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4th of July celebration for Elba Mine employees and their families, Biwabik, Minnesota (1919)
Source: Iron Range Research Center

Fourth of July, Fourth of July, featuring attendees standing in a field

Chester Park Dam and Building, Duluth, Minnesota (1929)
Source: University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library

Chester Creek runs through Chester Park (also known as Chester Bowl Park) and empties into Lake Superior near Thirteenth Avenue East. Someone is walking to a parked car.

Duluth Waterfront, Duluth, Minnesota (1963)
Source: University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library

Spring aerial view of downtown Duluth and the harbor from Sixth Avenue West looking northeast along the shore of Lake Superior to Lester River.

318-322 West Superior Street, the Torrey office building 314 West Superior Street, Memorial or Moore office building 312 West Superior Street, Alworth office building 306-308 West Superior Street, Lonsdale office building 300 West Superior Street.

Downtown, Duluth, Minnesota (1925)
Source: University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library

View of downtown Duluth looking east from Fourth Avenue West. These are the businesses and buildings on the south side of Superior Street. In sequence from the right are St. Louis Hotel ...

music educator, studied American Indian music among the Ojibwe people in Minnesota.

Ojibwe women and children, Minnesota (1916)
Source: University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library

A group of unidentified women with babies and a young child stand in front of a wooded area. This snapshot by Stella Stocker is from her photograph album. Stocker, a musician and ...

World War I home front, Duluth, Minnesota (1918)
Source: University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library

World War I home front; Rotary Club; Thrift Stamps rally; soldiers; 1st street

was not moved 631 W Seventh Street; 631 Skyline Parkway; the address from March 1950 to October 1959 was 705 West Ninth Street

Neighborhoods of Duluth: Central Hillside, Weather Bureau building, Duluth, Minnesota (1935)
Source: University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library

Central Hillside; Weather Bureau building was built in 1904 and served until February 1950; the address has changed though the building ...

Duluth Street Railway Company, Duluth, Minnesota (1915)
Source: University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library

Duluth Street Railway Company laying track, identified laborers; equipment

Alworth building, Duluth, Minnesota (1909)
Source: University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library

Superior street businesses; Alworth building 306 to 308 west Superior street was built in 1909 and is Duluth's tallest building with 16 stories; photo number 1912

Mountain Iron Mine, Mountain Iron, Minnesota (1902)
Source: University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library

Marion Model K steam shovel with a two and a half cubic yard dipper working along side a 25 ton wooden ore car for the Oliver Iron Mining Company in the open pit Mountain Iron mine.

George H. Spencer House, Duluth, Minnesota (1920)
Source: University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library

George H. Spencer house, Consolidated Elevator, 404 Hawthorne Road; front yard; birch trees

Knife Sharpener, Duluth, Minnesota (1890)
Source: University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library

Knife sharpener and his ox drawn wagon advertising his services on its canvas side.

Fond du Lac Park Recreation Building, Duluth, Minnesota (1933)
Source: University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library

Men are constructing a log recreation building in Fond du Lac Park.

Moving and relocation of the town, Eveleth, Minnesota (1899)
Source: University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library

Moving the town of Eveleth from the hollow or old town to present location beginning in summer of 1899

Lakeshore Park Amphitheater, Duluth, Minnesota (1927)
Source: University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library

The bluestone amphitheater structures and stage features in Lakeshore Parke are under construction. Lakeshore Park was renamed Leif Erikson Park 1929.

car; coffee 39 cents; bread 9 cents; store windows; canned food; sidewalk; street; City Drug Store 332 Central Avenue; Hotel Cody 332 Central Avenue

Neighborhoods of Duluth: West Duluth, businesses on Central Avenue, Duluth, Minnesota (1930)
Source: University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library

West Duluth Businesses at Central Avenue; Pekin Caf? 330 North Central Avenue; National Tea Company grocery 328 North Central Avenue; ...

Fond du Lac Park Chamber's Grove, Duluth, Minnesota (1927)
Source: University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library

Chamber's Grove is named for Michael Chamber's property located just west of 134th Avenue West.

southwest corner of Prescott and Commonwealth Avenue.

Western Steel Products Company, Duluth, Minnesota (1925)
Source: University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library

Western Steel advertised its Western Steel Buildings for protection against fire and weather. It manufactured fire escapes and sheet metal products. It was located at the ...

Laying a cornerstone, Eveleth, Minnesota (1906)
Source: University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library

Unidentified group of people and Masonic representatives place a cornerstone of an unidentified building.

Unidentified event, Eveleth, Minnesota (1900)
Source: University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library

Unidentified celebratory event; musicians; residents; downtown; children

Men of the Duluth Board of Trade, Duluth, Minnesota (1895)
Source: University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library

Members, including incorporator G. G. Barnum, Sr., and workers of the Duluth Board of Trade sit on the trading floor and pose for the photographer.

Kitchi Gammi Park, Duluth, Minnesota (1929)
Source: University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library

Kitchi Gammi Park is on the shore of Lake Superior just beyond Lester River. Brighton Beach is in this park.

Chandler Mine No. 3, Ely, Minnesota (1891)
Source: University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library

The headframe at the Chandler underground mine Number 3 in Ely stands behind the growing ore stock piles.

Duluth harbor, Duluth, Minnesota (1915)
Source: University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library

Duluth harbor, aerial bridge, ore boat, CSPM&O freight station, slips, Northwestern Fuel Company, Minnesota Point

Chester Park Tennis Courts, Duluth, Minnesota (1929)
Source: University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library

The red clay tennis courts surrounded by fencing were unique to Chester Park (also known as Chester Bowl Park) in the Duluth parks network.