8738808524bf267248bf9b317ff5e2ed , West Duluth; Duluth Paper Box Company Incorporated; 4902 Oneota; brick building; cars; winter; snow

7db227665234717f023e14c6a7e52a3d , A night view shows the Duluth Arena Auditorium and parking facilities. The Minnesota Power and Light substation is in the foreground. There is a lighted Christmas tree surrounded by a car display at the joint entrance to the complex. The Arena Auditorium opened to great fanfare in August 1966. The arena was home to UMD hockey and seats for 8,000, and the Duluth Symphony finally had a grand hall for its performances and sat 2,400. It was renamed the DECC or Dulu...

a1e65940cce8d5dbf0c458a21c3207ef , Passenger steamer North American of the Georgian Bay Line is steaming out of Duluth harbor leaving Duluth. There were many passenger ships and companies used similar names. This vessel had a partner named the South American; both were built in 1913. The Great Lakes is one of the oldest, yet one of the newest cruise destinations. Cruises were being taken as early as 1842, yet the industry had almost disappeared 100 years later. Railroads bought and built steamsh...

5c5dff9ab917faae03425243f5001cbf , The foreground is Superior, Wisconsin the background is Duluth. The High Bridge or Interstate Bridge or John A. Blatnik Bridge is the central feature of this shot. Built in 1961, the High Bridge was renamed for Congressman John A. Blatnik in 1971. Blatnik (1911-1991) was elected to the Minnesota Senate in 1940, and he was a representative to the U.S. Congress for Minnesota's Eight District from 1947-1974

8d84642102cce5521ed8a1029d98ef1c , A photograph turned into a printed post card that was mailed rolled.

23b7bc84aa29388c8a4016bf1ed97237 , View from a distance up the shore, probably from Leif Erikson park. Harbor facilities are in the distance at both the left and the right. Canal Park is at the right, and Minnesota Point is to the left. The very bright white structures are grain elevators. The Lake can be glassy calm, but it can alter very rapidly.

3e9271aea233a31e82baff6fb3ec196a , A night view shows the lights of Duluth's central business district and lights along the piers of the canal. The two central buildings are the tall Alworth building and the wide Medical Arts building both on the lower side of Superior Street. Fourth Avenue West is bright and visible and runs next to the darker Providence building. All three buildings still stand.

3451f03b9a28d21b58d96be2900abfb2 , West Duluth; view of city; Merrill-Ring Saw Mill and Fullerton Lumber Yard; Iron Company; smoke stacks; residence; power lines; churches; lake; spring

2b092c278e245943f5e77a1507d2e562 , West Duluth View; M. L. McMinn Real Estate Dealer; 18 months old population 4,000; rock outcrop; view from hillside to harbor

67a2c298657684e4ee1867bd5d87e26f , West Duluth; Universal Portland Cement Plant; view of manufacturing district and harbor; St. Louis river; Morgan Park at left; U. S. Steel Plant (Minnesota Steel Company); smoke stacks; railroad

Lake Superior shore

abb97a43c8db03a209eac975c291dbeb , A photograph turned into a printed post card that was mailed rolled.

dd492baa967f8cd834106b15df2a145a , A Norwegian-flagged vessel is moored at the Port Terminal. Another vessel moves through the harbor, with the Aerial Lift Bridge and Duluth in the distance. The completion of the St. Lawrence Seaway in 1959 opened the Duluth-Superior port to ocean-going vessels. The photographer, Elizabeth Jo Goodsell, was a Duluth community activist, teacher, and long time resident of Minnesota Point.

6f9ef644297e6ccfa3f373521aaecb39 , This post card caption says D-88 Showing the new $6,5000,000.00 Duluth Arena-Auditorium on Harbor Drive. The Arena Auditorium opened to great fanfare in August 1966. It was renamed the DECC or Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center August 31, 1987. It was expanded and opened with celebrations on June 18, 1990. The Harbor Side Convention Center and Parking Ramp additions were opened January 31, 2001

69b948715f86c94da66e60808a1a46f9 , This view stretches from Harbor View Homes at Lake Avenue and Eleventh street at the bottom of the photograph to Canal Park and then Minnesota Point lying beyond the Aerial Bridge at the left. At the far right are grain elevators in the Duluth harbor.

Railroad Tracks near harbor slips in West Duluth; court exhibit photograph filed December 1914

16b0275e9fdddfd3780b675458018fd9 , View from the harbor looking toward the Lake with everything in silhouette. The South Breakwater Inner Light Tower is lit. Houses on Minnesota Point are visible at the far right on Minnesota Avenue. The two flags are above the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Building (built 1906). To the left is the Paulucci building at 525 South Lake Avenue.

ed315c71292418a1e331e5b5826f3872 , A passenger vessel in the Duluth harbor near the bridge with Canal Park at the left and Minnesota Point at the right.

Great Lakes excursion Vessel ""Tionesta"" in canal beneath Aerial bridge leaving Duluth Superior harbor; piers; lights; Corps of Engineer building

Gowan Lenning Brown Company, 529 Lake Avenue South; Aerial bridge; Canal park; harbor; wholesale grocers; architecture

623dbcfe173aa4a93db98844b477d44f , Pioneer Hall will take form on this construction site adjacent to Minnesota Slip. Ground was broken on April 7, 1975, for the Pioneer Hall and Duluth Curling Club. The Silver Broom World Curling Tournament in March 1976, drew 41,000 fans from ten countries to the new ice sheets. Grand opening celebrations were held August 30 to September 12, 1976. The Northwest Passage, a skywalk from downtown to the Arena Auditorium, was completed in 1976. Eight years after th...

d4828a064c39bbd7db5553cdecaf36db , The Duluth Arena Auditorium is at the center of this image, above and to the right of the Arena are the grain elevators on Rice's Point, and the John A. Blatnik Bridge connecting Duluth and Superior, Wisconsin. Built in 1961, the High Bridge was renamed for Congressman John A. Blatnik in 1971. Blatnik (1911-1991) was elected to the Minnesota Senate in 1940, he was a representative to the U.S. Congress for Minnesota's Eight District from 1947-1974. The U...

57c38423cd23eeb78c1f98d15b21cef5 , On Monday, July 1, 1929, the suspended car made its last trip across the canal. The bridge's modification to operate with a lift span began on April 8, 1929, with a low bid of $448,000 by the Kansas City Bridge Company. The Aerial Lift Bridge was first operated on March 19, 1930. The bridge has a clearance of 138 feet when the lift section is completely up and when down it is 16.5 feet above the water. The length of the span is 386 feet and weighs 900 tons....

1f385cfc63d7b5a3b17a08e4a24ff133 , The businesses and housing of the East End are visible in this wide view facing west. Superior Street, East First Street and East Second Street run diagonally from left to right in the lower right quadrant of the image. In the distance beyond the Lift Bridge is Rice's point.

bf94162dfab556c61e3d18dbeb288a47 , The businesses and housing of the East End are visible in this wide view facing west. Superior Street, East First Street and East Second Street run diagonally from left to right in the lower half of the image.

8e34bfd418a76441b2a44f945eaaba5e , View of the Duluth harbor from just east and behind Hotel Duluth in downtown. You are looking across Superior Street down Lake Avenue. You move along Lake Avenue to approach and cross the bridge. Hotel Duluth is at the far right of the photograph. The lift span is down. Grandma's Restaurant (opened in 1976) is at the base of the north tower of the bridge and the Corps of Engineers Building is to the left of the restaurant. The blue building, a flag is to it...

e5ab5f8140a65fa49ef767f84fe5e5a8 , A ship heads toward the canal to exit the Duluth harbor. The span is up on the Aerial Lift Bridge to allow the vessel to pass. The discoloration in the water around the ship could be fuel or other residue from vessel traffic in the harbor. Minnesota Slip is parallel to Canal Park in the center of the image; to the left is the Duluth Arena Auditorium. The Arena Auditorium's grand opening was in August 1966. It would be added to over the years and renamed DEC...

f80f84aa8242c806c94d9b08900351f7 , Three men posed informally are shown with covered truck (U.S.O.M.C stenciled on canvas topper) in front of a tar-papered CCC building in winter time.

ba432983f8b49d2717bc5791617d3c88 , Colorized or hand colored image of a vessel entering the harbor. Waterfront industrial structures are beyond the bow of the ship. The lighthouse structure at the left dates from 1901. The formal name is South Breakwater Inner Light Tower formerly owned and regulated by the federal government. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is 67 feet tall. The tower's light was first lit in 1901. It was bought in December 2008 by Steve Sola and...

4efa87a991bf15aac483b4bb5663cc21 , Barracks interior scene at the Good Harbor CCC camp shows the electric lights, woodstove, and bedding on bunks.

b71a0ea4ab27b677afb7423b74c5a642 , Interior image of the Good Harbor CCC mess hall shows the length of building and use of picnic-style tables that are set for the meal.

5d6b82da3f4a9cf6cc760d5b3a4a5c82 , Good Harbor camp CCC building shown in deep winter snows with build up of roof ice due to lack of insulation. Roof has two large cupolas with windows.

f50a5824b2915d23b564762776e5694c , Aerial view of Duluth's harbor and hillside showing Canal Park as an industrial site.

c0cc27bc3fc2faa8e44c9e906959b98f , The caption of this post card says The Aerial Bridge, Span 393 feet 9 inches, 135 feet high from water line. Cost $100,000. Entrance to Duluth-Superior Harbor. The white building at the left is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Building constructed in 1906

dace8eac599337c5d6fbf972468f3d11 , Three men in World War I uniforms are identified on back of photo as officers at the Good Harbor CCC camp.

d1834a178f3ecc4b60ba374aa58da204 , Image of the Good Harbor CCC camp grounds in 1934 includes barracks, sidewalks and a horseshoe pit.

Harbor Fire; firefighting tugboat; fire tug

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