Lumberjack World Championships: Cut Above the Rest
CBS Sunday Morning reports on Hayward’s Lumberjack World Championships, aka “The Olympics of the forest.”
CBS Sunday Morning reports on Hayward’s Lumberjack World Championships, aka “The Olympics of the forest.”
This postcard was mailed 110 years ago today — Jan. 18, 1912. It depicts a “typical lumber camp in northern Minnesota.”
The southeastern edge of the Aerial Lift Bridge can be seen in the upper left corner of this shot. The large building occupying most of the background is the Duluth Boat Club, built in 1903 at 1000 Minnesota Ave. on the edge of the Duluth Harbor. It closed in 1933 and was used to store boats until it was destroyed by fire in 1951.
