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This collection consists of visual images arranged by subject, name, or format. The collection is divided into three series: Subjects, Portraits, and Oversize Images. Container lists are available for each of these series.

The collection consists of photograph albums from various photographers and collectors. Content includes views of Duluth and northeastern Minnesota; the Duluth Boat Club; the Duluth harbor and ship canal; ships and shipping; mines and mining; Nopeming Sanatorium; and military service members.

The Duluth Public Library has been the recipient over the years of photographs and other historical documents. To ensure security of these materials the Library made copy slides and transferred the originals to the Northeast Minnesota Historical Center. The collection consists of original and copy prints and negatives of Duluth, buildings, sites, views, parks, and development of the area.

The collection contains photographic prints and glass plates of Duluth and surrounding areas. The photographic prints are divided into twelve subject areas. They are: Businesses and Buildings, Churches, Cloquet Fire, Duluth Boat Club, Duluth Steam Corporation, Homes and Apartment Buildings, Mining Scenes, Miscellaneous, Nopeming Sanatorium, Outside of the City of Duluth, Schools, Duluth and Rural

All postcards donated to the archives are added to this collection. The cards are arranged by the subjects used in the general historical photograph collection; the subjects are filed alphabetically. Subjects include: industry, geography, Lake Superior's North Shore, Apostle Islands, Duluth, and other NE Minnesota cities. The collection includes one album of post cards of the North Shore.

A selection of images from the Congdon Family Papers are available online through UMedia. Images may be downloaded directly from the website.