Gust and Hanna Carlson family home photographs
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
- Architecture Subject Source: Local sources
- Designs and plans Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Duluth (Minn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Families Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Houses Subject Source: Local sources
- Photographs Subject Source: Local sources
- 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
Kathryn A. Martin Library
University of Minnesota Duluth
416 Library Drive
Duluth MN 55812-3001
(218) 726-8526
libarchives@d.umn.edu
