Fenny and Adams Photograph Collection

Collection — Box: Oversize

Identifier: S4465

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection contains photographs with the Fenney and Adams stamp or attribution. As photographs by these photographers are located they will be moved to this collection. There are four items: A. Fitger and Company Brewery about 1905; Aerial Ferry Bridge, 1905; Superior Street looking east from Seventh Avenue west about 1900; Aerial Lift Bridge under construction, 1904

Dates

Creation: 1903-1905

Creator

Fenney, Knute L. , 1870-1953 (Person)
Adams, J. P. H. (Person)

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

Knute L. Fenney, 1870-1953, and J. P. H. Adams were photographers in Duluth from 1903-1910, at various locations downtown including in the Lyceum Building. Fenney and Adams also worked in St. Paul, Minnesota. Fenney is buried in Mendota Heights, Minnesota. Johann Peter H. Adams holds a 1901 patent on a keyboard for musical instruments.

Extent

4 items

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The collection contains photographs with the Fenney and Adams stamp or attribution. There are four items: A. Fitger and Company Brewery about 1905; Aerial Ferry Bridge, 1905; Superior Street looking east from Seventh Avenue west about 1900; Aerial Lift Bridge under construction, 1904

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.

General

This collection is part of the Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections, which are housed in the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives at the Kathryn A. Martin Library, and are on permanent loan from the St. Louis County Historical Society.