snow on the ground, an automobile and a...

50ed4dee71ae6272c0abd63fc9e5b5e6 , In this view from the lake, the two-story casino in Spring Park has second-floor screened porches facing the lake and a walk way through an arbor, shaded by climbing vines, to the dock, dated and postmarked 1911

72c7ac2b8752e18f04224afeb23c4fcd , This view from the lake of the Hotel Bartlett shows that it sits on a hill overlooking its dock and tiny boathouse. Boats for rent line the shore, postmarked 1910

95fb8689d6f0ac7c35ba5dbfc85ae7fc , The White House Hotel sat on the hill overlooking the Excelsior dock on Lake Minnetonka. The proprietor was W.F. Sanderson.

5c8a18e5cf75d3466ad98b5141b9f556 , This view from the lake shows the steep path and staircase from the Baptist Assembly Grounds on the top of the hill down to their dock and boats on Cooks Bay. The Buena Vista Hotel can be seen in the background.

afc1e236ab28b000fd03654ea3f51265 , People await the landing of a steamer at the Tonka Bay Hotel boat dock, near the roller skating rink and the boat club.

3ea9fc8fd80da90fb0104bb11917f1ae , Shoreline scene includes several buildings on the bay in a grove of trees, and a pleasure boat pulling away from the dock.

408177ab8547f1ceb40c04a0305d6255 , This photo, with color added, depicts visitors in the doorway of the Glen Morris Inn, viewing Lake Minnetonka and the sailboat at the dock. Message mentions the ""artistic places,"" the warm swimming in the lake, and crackling fires, postmarked 1915

eb46939700c6a7fc9ddde84f8f9f2d58 , View of Excelsior from Lake Minnetonka shows a paddlewheel boat at the dock, and several buildings, including the Blue Line, the White House Hotel, and the casino.

3c734e6ced1bb7f1ff6461f434b3af86 , Stereoscope view of man in row boat in Lake Alice. Image also contains two empty boats, a dock and a view of the trees, shoreline and residences.

2a6a72d7f42c5915f6463f049596515f , The lift span is up and a Cost Guard vessel is at the dock in this view of the Aerial Bridge taken by Duluth activist and Minnesota Point resident Jo Goodsell.

b7ec1a9c5a476a771388c5b80168bf99 , plat; 50 to 55 avenues west; streets; West Duluth; Alger Smith Lumber Mill and Dock; Duluth Short Line Railway; Northern Pacific Railway; Wisconsin Central Railway; Polk Street

8388749ceea19d6f4ce8bc61e039e03b , Group of men gathered on bridge watching the water sports in the bay between Baudette and Spooner. The Spooner dock and the Shevlin Mathieu Lumber Mill are seen along shore.

8f532d6d531f591c3d3b4ecd18817467 , The Degree of Honor Summer Camp was located on Casco Point on Lake Minnetonka. This view shows a section of dock and a boat on shore, postmarked 1930

10a3cd6c1522938985f8fa3b754625c3 , Big Island's boat landing, with a steamboat approaching the dock, is viewed from within one of the peristyle arches.

44c4b5b7a52a1f0d9e05487372222bb5 , A Chautauqua celebration in Chautauqua Park in Worthington, Minnesota, with a dock on Lake Okabena in the foreground and tents background. 1143

2364f2e4511aaf0b69b14cc5bfb86357 , Showing the confluence of the Baudette and Rainy River, the Shevlin Mathieu Lumber Company and the dock and boat house for Collin's Ferry Line

d36795d2b1a26dfee1d1857d89568d5b , Stereoview of workers constructing a loading dock and railroad spur line to Seymour Sabin Warehouse and agricultural equipment assembly plant at Steamboat Levee on Red River in Moorhead. The Red River and the Steamboat "J. L. Grandin" is visible in the distance at extreme left. Moorhead's Point neighborhood visible in distance at right; view is to the north from the Moorhead side of the Red River.