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1. Duluth Hose Company, No. 1., Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Caswell, William; Davy, William Henry, 1844 -1936
Date Created:
1872-02-22
Description:
First annual parade of the uniformed firefighters of Hose Company No. 1. and their horse-drawn equipment on Superior Street.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

2. Duluth's volunteer fire department, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Gaylord, Paul B., 1848-1936
Date Created:
1881?
Description:
uniformed volunteer fire department on Clark house porch; 75; boy and dog; sign for vessel St. Paul to Detroit
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

3. View at Superior street and seventh avenue west where incline crashed

Date Created:
1901-05
Description:
View at Superior street and seventh avenue west where incline crashed; damage; bystanders; hillside buildings
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

4. Laying corner stone of city hall, Eveleth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1906-06-16
Description:
Laying corner stone of Eveleth city hall; street; people; houses; laundry; children; wicker baby buggy
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

5. Burt Location, Hibbing, Minnesota

Date Created:
1906-10
Description:
Locations, like the Burt, were company communities, worker housing supplied by the company, on the Minnesota iron ranges.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

6. Saloon, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1907-03
Description:
unidentified men at a wooden counter in a Duluth tavern saloon bar at noon or midnight; spittoon; foot rail; clock; calendar; cash register;
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

7. Fighting a fire, Eveleth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1908-06
Description:
Street in Eveleth; fire hose rolled on wagon; horses and wagon; bystanders; children; houses
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

8. St. Patrick's Church, Eveleth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1909
Description:
St. Patrick's church built 1905 Eveleth
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

9. First Wedding in New St. Louis County Courthouse, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1909-12-02
Description:
Two couples, Martin Michelson and Anne Peterson and Fred Antonsen and Louise Olson, are married by Judge Middlecoff.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

10. Photograph album of Inez Torell, her family and friends, Duquette and Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Torell, Inez M., 1906-1960
Date Created:
1910 -1935
Description:
Inez Torell (May 12, 1906 - September 26, 1969) compiled this photograph album that chronicles her life from childhood to adulthood. It includes Inez's family, friends, various hospitals she stayed in, hospital staff and patients. Many of the photographs include handwritten names, locations, dates, and comments.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Photograph albums

11. St. James Orphanage, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1910?
Description:
St. James Orphanage, brick; bluestone foundation; East Chisholm Street; Catholic; children's home; water tower
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

12. Aerial Bridge: Meet Us in Duluth July 22, 23, 24, 1911 Reception Committee

Date Created:
1911?
Description:
This card features an organization and its upcoming event in Duluth. The Scandinavian Grand Lodge of Minnesota held a convention in Duluth in 1911.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

13. Cook Home cemetery vault, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1912-09-30
Description:
Cook Home vault; county poor farm Greenwood cemetery vault; 2501 Rice lake Road; brownstone
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

14. The Bethel, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Gallagher, Louis Perry, Sr., 1875-1945
Date Created:
1915-03-07
Description:
Two-hundred unemployed men on the Bethel floor for a night.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

15. Duluth Children's Home, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1915?
Description:
Duluth Children's Home building at 504 North 15th avenue east and children on the sidewalk. The Children's Home Society was a privately endowed institution which derived part of its income from the annual Charity Ball. It was founded in 1888 by Sarah Burger Stearns, but its beginnings date to 1883 and its first rooms in a small needlecraft shop operated by Mrs. Fogelson. She cared for 3 or 4 children. By 1886 the number of children had grown, and a group of interested women collected money to purchase a double house between 16th and 17th avenues east. In 1904 on June 3 and 4, it opened with 47 children being cared for at 15th Avenue East and Fifth street.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

16. The Bethel, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1915?
Description:
This building at Mesaba Avenue and First Street was built for $80,000 in 1911 with the dedication on October 12, 1912.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

17. Neighborhoods of Duluth: Morgan Park, Nenovan Club buildings, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1916-08-01
Description:
Morgan Park; all four Nenovan Club Buildings; housing for single men; the farthest building is the three-story Nenovan boarding house; constructed by the George Lounsberry Company for a total of $20,000; separated from the residential area by a transverse alley and a fence; initially housed 74 clerical and technical workers most unmarried; later, the smallest (eight rooms) was for female employees; 15131
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

18. Neighborhoods of Duluth: Morgan Park, Nenovan Dining Room Main Building, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1916-08-01
Description:
Morgan Park; Nenovan Dining room main building; round tables with bentwood chairs; flatware; glassware; tablecloths; ceiling light fixtures; decorations; windows; hardwood floors; 15071
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

19. Neighborhoods of Duluth: Morgan Park, Nenovan Recreation Room main building, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1916-08-01
Description:
Morgan Park; Nenovan Recreation Room main building; hardwood floors; oak furniture; rocking chairs; leather mission-style chairs; ferns; ceiling lights; 15126
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

20. Neighborhoods of Duluth: Morgan Park, Nenovan Club Bedroom, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1916?
Description:
Morgan Park; Nenovan Club Bedroom
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

21. World War I home front, canning demonstration, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1918
Description:
World War I home front; canning demonstration; war work; food; women; kitchen supplies; kitchen equipment
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

22. World War I home front, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1918
Description:
World War I home front; railroad cars; departing soldiers; Chicago St. Paul Mississippi and Omaha; CSPM&O Railroad
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

23. World War I home front, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1918
Description:
World War I home front; war bonds and funds; 2nd district captain and assistants; soldier; business district
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

24. World War I home front, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1918
Description:
World War I home front; Empress Chorus Girls; Empress Coffee company; boost Herald Tobacco Fund; buy a newspaper campaign; truck
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

25. World War I home front, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1918
Description:
World War I home front; Liberty Bonds; war bonds; war parade; musicians; soldiers; railroad cars; people; children; war rally
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
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