Postcard
Aerial View of Superior
Aerial view with docks in the foreground. Caption reads: "Superior, Wisconsin." |
Image ID: | 38235 |
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Creation Date: | circa 1960 |
Creator Name: | Gallagher's Studio of Photography, Duluth, Minnesota |
City: | Superior |
County: | Douglas |
State: | Wisconsin |
Collection Name: | Place File** |
Genre: | Postcard |
Original Format Type: | prints, photomechanical |
Original Format Number: | PF Superior.1 |
Original Dimensions: | 5.5 x 3.5 inches |
The caption on the back of the postcard reads: "This view shows the largest coal dock in the world. Total capacity 3,500,000 tons. In 1960, 18,571,569 gross tons of iron ore were shipped from Superior. The Great Northern Docks are the largest in America. Grain elevators load the foreign vessels with grain to be shipped to European ports." |
Trees |
Cities and towns |
Aerial photographs |
Landforms |
Charcoal industry |
Metal industry |
Grain elevators |
Inland water transportation |
Piers |
Shorelines |
Superior, Lake |
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Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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