St. Croix Avenue, Duluth, Minnesota
St. Croix Avenue was parallel to South Lake Avenue. St. Croix Avenue was changed to South First Avenue East in 1912. This area has evolved over the decades. It was a neighborhood to various ethnic enclaves including Finnish and Jewish communities. It served people in transit in its many boarding houses. In 1885 a group of Jews living in the vicinity of St. Croix Avenue organized an Orthodox congregation. They bought a small house on St. Croix, converted it into a synagogue, and held services there for a few years. The Cleveland school was at St. Croix and Buchanan Street. [...]
Fond du Lac Park Nursery, Duluth, Minnesota
Nursery plantings near a frame house that probably belongs to the caretaker David Nummi. ~ Photo Credit: University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Leif Erikson Park Snow Modeling, Duluth, Minnesota
This is a walking bear modeled in snow in Leif Erikson Park with a boy and his dog near by. Lakeshore Park was renamed Leif Erikson Park 1929. ~ Photo Credit: University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Fond du Lac Trail, Duluth, Minnesota
David Nummi and his dog are on the Fond du Lac trail. ~ Photo Credit: University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Chambers Grove Park Department Picnic , Duluth, Minnesota
A group of men employees of the Duluth Park Department are having a picnic. A number of women are at a nearby picnic table. ~ Photo Credit: University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Chambers Grove Park Department Picnic, Duluth, Minnesota
Men employees of the Duluth Park Department and their dog are having a picnic. ~ Photo Credit: University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Chambers Grove Park Department Picnic, Duluth, Minnesota
A number of men employees of the Duluth Park Department and their dog are having a picnic. ~ Photo Credit: University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Fond du Lac Park Nursery Barns, Duluth, Minnesota
Nursery Chief David E. Nummi is standing by barns near a dog. ~ Photo Credit: University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Fond du Lac Park Nursery Caretaker Nummi, Duluth, Minnesota
Nursery Chief David E. Nummi is posing with a dog and flowers. ~ Photo Credit: University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Theodore Roosevelt International Highway, location unknown
Duluth to Glacier National Park; a brief stop on route; highways; Prairies; houses; Tipis; wigwam; dog; landscape ~ Photo Credit: University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections