Duluth Denfeld Class of 1961 - Photos of Duluth Pre 1940
Pictures in Gallery: 241
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.
The stone fountian,built to honor George E. Stone was originally built between 9th and 10th Ave. East. Â Currently the fountian is in the Leif Erikson Park Rose Garden. Â Stone was the first treasu...
Torrey Building, Duluth's first skyscraper at thirty stories, was built  in 1892.  This image is from a 1893 post card and can be found in the UMD Martin Library Archives.  Torrey was a retired ...
Babe Ruth performed four shows at the Lyric Theatre in November 1926 to sell out crowds. The show was billed as 'The Bambino Himself.'Image sandreghistory.org, Zenith Web Site
Win $200 in gold. A contest by the 1910 American Traveller car company was to find Miss Dolly Dimples, a pseudonym for a woman hired to hide in plain site, pictured in this photo....
William Norman 1904-1980 Graduated from Denfeld in 1923 and went on to become an internationally know artist. Born and raised at 4127 W. 4th street. Some of his lithographs can be viewe...
Panic of 1817 closed all of the businesses in Duluth and left only a few businesses open in Superior. For about ten years Duluth citizens had to do all of their shopping in Superior via Ice o...
Penny Arcades. 1909 Duluth News Tribune article stated 'According to a local minister the Penny Arcades corrupt more souls in one day then the church can save in a month' The arcades were loc...
Duluth Imperial Flour 'Airship' Sign used as an ad in about 1895. Â Duluth at one time had the largest flour mill in the USA. Â The reproductions of this sign can be found on the Zenith Web Site an...
