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Duluth Book Releases in 2022

Mar 10, 2022 No Comments

Zero Waste Kids: Hands-On Projects and Activities to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle
Written by Rob Greenfield
Illustrated by Alissa Imre Geis
Contributions from April Hepokoski, Zion Lights, Heidi Rose, Alyssa Binns Gunderson and Michelle Cassar
February
Quarry Books
Available at quartoknows.com

The Girl in Duluth
Sigrid Brown
Feb. 2
Available at amazon.com

Be the Change: Rob Greenfield’s Call to Kids―Making a Difference in a Messed-Up World
Rob Greenfield and Antonia Banyard
April 20
Greystone Books
Available at greystonebooks.com

Kekekabic
Eric Chandler
May 20
Finishing Line Press
Available at finishinglinepress.com

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Postcard from the Ski Scaffold in Duluth

Mar 08, 2022 3 Comments

The ski scaffold in this postcard should not be confused with “Big Chester,” the jump that stood in Chester Park from 1924 to 2014. The postmark on this card is March 8, 1912.

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Harbor View, 1973

Mar 07, 2022 2 Comments

Artwork by Patsy Reed High titled “Harbor View,” dated 1973.


Art, History

Lindula Brothers – “A Cold Day in Duluth”

Mar 06, 2022 No Comments

From the Lindula Brothers‘ 2020 self-titled album, a little song about coming home.


Music

Mystery Photo: The Girls

Mar 04, 2022 No Comments

This postcard photo was taken at Arcade studio, 110 W. Superior St. in Downtown Duluth. Based on a few other Arcade photos, the prevailing theory is that the studio was called Penny Arcade until about 1915 and then became simply Arcade, or Arcade Camera Shop/Studio or Arcade Photo Supply Company. Thomas W. Furniss was the proprietor.

Who are “the girls”? Well, that detail might be lost to history.

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Monthly Grovel: March 2022

Mar 04, 2022 No Comments
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This month marks two years of the pandemic messing up all the fun. The PDD Calendar has stayed on track throughout all the cancelations, online events and even the rescheduled events that were canceled again. Now, we look forward to better days.

Each month we reach out with one beggarly blog post to remind everyone that human beings and not machines are at work editing and publishing calendar events. So if you appreciate it, drop a few bucks in the PayPal account.

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Duluth Album Releases in 2022

Mar 03, 2022 No Comments

Abe Curran
Self titled
(Jan. 11)
Available on Spotify

Bigbabyjay
Latto World
(Feb. 4)
Available on Spotify and Apple Music

The Christopher David Hanson Band
Whippoorwill
(Feb. 10)
Available on Bandcamp

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Postcard from the Palladio Building

Mar 02, 2022 No Comments

This undated postcard shows the original Palladio Building at 401 W. Superior St. in Downtown Duluth. The eight-story office building was designed by Chicago architect Henry Raeder and built in 1889. It was demolished in 1937 and replaced by the headquarters of WEBC Radio.

The new building later became known as the Palladio and housed the Chinese Lantern until the restaurant moved up the block in 1976. The second Palladio was demolished in 2015 to make room for the new Maurice’s headquarters, which opened in 2016.


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Duluth Harbor Circa 1870s

Feb 27, 2022 1 Comment

Although this old photograph is labeled “Duluth Harbor,” it’s not what we think of today as the harbor. Based on a similar photo posted to Perfect Duluth Day in 2020 and the resulting discussion surrounding it in the comments, it was determined that the tall building shown in our photo here is the Lake Superior & Mississippi Railroad Grain Elevator A and was located roughly where the Northland Vietnam Veterans Memorial is today.

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Postcards from the Duluth Arena-Auditorium

Feb 24, 2022 2 Comments

Included in this post are four postcards, all published by Gallagher’s Studio of Photography, showing the early days of what is now known as the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center. Numerous buildings have been added to the DECC campus over the years, but these postcards show only the original two, then known as the Duluth Arena and Duluth Auditorium.

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Selective Focus: Presidents’ Day Blizzard of 2022

Feb 23, 2022 No Comments

Somewhere in the range of 17 inches of snow fell on Duluth from Feb. 22 to 23, blowing into tall, fluffy snow dunes. Collected here are a few images from around the region, via Instagram.

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Postcard from the St. Louis County Courthouse at Night

Feb 17, 2022 No Comments

This undated postcard features a nighttime image of the St. Louis County Courthouse, which opened in 1909.


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Mystery Photo: Alice

Feb 14, 2022 No Comments

This special Valentine’s Day Mystery Photo comes from the Duluth Public Library, where it was found in an office after one of the librarians retired. The photo is dated Oct. 28, 1918 and comes with a message of love on the back.

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Postcard from Duluth, St. Lawrence Seaways Westerly Terminus

Feb 10, 2022 No Comments

This undated postcard, published by Northern Minnesota Novelties of Crosslake, Minn., offers a nice pre-freeway aerial view of Downtown Duluth on it’s upper image and a shot of the Aerial Lift Bridge and shipping canal on the lower side.

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Selective Focus: Winter Recreation and Icy Silliness

Feb 08, 2022 No Comments

Sledding, paddling, lollygagging … drifting off on an ice chunk. Collected here are a few images from Instagram of simple winter pleasures.

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