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Duluth Harbor Basin, 1925

Nov 15, 2018 5 Comments

This photo from the National Archive was taken on an airplane from the McCook Field aviation experimentation station in Dayton, Ohio, which was flying in the region for a photographic mapping expedition of the Canadian border in October and November of 1925.

The caption on the photo reads:

Duluth Harbor Basin, the main business section and portions of Lake Superior, showing the “Eighth Wonder of the World,” the Aerial Bridge connecting Duluth proper with a long neck of land known as Minnesota Point, which really makes the Duluth Superior Harbor.


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Mystery Photo #68: Aerial Transfer Bridge

Jul 12, 2018 7 Comments

There’s no doubt the subject of this mystery photo is the gondola car on Duluth’s Aerial Bridge, but what year was the photo shot?

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Postcard from Skyline Drive at Night

Apr 02, 2018 1 Comment

This postcard image looking out from Skyline Drive at the city’s hillside, downtown, Aerial Lift Bridge, Minnesota Point, Lake Superior and so on has been used a few times as Perfect Duluth Day’s cover photo on Facebook, and more than once has been met with the question, “Who did this painting?” The answer is, we don’t know. Old postcards rarely credit the artist. But maybe someone out there knows.

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Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge Control House Panotour

Mar 20, 2018 No Comments

Step inside.


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Some Historical Notes on the Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge

Feb 07, 2018 No Comments

This video is part of a DVD Kenneth Newhams of Duluth Shipping News produced in 2005 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Aerial Lift Bridge. It features archival video courtesy of Don Hermanson at Keweenaw Video Productions.


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One of the great things you will see in Duluth

Jan 29, 2018 No Comments


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Lift Bridge and Zoo Lion: Random mid-20th-Century Duluth Pics

Jul 02, 2017 No Comments


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Vintage photo: Aerial Lift Bridge under construction

Jun 26, 2017 1 Comment

Circa 1905. Photographer unknown.


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Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction Tape

Apr 10, 2017 No Comments

High-concept video by Dave Johnson.


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Video: Full moon drifting through Aerial Lift Bridge

Feb 14, 2017 1 Comment

For your Valentine’s Day pleasure, here are 19 seconds of images shot by Dennis O’Hara over the weekend, showing the Full Snow Moon drifting skyward behind the Aerial Lift Bridge.


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Matt Miller – “All Star” Music Video

Feb 13, 2017 No Comments

Local up-and-coming musician Matt Miller’s video for his new song “All-Star” shot by Max Fierek of Nionix Media.

Check Matt out on Soundcloud at soundcloud.com/mattmillersongs and Max’s YouTube Channel at youtube.com/c/MaxFierek.


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A Thrilling Sight

Jan 16, 2017 No Comments

Lift Bridge Thrilling Sight

This image is from an undated postcard published by Gallagher’s Studio of Photography in Duluth.

Photo description from the back of the card:

The French Ship Racroi enters the Duluth-Superior Harbor through the famous Aerial Lift Bridge. Also shown is the Streamliner, an excursion boat. A tug helps guide the 13,000-ton bulk cargo carrier Racroi, which is 555 feet long with a 69-foot boom and a 27-foot draft.

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The amazing sensation of being airborne

Jan 11, 2017 No Comments

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Mary Netta Abe‎ tagged Perfect Duluth Day on Facebook with this image. She was born in Duluth, but her family moved away.

“I still have dreams with the old, familiar images of my childhood,” she writes. “I have flying dreams, which are my favorite; I can feel the amazing sensation of being airborne. In one dream, I soared over the Aerial Bridge! As an artist, I used that dream as an inspiration for this drawing! I will always love Duluth!”


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Great Lakes Trader arrives coated in ice

Dec 14, 2016 4 Comments

The ice-coated Great Lakes Trader floated steamed into Duluth at 10:30 a.m. on Dec. 13 to load iron pellets. Video by Dennis O’Hara.


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Gilmore Girls Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge Cake Ornament

Nov 27, 2016 No Comments

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The Netflix revival of the TV comedy/drama Gilmore Girls features a brief and strange nod to the Zenith City. The last of the four new episodes includes a pre-wedding scene with Sookie St. James (played by Melissa McCarthy) showing a cake to Lorelai Gilmore (played by Lauren Graham) that has a miniature Aerial Lift Bridge on it labeled “Duluth.”

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