Duluth Denfeld Class of 1961 - Photos of Duluth Pre 1940
Pictures in Gallery: 243
Over 24 pages of photos were lost. Although I have the photo's on file I do not have the dates, sources or appropriate narratives. We will start this section over and I will try to do a few a week with the necessary information and sources.
1894 John D Rockefeller took over control of the Lake Superior Consolidated Mines which included the Mesabi mines, docks, and railroad from the West Duluth Merritt Family. Zenith Web Site
First Union Depot built at the foot of 5th Ave. West in 1870. Served the LS&M and Northern Pacific passenger trains. UMD Matin Library, Zenith Web Site
The largest still ever confiscated in a raid happen in Duluth in 1920. The raid at 433 Lombard Street was at the residence of Harry and Ann Papove. Do to errors in the warrant the Papove's w...
December 1920.Duluth, St. Paul and Hastings MN. police rounded up an auto theft ring that would steal cars, remodel them and sell them in another part of the country. Pictured a 1920 Ford Model T....