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Was Tycoons Ale House ever a jail?

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Architect Oliver Traphagen's sketch for the 1889 Duluth City Hall. (Image: Duluth Public Library)Read Full Article →

Ask the Historian: West Duluth’s Longfellow School

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Ask the Historian: Was this building a courthouse?

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The ornate front facade of the 1909 building at 124 East Superior Street, home of the Duluth Municipal Court from 1909 to 1929. (Image: X-comm)Read Full Article →

Ask the Historian: Who made my Mackinaw?

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A drawing of F. A. Patrick's Mackinaw coat from its 1909 catalog. (Image: Duluth Public Library.)Read Full Article →

Ask the Historian: Riverside Hospital

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The Garden House, the 1918 hospital with an addition of the front—and an additional floor above. (Image: Garden House.)Read Full Article →

The fate of “The City of Duluth,” a B-29 Bomber

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Captain Robert Willman of Duluth stands in front of the "City of Duluth," a B-29 Superfortress bomber stationed in Guam during the Second World War. (Image: 30th Bomb Group website.)Read Full Article →

The Many Hospitals of…West Duluth?

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The Traphagen Block (at left, with the "Lindgren Drugs" sign), home of West Duluth's Hopsital. (Image: West Duluth Memories.)Read Full Article →

Ask the Historian: The “Old Snow White”

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Ask the Historian: Duluth’s historic tea rooms

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Ask the Historian: Duluth’s Lady Liberty

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Ask the Historian: Who was Frances Skinner?

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Ask the Historian: Ruins at Point of Rock

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