St. Louis County Historical Society

Who was at Canal Park to in 1976 to the Christian Radich, a full rigged three masted steel hull ship from Norway? Did they just show up? Come to Charting a New Course: How Duluth Harnessed "The Spirit of '76" to find out.
The Christian Radich sailed to the United States in 1976 as part of the Bicentennial Celebration. She was in New York on July 4, 1976. The vessel was built for training sailors for the Norwegian merchant navy, and did so for many years. Courtesy of the MN Minnesota Digital Library. Check out

A lot of Bicentennial energy came out of the St. Louis County Depot which housed the historical society and Bicentennial Commission. Come to our July 16 History in a Pint Charting a New Course: How Duluth Harnessed "The Spirit of '76" to get the full story.
Illustration courtesy of Minnesota History Magazine.

So the nation is having a big celebration on July 4th. Who else had a big anniversary party during the Bicentennial? Thousands of Denfeld High School alumni on July 3rd 1976 to celebrate the building's 50th anniversary. So, 2026 is 🧐 their centennial. How did all this action happen? Come to the History in a Pint Charting a New Course: How Duluth Harnessed "The Spirit of '76"

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Have you ever wondered what a carte-de-visite is? Or a cyanotype? Or stereograph? Do you want to learn more about historic photographic formats? Then be sure to check out MDL’s format highlight primary source sets! Each set explains what these formats are and why they are significant, and they feature examples of each format from MDL collections.

Visit our site at https://mndigital.org/projects/primary-source-sets and filter the results to “Format Highlights” to access sets on each of these formats:
-Cabinet Cards
-Carte de Visites
-Cyanotypes
-Glass Plate Negatives
-Postcards
-Stereographs

Which format should we highlight next? Comment below!

Image: Cyanotype of Union Depot in Duluth, 1900-1910. University of Minnesota Duluth Archives & Special Collections, https://collection.mndigital.org/catalog/umd:8565

We can't wait to see this new exhibit. Great job!