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

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

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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