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3/3 Steve Piragis, Phyllis Cook, and Nancy Piragis ski up Jackfish Bay at Basswood Lake. They pull pulks, a specially designed sled, on cross country skis.

2/3 Steve Piragis crawls out of a snow house large enough to fit four people.

1/3 Winter is here, but there are still ways to spend time outside! These photos of winter camping are from the Duluth News Tribune Photograph collection, taken by Sam Cook on Jan. 9, 1983. #DuluthMN #DuluthHistory #UMNDulutharchives #WinterCamping #Winter

4/4 First Prebyterian Church, built in 1891 and photographed 1962 by Hjalmer C. Rykken. From the Hjalmer C. Rykken photographs collection: archives.lib.umn.edu/repositories/2…. Featured on page 75 of “Duluth’s Grand Old Architecture”

3/4 Lincoln Park Tenth Street Bridge, photographed in 1929 by F. Rodney Paine. Full record: collection.mndigital.org/catalog/nemhc:…. Featured on page 311 of “Duluth’s Grand Old Architecture”

1/4 Join us tonight (11/17) at 7 pm to celebrate Tony Dierckins’ new book “Duluth’s Grand Old Architecture 1870-1940.” This beautiful volume contains many photographs from collections held at the UMD Archives. #HistoricArchitecture #DuluthMN #DuluthHistory #UMNDulutharchives

3/3 We are still accepting materials for the Northeastern Minnesota COVID-19 Community Archive Project. Share your pandemic experience: libguides.d.umn.edu/covid-19/FAQs

2/3 This item was created as part of the Duluth Interdisciplinary Chirographic Technology Association (DICTA) Pendemic project. Here are more images from the Pendemic project: tinyurl.com/4ptskckn

1/3 Duluth looks like a snowglobe today. This drawing is titled “Global” and was contributed to the Northeastern Minnesota COVID-19 Community Archive Project by Krista Sue-Lo Twu. Full record: umedia.lib.umn.edu/item/p16022col…

4/4 Dan Feeney, drum major for the Madison Junior Scouts of Madison, WI leads the Madison Junior Scouts drum and bugle corps.

3/4 Lt. Col. Jesse Wheaton, VFW 847 of Superior, watches the drum and bugle corps competition at University of Wisconsin Superior.

1/4 Today is Veterans Day. These photos are from the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) convention @ University of Wisconsin-Superior, June 30, 1984. Photos by Bob King, DNT Photograph Collection. #VeteransDay #VeteransOfForeignWars #TwinPortsHistory #UMNDulutharchives

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1/4 UMD Jazz Ensemble, Nov 1973. Do you recognize any of the musicians? Check out UMD music events this month including the Jazz Ensembles: shorturl.at/yzJO4 Photos are from the UMD Photographic Lab Collection. #foreverBulldog #UMNDuluth #UMNDulutharchives #jazzband

6/6 #Vote #DuluthVotes #ElectionDay #ElectionHistory #DuluthMN #DuluthHistory #UMNDulutharchives

5/6 Etta Erickson and Lucille Bjold count registration slips at Denfeld High School after polls had closed, November 4, 1980.

1/6 🧵Today is Election Day! Remember to get out there and vote! And thank you to the hardworking poll workers who keep our elections running. These photos of poll workers from past regional elections are from the Duluth News Tribune Photograph collection.