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Comment on Saturday in Canal Park by Matthew James

I’m just going to assume that’s a St. Urho’s Day celebration.

Comment on Found: Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show Pictures (from Duluth?) by Bosco J. Seitzer

Hey guys thanks for your thoughtful comments.

A. I do not know that these four pics are of the same event, in the same location, or if it is indeed Duluth or if it is the famous Bill Cody.

I have seen the image of Bill leading the march across the...

Comment on Dance Monkey by Helmut Flaag

What a lovely video. Does anyone know the history of this baby talk style of singing? Where it sounds like you’re six babas of ether formula to the cradle wind? Because it’s like a hantavirus now and I’m worried the earth is going to implode in it...

Comment on Who had the “biggest deal in town”? by runningman

I think it was the chorizo enchilada on Fridays and Dos Equis on tap for lunch. Good times.

Comment on Who had the “biggest deal in town”? by Paul Lundgren

First Oriental Grocery was at 323 E. Superior St. location until around 2004. It moved to Fourth Street and then to First Street before ceasing operation in 2009.

The 323 structure was designated as a contributing building to the Duluth Commercial...

Comment on Who had the “biggest deal in town”? by Matthew James

It seems that the slow tear-down process allowed a Google Streetview car to capture the Hacienda del Sol mural for posterity last June.
 

Comment on Hawk Ridge housing proposal under scrutiny by Matthew James

When I read the article, I was surprised that the project area was zoned residential at all. It seemed like a significant amount of green space to give up for a housing development. But then when I looked at the project in the broader context of t...

Comment on Who had the “biggest deal in town”? by Ghist1

And Lager_Man, yes, there was an Asian grocery there, maybe in the early 2000s? The owner was very friendly. I too enjoyed Hacienda del Sol, and was sad to see the murals for that patio area just hanging out in mid air for a while, too.

Comment on Who had the “biggest deal in town”? by Ghist1

Mike, that is extra creepy if the legend about the original hotel builder and the peep holes is true!

Comment on Who had the “biggest deal in town”? by Mike Creger

“Come in and look us over” is the second line, for the record.

Comment on The Nerd Habit of Collecting Signatures by David Beard

Ahhhhh! I am beet red with embarrassment. I had such a crush on her in 1979 or so.

Comment on Who had the “biggest deal in town”? by lager_man

I really miss Hacienda del Sol. They had a sweet outdoor garden spot there for awhile where you could enjoy a margarita. What other businesses were in that block of buildings? Wasn’t there an Asian grocery, too, for awhile?

Comment on Who had the “biggest deal in town”? by Ghist1

Drove by this morning; this bit of concrete history will likely be gone soon. They are digging at the site to prepare it for new construction.

Comment on Who had the “biggest deal in town”? by Paul Lundgren

The loose theory is that there was a Plymouth dealership there. The advertisement above refers to “the biggest deal in town” on a “new ’55 Plymouth.”

Pair that with the item below from a paper called “Tour Old Duluth, the Zenith City of the Unsa...

Comment on The Nerd Habit of Collecting Signatures by Matthew James

The woman with the shock of grey hair appears to be Louise Jameson, at least according to the result IMDB gave me when I made a guess at her signature. She played Leela on Doctor Who from 1977-1978. And she’s still a working actor. In addition to ...

Comment on Breanne Marie & the Front Porch Sinners – “Juniper” by Paul Lundgren

Among the 6,600 entrants, about 120 or so were featured in the “Meet the 2024 Tiny Desk Contest Community” video. Breanne Marie & the Front Porch Sinners show up at the 3:28 mark — not to be confused with Sakura Seppuku of Duluth, Georgia, which ...

Comment on Found: Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show Pictures (from Duluth?) by lager_man

I am also interested in the context of this group of photos. What is the source and is there any context with the photos? I agree with the previous post in that there isn’t enough here to confirm or rule out your theory. A few random observations ...

Comment on Found: Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show Pictures (from Duluth?) by Paul Lundgren

I’d be interested to know more about where the photos were found and if they were all together and labeled as being from Duluth.

The postcard image, as previously mentioned, is likely not related to the other images at all. Coaching parties on Sky...

Comment on Found: Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show Pictures (from Duluth?) by Ghist1

Sorry, just not seeing any continuity here that shows a Duluth connection in this case. That coaching party image is likely from a widely-circulated postcard.

Comment on Duluth Arrow Chevrolet by Paul Lundgren

I believe the address of the photo in the previous comment is 601 E. Superior St. — the downtown location — across Superior Street from the Fitger’s complex. The American Linen Supply building is up the hill from it, at far right in the photo.

Comment on Duluth Arrow Chevrolet by TrishB

I coincidentally happened to see your post right after I saw a picture on eBay of Arrow Chevrolet so I logged onto this website to mention it to you. I have no financial interest in this picture. I was just over on eBay looking at pictures of Stud...

Comment on Guide to Duluth-area Podcasts by Paul Lundgren

New as of Feb. 24, 2024:

Meeting Mesabi
Host Ceasar Ortega talks with guests about Minnesota’s Iron Range — its history, recreation, business, culture, heritage, nature conservation and more — in this podcast from Discover the Range, the Iron Ran...

Comment on Mystery Photo: Nye’s Studio Couple by Paul Lundgren

Hard to say for sure, but it certainly looks possible.

Comment on Mystery Photo: Nye’s Studio Couple by jonsnyder

I am now 90% sure the man is Edward Monroe Andrews (1857-1941) and his wife Annie (Nannie Wilkinson) of the Andrews Opera Company. The photo would have been taken some time between Jan. 4 and Jan. 15, 1892. I have two photos of Ed, one from about ...

Comment on Fred W. Erickson, Duluth Grocer by Ghist1

Good stuff. That section of West Third Street used to get a lot of traffic, and was a main streetcar line before the rerouting of Piedmont Avenue and the construction of the Highway 2 entrance. This 1911 Streetcar map shows the line.
 

Comment on Wings as a Fashion Accessory by Helmut Flaag

You’re very brave GL. Seems like a hierarchical list of the disenfranchised in our society and disabled people will be the last to get justice in this world. I saw you doing free tax help one time and thought to myself, there is no more selfless t...

Comment on Postcard from a Rest Point Overlooking the St. Louis River by Matthew James

I guess so. And in that spirit I’ll add in this photo. Maybe it will end up somewhere 100 years from now and someone will enjoy trying to make some sense of it.
 

Comment on Postcard from a Rest Point Overlooking the St. Louis River by Paul Lundgren

So, basically what we’ve learned here is that the McDonald’s on West Skyline Parkway in Proctor used to look like this.

Comment on Postcard from a Rest Point Overlooking the St. Louis River by Matthew James

As marked by the circle and x in the image below, the camp location above and the rest point location identified by Waferdog are a little more than a half mile from each other on Thompson Hill, matching the information on the postcards.
 

Comment on Postcard from a Rest Point Overlooking the St. Louis River by Matthew James

A walk on the old highway might not be necessary. Looking at the earliest available images from Minnesota Historical Aerial Photographs Online, a 1939 photo shows what seems to be a series of very small buildings on the top of Thompson Hill just o...

Comment on Postcard from a Rest Point Overlooking the St. Louis River by Matthew James

Also as noted in the News Tribune story, the road is no longer open to car traffic but a stretch of it still exists above I-35 for anyone who wants to take a walk in search of remnants of the Kum Bak Tourist Camp.
 

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