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.
Sarah Brewster Wheeler, descended from William Brewster - Mayflower, wrote an article critical of slavery in 1847 ten months prior to her marriage to Henry Wheeler. The family moved to Oneota Towns...
1930 post card of the Pickwick which started as a bar. The Pickwick name came from a 'near beer' of that name which was served at the bar. Pickwick 'near beer'was brewed by the Fitger Brewery...
William Rogers had the current Skyline Parkway named after him in 1894 because he located the roadway, engineered the construction and supervised the building of the road. I am not sure when the ro...
Metropolitan Opera House, Opened in 1902 and closed in 1908 to make room for the Soo Line Depot.
The Opera house was never a success partially due to its location at 616 West Michigan Street which...
Ad for the Decker Brewery in 1869, this brewery, the first in Duluth was sold twice and became Fitger's Brewery. The Decker family also were market farmers and the Decker road which connected...
Duluth Woolen Mills manufactured the Duluth Mackinaw that became a fashion rage in 1914. Originally manufactured for the lumberjacks this warm and water proof coat became popular and was even...
Duluth's actress Dorothy Arnold married Joe DiMaggio in 1939. They had a son Joe the III and were divorced in 1944 when Joe DiMaggio was serving in the Army.
1909 map of what is now canal park shows our historic past. The area in Red are the homes in Duluth's 'Tenderloin' or Red Light District. The house labeled FB stand for female boarding ...
