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Gust and Hanna Carlson family home photographs

 Collection — Box: SC
Identifier: S6163

Scope and Contents

The collection contains one bound volume of 53 exterior and interior black and white silver gelatin 8x10 photographs by L. P. Gallagher from 1941 of the Carlson house and furnishings at 202 North 24th Avenue East, Duluth, Minnesota, small hand-drawn floor plans of the basement and three floors, one 5x7 photograph of the house under construction with the workmen in 1910, and a detail of an undated photograph identified as architect Robert Lobecke. The Flemish style house, designed by architects Anton Werner Lignell and Robert Lobecke, was built in 1910 for $30,000. The photographs were compiled as a group by William D. Carlson a son of Gust and Hanna Carlson.

Dates

  • 1910-1941
  • Majority of material found in 1910, 1941

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Open for use in the Kathryn A. Martin Library, Archives and Special Collections.

Conditions Governing Use

This collection may be protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code). It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and to obtain all necessary permissions prior to the reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials. Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law.

Biographical / Historical

Lars Gustaf "Gust" Carlson (1869-1956) was born in Amal, Sweden arriving in the United State in 1888 going directly to northern Michigan and its iron ore mines of the Gogebic range. He married Hanna J. Forsman (1877-1963) in Hibbing, Minnesota in 1896. They hired architects Anton Werner Lignell and Robert Lobecke to build a Flemish style house at 202 North 24th Avenue East, Duluth, Minnesota in 1910. William D. Carlson was their son.

Gust Carlson was the originator of Carlson Exploration Company and vice president of Merchants and Miners State Bank both in Hibbing. He owned and developed the Morton or Carlson mines on the Mesabi Range with George H. Crosby.

Extent

1.00 Volumes

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The collection contains one bound volume of 53 exterior and interior black and white silver gelatin 8x10 photographs by L. P. Gallagher from 1941 of the Carlson house and furnishings at 202 North 24th Avenue East, Duluth, Minnesota, small hand-drawn floor plans of the basement and three floors, one 5x7 photograph of the house under construction with the workmen in 1910, and a detail of an undated photograph identified as architect Robert Lobecke.

Physical Location

This collection is located at the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives. For more information about this collection or to make an appointment, contact us at libarchives@d.umn.edu or 218-726-8526.

Physical Description

1 volume + 6 items

Title
Guide to the Gust and Hanna Carlson family home photographs
Author
Finding Aid Authors: P. Maus.
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Collecting Area Details

Contact The University of Minnesota Duluth Archives and Special Collections Collecting Area

Contact:
Kathryn A. Martin Library
University of Minnesota Duluth
416 Library Drive
Duluth MN 55812-3001
(218) 726-8526