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Aerial Bridge, Duluth-Superior Harbor, circa 1910

Subjects
Bridges & DamsLighthousesWaterfronts & Harbors
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1907 (Golden Age)
Front of Aerial Bridge, Duluth-Superior Harbor, circa 1910, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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Back of Aerial Bridge, Duluth-Superior Harbor, circa 1910, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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About this subject

View across the water toward the steel truss Aerial Bridge spanning the entrance to Duluth-Superior Harbor, with its suspended transfer car hanging beneath the span. A small lighthouse, a low building on the left pier, and shoreline houses appear against a stippled orange and blue sky.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

This [illegible] came two weeks ago. I hope you enjoyable vacation. some where meet each other Julia B.

PublisherThe Duluth News Tribune
The Aerial Bridge, Span 393 feet 9 inches, 135 feet high from water line. Cost $100,000. Entrance to Duluth-Superior Harbor. --- THIS SPACE FOR WRITING MESSAGES THIS SPACE FOR ADDRESS ONLY POST CARD PUBLISHED BY THE DULUTH NEWS TRIBUNE, DULUTH, MINN. MADE IN U.S.A. A-20223
PostmarkedDuluth, MN, August 16, 1915, 17:30
Stamp
Addressed to
Aleda Van Volkenburg

Division of Visual Instruction, Education Department, Albany, NY

Postcard record

Postmarked, Duluth, MN
Place addressedAleda Van Volkenburg, Albany, NY
Place depictedDuluth-Superior Harbor, Duluth
PublisherThe Duluth News Tribune, Duluth, MN
Stamp1c George Washington, green, issued 1909
NotesColor lithograph with stippled halftone texture; no white border; undivided-back era card. Postmark: DULUTH, MINN. AUG 16 5 30 PM 1915. Divided-back card printed by The Duluth News Tribune; message written sideways in pen; light edge wear and a pink smudge at top.

Cite this card

Aerial Bridge, Duluth-Superior Harbor, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/aerial-bridge-duluth-superior-harbor-circa-1910. Accessed October 5, 2026.