Panoramas of Duluth over time

Awesome, thanks.

A moment of silence for the forested hillside...

I've long been entertained that they picked Duluth of all places for that feature.  

I think this article is useful reading alongside the 1870 photo:

"THE LAKE SUPERIOR RAILROAD.; Arrival of the Inauguration Excursion at Duluth--The City and Its Surroundings--Its Present Appearance and Its Future Glory--Revolution in the Carrying Trade of the North-West."

These random pics from Shorpy are nice, too.

http://www.shorpy.com/node/6920

http://www.shorpy.com/Duluth-Incline-Railway

http://www.shorpy.com/node/6924

http://www.shorpy.com/node/6950

http://www.shorpy.com/node/6941

Some of those pictures look like model railroad sets.

basement of St. Ann's Sr. Residence has a very display of pictures (or at least did a few years ago when my dad lived there). In the patio room and the hall nearby.