In the first few decades of the 20th century, Duluth was a hotbed of labor battles, corporate spying and, gasp, even communism. In fact, the Northland plays the central role in Frank Palmer's 1928 "Spies in Steel," a shocking account of the Unite.
Old Mission History: Carnival Held at New School in 1958
Old Mission Peninsula School Carnival, 1958 | Old Mission Gazette Photo; Mary Johnson Archives
Today’s installment of Old Mission History comes from my Mom’s scrapbook, which is a wealth of fascinating information about not only her life growing up in the south, but also after she married my Dad in 1946 and moved to the Old Mission Peninsula in 1947. They met at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
Now in my possession are many large scrapbooks full of super-cool stuff dating back to her childhood through her school and college years to life on the OMP.