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Street Parade Rig

Date: 1870
Description: Street parade rig, apparently to agitate against delays in construction of a railroad to connect Manitowoc to the west. In the background is a store owned ...
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Cars at the Lake Michigan Ferry

Date: 07 08 1941
Description: A boy rides his bike as if leading a fleet of cars, with the Lake Michigan ferry blowing smoke in the background.
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Ice Skating on the Manitowoc River

Date: 1888
Description: Elevated view of a winter scene with a large group of people skating on the frozen Manitowoc River between the 8th and 10th Street bridges. A dog trots acr...
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Manitowoc County Fairgrounds

Date: 1909
Description: Elevated view of the fairgrounds during the fair. A food vendor is in the foreground and a crowd is gathered there. Caption reads: "View of the Manitowoc C...
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Bathing Beach

Date: 1934
Description: View of a Lake Michigan beach. Three girls are sitting on the sand in the foreground. In the background people are in the water. A steamer is on the horizo...
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Silver Lake Resort and Picnic Grounds

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Description: View of Silver Lake Resort (from the lake). Several people are in rowboats, and some of the people have fishing poles. Cottages are among the trees in the ...
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Parade Day

Date: 1933
Description: Two milk wagons from Smazel's Guernsey Dairy draw the attention of children in the street and bystanders on the sidewalk during a parade traveling east on ...
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Camp Kiwanis

Date: 1933
Description: Group portrait of Kiwanis Club members and several boys assembled in front of the Camp Kiwanis cabin in Lincoln Park. The boys may be part of Boy Scout Tro...

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