Panoramas of Duluth, Minnesota

In 1871 four panoramas of Duluth, Minnesota, were submitted to the Library of Congress in Washington as part of the registration requirement for copyright. These photographs are the earliest vintage panoramas of Duluth in the Library's collections. They were taken a few months after the completion of the Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad, which was responsible for the growth and development of Duluth and which probably influenced Caswell & Davy, the photographers of these views, to establish their photographic business in the burgeoning town. These panoramas mark an important point in the history of Duluth and an interesting early chapter in the development and commercial use of photography.