Hibbing Minnesota Hull Rust Open Pit Iron Ore Mine Vintage Postcard 26668-image
Hibbing Minnesota Hull Rust Open Pit Iron Ore Mine Vintage Postcard 26668-image

Hibbing Minnesota Hull Rust Open Pit Iron Ore Mine Vintage Postcard 26668

$ 6.84

Modified Item: No Era: Linen (1930-1945) Postage Condition: Unposted Subject: Mining Original/Licensed Reprint: Original Number of Items in Set: 1 Material: Paper Unit of Sale: Single Unit Country: United States Theme: Cities & Towns, Community Life, Domestic & Family Life, Occupational, Transportation, Travel, Mining Region: Minnesota Vintage: Yes Type: Printed (Lithograph) City: Hibbing Continent: North America

Description

Hibbing Minnesota Hull Rust Open Pit Iron Ore Mine Vintage Postcard 26668. Hibbing Minnesota Hull Rust Open Pit Iron Ore Mine Vintage Postcard 26668 This postcard features a vivid depiction of the Hull-Rust Open Iron Mine near Duluth in Hibbing, Minnesota. In the foreground, an electric shovel loads ore into a line of thirty-yard side-dump railcars destined for a crushing plant. Billowing smoke from steam locomotives and the layered terrain emphasize the industrial scale of the mining operation. The back of the postcard includes a printed caption describing the scene and indicates it was published by Kreiman’s Lyceum News & Book Store in Duluth, Minnesota.

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