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Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye Map of Hurley

Date: 1886
Description: Bird's-eye map of Hurley with insets Mining at the Colby, Hurley in 1885, and North Front of Silver Street.
Print

Burton House

Date: 1885
Description: Burton House, (also referred to as the Ridge House by Edna Ferber in her novel, "Come and Get It") with horse-drawn carriages in the foreground.
Postcard

Iron County Court House

Date: 1905
Description: View across road toward the court house. Caption reads: "Court House, Hurley, Wis."
Photograph

Tunnel after Snowstorm

Date: 03 1899
Description: Winter scene of man wearing an overcoat and hat stands with a shovel at the far end of a snow tunnel shoveled through a tall snowbank.
Photograph

Women Hiding Faces During Raid

Date: 08 04 1942
Description: Three women hide their faces as they walk in front of State Agents after exiting their place of business during a sweeping raid on many Hurley area establi...
Photograph

Silver Street in Hurley by Daylight

Date: 1942
Description: View up Silver Street in Hurley.
Photograph

Silver Street in Hurley at Night

Date: 08 02 1942
Description: Elevated view of Silver Street in Hurley at 4:30 a.m., Sunday morning, showing busy street and all establishment's lights blazing. After the sweeping raid ...
Photograph

Cornerstone Celebration in Hurley

Date: 07 15 1906
Description: Elevated view from the south of a crowd gathered to witness and celebrate the laying of the cornerstone of the new St. Mary of the Seven Dolors Catholic Ch...
Photograph

Horse-Drawn Wagon on Silver Street

Date: 1908
Description: View from street of man seated on a horse-drawn wagon on Silver Street, which is parked in front of (from left to right) Joseph Rainieri Meat Market, Egan ...
Photograph

Alec Nelson and Family

Date: 
Description: Alec Nelson and his wife and two children pose in front of their house at 215 Lake Drive on Germania Hill.
Photograph

Main Street

Date: 1935
Description: View of Main Street from sidewalk. Across the street are buildings with signs that read from left to right "First National Bank," "Johns Hardware Paints St...
Photograph

Cabbage, Tobacco Plants, and Sweet Corn

Date: 09 27 1895
Description: A plot of land in front of a row of houses features cabbage in the foreground, ripe, four-foot tall Havana seed leaf tobacco plants in the center, and swee...
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Hurley

Date: 09 1891
Description: Sanborn map of Hurley, featuring the Village of Gile and the Montreal River Lumber Company.
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Hurley

Date: 1898
Description: Sanborn map of Hurley featuring the Village of Gile.
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Hurley

Date: 02 1898
Description: Sanborn map of Hurley featuring the Montreal Mining Company.
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Hurley

Date: 11 1905
Description: Sanborn map of Hurley including mining features.
Photograph

Horse-Drawn Vehicles

Date: 1903
Description: View towards vehicles in the street, including hearses, and horses from the Burton House Livery parked along the curb in front of storefronts. Men stand ho...
Map or Atlas

Topographical Map of Portion of Iron County, Wisconsin

Date: 1930
Description: This map shows schools, school districts, town sections, highways, railroads, and hydrography of the area around Hurley. The right margin includes and expl...
Postcard

Cary Mine Office and Machine Shop

Date: 
Description: View of the Cary Mine office building. Caption reads: "Cary Mine Office & Machine Shop, Hurley, Wis.
Postcard

Cary Mine

Date: 
Description: View of the Cary iron Mine. Railroad tracks are in the right foreground. Caption reads: "Cary Mine, Hurley, Wis."

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