More of the Many Dukes of Duluth

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A playing card featuring a caricature of her "Duke of Duluth" Lewis. (Image: Public Domain)Read Full Article →

Thursday: The History of Giving Birth in Duluth

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Forgotten Duluthian Clinton F. Russell

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Clinton F. Russel, year unknown. (Image: Duluth Public LibraryRead Full Article →

Grand Old Building: Duluth’s 1928 Ciy Hall

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A postcard of Duluth's 1928 City Hall, likely made the very year the building was complete. (Image: Zenith CIty • Click to Enlarge)Read Full Article →

Lost Landmark: The First South Pier Light

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Duluth's 1874 South Pier Light. (Image: Duluth Public Library)Read Full Article →

Reader Survey Results

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End of the Lane for Stadium Lanes

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Duluth's Stadium Lanes, standing in the shadow of the ore docks for over 50 year. (Image: Google Maps)Read Full Article →

Two of the Many Dukes of Duluth

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The cover for sheet music of the 1905 Broadway musical The Duke of Duluth. (Image: Zenith City • Click to enlarge)Read Full Article →

April in the Zenith CIty

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Duluth’s Other St Peter’s Church

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Duluth's 1909 St. Peter's Swedish Episcopal Church. (Image: Google Maps)Read Full Article →

Ghost Sign: Zenith Machine

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"Zenith Machines • Manufacturers of Zenith home laundry equipment" (Image: Dan Turner)Read Full Article →

April offerings from the St. Louis County Historical Society

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This portion of the mural depicts Moses, who represents Theology. (Image: Ely-Winton Historical Society)Read Full Article →

Duluth’s Undeveloped Central Park

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The image above is a pieced-together scan (please excuse the quality) of Morell & Nichol's plans for Duluth's Central Park, including the upper portion, originally slated to be named Zenith Park, that later became Enger Park. (Image: Tom Kasper • Click to Enlarge)Read Full Article →

Fifty Years later, Laney’s Records Still Stand

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The March 8, 1964 Duluth News Tribune carried this photograph of the District 26 champion Proctor Rails celebrating their victory over . (Image courtesy of the Duluth News Tribune)Read Full Article →

Past & Present: St. Clement’s Catholic Church

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The southeast corner of 20th Avenue West and Superior Street in 1911 (left) and 2014. (2014 Image: Jim Davis)

A Little Bit of Irish

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A 1910 Duluth News Tribune advertisment for Lanigan-Garder Co., one of the many ventures of Lanigan. (Image: Zenith City)Read Full Article →

Forgotten Duluthian Peggy Knudsen

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Lost Landmark: Glass Block

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“Lost Iron Range” tonight and this Weekend

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Carved in Stone for March

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The Notorious Madam Gain: Queen of Duluth’s Underworld

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March in the Zenith City

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Glensheen goes dark to shed light on its past

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Ask the Historian: What was on that empty lot?

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Duluth's second Turner Hall stood at 601 East Third Street for just five years before it was consumed by fire. Another Turner Hall was built on the same spot and stood until the mid 1960s. (Image: Duluth Public Library)Read Full Article →

February Ghost Sign: USS “Private Property”

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March offerings from the St. Louis County Historical Society

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Fairmount Park becomes home to a Zoo

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Duluth's zoo at Fairmount Park as seen in a postcard published in the 1930s. (Image: Zenith CIty)Read Full Article →

The 1910 White Sox: Glory Fades Away

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This cartoon appeared in the Duluth News Tribune just prior to the 1910 season. (Image: Zenith City)Read Full Article →
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