Perfect Duluth Day

West Duluth 100 Years Ago

WestDuluthFrom59th1910

The photo above is from 1910. It was almost certainly shot from North 59th Avenue West, near where Tacony Street intersects it. I tried to replicate it with the modern shot below, but trees, fences and houses kept me from shooting at the same spot, and the view is much more limited.

Behind all the trees across the street is a rock outcropping that matches the one in the 1910 photo.

Also, I’m pretty sure these are the same houses on West Eighth Street:


1910


2010

And this row of houses on Elinor Street appears similar, although some are missing in the modern photo:


1910


2010