From the Archive: Saturday Evening Post Profiles Duluth
This week in 1949 the Saturday Evening Post — perhaps the nation’s most popular magazine at the time, known for its covers featuring the works of various artists, including Norman Rockwell — profiled “apple-cheeked, blue-eyed, tow-haired Duluth”in an essay written by Arthur W. Baum. Baum‘s essay paints a rather whimsical picture of Duluth, where “the number of cribbage boards around town is astounding, and the presence of a near-perfect 28 hand in a tussle between two teams of the City Cribbage League is a matter for a serious news report.” And despite its light-hearted approach (and that it repeats the fable that Duluth‘s ship canal was dug by hand), it contains a pretty good historic depiction of Duluth and perhaps my favorite description of the Zenith City’s development: “Duluth’s history is a long series of counterpunches at circumstances and events. When Duluth wins a round, it habitually comes up off the canvas to do it.” So take a dive into our archive and enjoy Mr. Baum’s essay in its entirety, HERE.