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| Duluth Silent Film Star Marguerite De La Motte died in San Francisco in 1950. She was a major silent movie actress and stared in over 58 major films during the 1920's. The picture... |
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03-11-2018
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| John Jacob Astor fur trading post on the St. Lewis River painted by James Otto Lewis in 1826. Astor was a major fur trader and opium smuggler. Zenith Web Site |
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02-23-2018
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| February 1910 the Duluth News Tribune and the Duluth and Superior's Commercial Clubs held a contest to rename the two cities to a shorter catchier phrase. Â The winner would get a 10 dollar gold pi... |
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02-07-2018
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| Grand Opera House was opened in 1883 and burned down in 1889. Located at 333 W. Superior St. it was the pride of Duluth and brought first class entertainment to the city. The auditorium... |
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01-28-2018
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| Morgan Park Goodfellowship Hall was built by US Steel for the community in 1918 at 242, 88th Ave. West. Originally contained an auditorium, gym, running track, cafeteria, bowling lanes, a you... |
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01-24-2018
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| Booker T. Washington spoke at Duluth's First Methodist Church, January 1900, on the topic of 'The Negro Problem of the South'. The Zenith web site has a link to his speech much of which may be view... |
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01-16-2018
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| Duluth Fire Fighter Headquarters 1894, replaced in 1965. Duluth Library Photo |
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01-15-2018
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| 1917 Model T Helped lead Duluth to less horses. In 1901 Duluth had 53,000 people and 1 car in 1925 Duluth had 100,000 people and 20,000 cars. Â The transfer bridge could not keep up and had to be r... |
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01-08-2018
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| Andrea Miller, Was elected the Village of Duluth President in 1877 after the first City of Duluth went bankrupt and lost its charter. In 1917 Miller left money in a trust to build a fr... |
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01-05-2018
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| 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... |
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01-04-2018
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| 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... |
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12-31-2017
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| 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... |
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12-28-2017
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