Paul Lundgren
Selective Focus: Surfy, Smelty, Swirly PDDs
Select photos from Instagram spanning mid-April to mid-May 2023, all hashtagged with the name of a certain website. #perfectduluthday (more…)
PDD Shop Talk: The Art of Clickbait
Three of Duluth’s best sledding hills are at Bayfront Park, Wheeler Field and Keene Creek Dog Park. One of the city’s best beaches is at the base of Ely’s Peak. OMC Smokehouse is a popular spot in Canal Park. (more…)
Homegrown Music Festival 2023 Photo Slideshow
The 25th annual Homegrown Music Festival featured 171 acts. I made it to 57 — which is a lot, but also only one-third of the available options. The scope of the festival makes each experience unique, so obviously one person’s photo collection will vary significantly from another’s. (more…)
Duluth Album Releases in 2023
Dirty Knobs
666666SuperSatan
(Jan. 6)
Available on Bandcamp
God’s Holy Blood
Self titled
(Jan. 20)
Available on Bandcamp
Ill Fortune
Ill Ol’ Me
(Jan. 28)
Available on various platforms
Selective Focus: Homegrown 2023 Recovery Beer Lunch
Instagram
18 likes, 0 comments - matthewmosesphotography on May 7, 2023: "Ann Kathryn & Band playing the final slot to close out the 2023 edition of the Duluth Homegrown Music Festival!
#hgmf23 #livemusic #annkathryn #canalpark #duluthmn #visitduluth #keyboard #mnphotographer".
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Select Instagram images from the closing event of the Homegrown Music Festival — the Recovery Beer Lunch at Canal Park Brewing Company with the final three bands. (more…)
Postcard of Duncan Bay from Lookout Louise
Git yer flannel on. This undated postcard from Isle Royale was published by the National Park Commissions and is at least 20 years old. (more…)
Rawkers crush Rollers in Homegrown Kickball Classic 2023
Rohrbaugh’s Rawkers piled on five runs in the seventh inning and four more in the eighth to easily top Vaagen’s Rollers 13-4 in the 2023 Homegrown Kickball Classic at Chester Bowl. The Rawkers now lead the overall series with 12 wins in 23 games. (more…)
Selective Focus: Homegrown 2023: Rawk Night
Instagram
132 likes, 4 comments - perfectduluthday on May 5, 2023: "Homegrown communion. #hgmf23".
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Select Instagram images from day six of the Homegrown Music Festival. (more…)
Selective Focus: Homegrown 2023 Soup Town Night
Instagram
108 likes, 4 comments - joyinfused22 on May 4, 2023: "Yup...partyin' @duluthcoffee".
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Select Instagram images from day five of the Homegrown Music Festival. (more…)
Selective Focus: Homegrown 2023 Canal Park Night
Instagram
18 likes, 3 comments - ambersimpressionsphotography on May 2, 2023: "The Gemstones Honoring AfroGeode tonight at the Decc for Day 3 of the Duluth Homegrown Music Festival. To support Di Jay’s family and charity, visit honordiona.com. #dhgmf #dhgmf23 #afrogeodeandthegemstones &theGemstones #livemusic #decc".
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Select Instagram images from day three of the Homegrown Music Festival. (more…)
Mystery Photo: Dr. Norman Vincent Peale
Due to adequate labeling on the back of this photo, there isn’t too much mystery. But then again, there’s always a little mystery in there somewhere. (more…)
Selective Focus: Homegrown 2023 Opening Ceremonies
Instagram
130 likes, 0 comments - dhgmf on April 30, 2023: "UPDATE: everything is free today!
**^DAY ONE***
Happy Homegrown! It’s day one and here’s what you need to know:
- The dress up theme today is “wear your old Homegrown shirts or a band merch shirt.”
- The children’s showcase is ON for 11:15-3pm at @dovetailcafeandmarketplace featuring a ventriloquist, one man band, monkey man, a high school pep band and more. Bring the whole family down!
- Every year there are scheduling changes. Always check the website for the most up to date schedule.
- It’s time to get your wristband! Our hard working volunteers are ready to take your money and give you the best piece of “jewelry” you’ll wear all week. We take cash and Venmo. If you don’t have Venmo, please hit up an ATM on the way over to a venue.
- If you see someone in a red Homegrown jacket, feel free to stop them and ask any questions. The Steering Committee members are ready to help you.
#hgmf23".
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Select Instagram images from opening day of the Homegrown Music Festival. (more…)
Homegrown Music Festival 2023 Primer
The 25th annual Homegrown Music Festival is upon us. All the specifics are in a 116-page Field Guide available around town or online as a PDF. The most accurate version of the schedule is always at duluthhomegrown.org/schedule. And this here primer consists of the random last-minute bulletins that always spring up. (more…)
Every Single Homegrown 1999 Photo Available
Members of Ballyhoo performing at the inaugural Homegrown Music Festival in 1999. (Photo courtesy Leon Rohrbaugh; photographer unknown)
On the eve of the 25th annual Homegrown Music Festival we take a look at every single locatable image from the first Homegrown in 1999. It was a few years before digital photography became a common thing, a few years before social media existed, and a few years before Homegrown became one of the most photographed events in Duluth. (more…)
Corner of the Lake, 1963
This photo by Lyman E. Nylander is dated April 28, 1963 — 60 years ago today. It shows several Canal Park icons — the Aerial Lift Bridge, Duluth Harbor North Breakwater Lighthouse, Uncle Harvey’s Mausoleum — but the Duluth Lakewalk is still decades away from being built.
Because of the I-35 tunnel, with Gichi-ode’ Akiing / Lake Place Park built on top of it, shooting a modern photo from this perspective would be either challenging or impossible.
Mystery Photo: Winding on the Hoist Motor, Duluth, 1908
This image is from a postcard mailed 115 years ago today — April 26, 1908. The writing on the front of the card appears to refer to it as a “new style winding on the hoist motor” in use in Duluth. Perhaps engine experts and handwriting analysts can help correct or affirm this phrase and provide some description of what it means. (more…)
Selective Focus: Snowy and Sloppy Spring PDDs
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19 likes, 0 comments - john_heino_photography on April 13, 2023: "Rush Hour
Buy online with a credit card and a few clicks at https://johnheino.smugmug.com/The-Waterfalls/i-mZcMn2g/buy
#destinationduluth
#befromduluth
#coldisthenewcool
#destination_duluth
#perfectduluthday
#visitduluth
#waterfall
#waterfalls
#waterfallsofinstagram
#gooseberryfallsstatepark
#minnesota
#minnesota_captures
#captureminnesota
#exploreminnesota
#onlyinminnesota
@lakesuperiormagazine
#canonsubjectchallenge
#canonphotography
#fineartphotography".
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Select photos from Instagram spanning mid-March to mid-April 2023, all hashtagged with the name of a certain website. #perfectduluthday (more…)
Mystery Photo: Fire Department Captain
This mystery photo is another from the studio of the fiery ol’ Swede Lars Liden. Penned on the photo is something along the lines of “f. d. Capt. Axel Strom.”
It seems somewhat clear that the photo is of the captain of some fire department, and since the photo was shot in Duluth it is likely this captain represents Duluth or some municipality near Duluth. So, Axel Strom? Is that the name?
Postcard from West Duluth’s Riverview Motel
This undated postcard shows the Riverview Motel in West Duluth, which operated during the latter half of the 1900s and was replaced in the early 2000s by Westgate Townhomes. (more…)
Duluth & Iron Range No. 3 at Two Harbors circa the 1940s
Duluth & Iron Range Railroad locomotive No. 3, known as “Three Spot,” was built 140 years ago, in 1883, by Philadelphia-based Baldwin Locomotive Works. It has been on display at the D&IR Depot in Two Harbors since 1923 — a solid century. This photo is estimated to be from the 1940s. (more…)
Mystery Photo: Daughter of Duluth
There are times when Perfect Duluth Day’s Mystery Photo isn’t very mysterious. And this is one of those times. We know who is in the photo and much of her biography, but the photography studio is one we haven’t seen another image from. (more…)