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Traffic jam on Miller Trunk Highway, 1979
August 15, 1979 Cars waiting to get in to the Air Show caused a two-lane, mile-long traffic jam on Miller Trunk Highway. (Karl Jaros / News-Tribune) This view is looking northwest toward the...
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Montgomery Ward, 1973
July 24, 1973 The buffeteria was one of the most popular places in the Montgomery Ward store at the Miller Hill Mall when this photo was taken in July 1973, four months after the store opened. (News...
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Central Mini Mall, 1979
December 1979 The Central Mini Mall, seen here in this December 1979 photo, was located at 324 Central Ave. in Spirit Valley in Duluth. (Bob King / News-Tribune) The Central Mini Mall resided at 324...
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Betty’s Pies, 1978
August 6, 1978 Betty Lessard holds one of her famous lemon angel pies at her cafe north of Two Harbors in August 1978. (News-Tribune file photo) Before planned road construction forced a move to modern...
View ArticleComplete 1973 WDIO newscast
Someone recently posted to YouTube a complete WDIO newscast from 1973. It’s broken up into five separate videos. Enjoy:
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The Floodwood student rebellion of 1972
March 16, 1972 Truant junior high pupils wave banners outside Floodwood School on March 16, 1972. Signs supporting the fired teacher appear along with the one shown second from left which says “Rid...
View ArticleVintage video of WDIO’s Dennis Anderson
It was reported Wednesday that longtime WDIO-TV anchorman Dennis Anderson plans to retire in the next few months. I remember watching Dennis Anderson on the news as a kid, visiting relatives in the...
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The wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, 1975
The freighter Edmund Fitzgerald is guided by the tug Vermont under the Blatnik Bridge and through the opening in the Interstate Bridge in this undated photo from the 1960s. There are people...
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2011 News Tribune archive photo calendar
As mentioned a couple days ago, the News Tribune has published a 2011 calendar featuring 14 photos from the newspaper’s archives, including the one you see above, showing downtown Duluth in 1970. The...
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Crossroads Inn fire, 1974
Last month’s fire at the Kozy Bar and Apartments brought forth a mention in the News Tribune newsroom of another high-profile downtown fire, from decades ago – the Crossroads Inn blaze on March 21,...
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