Date: | 04 1893 |
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Description: | Launching Captain Abe McDougall's whaleback boat, "Christopher Columbus", from the American Steel Barge Company dock. |
Date: | 1890 |
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Description: | Bird's-eye map of West Superior and Superior, with insets of Wright Farm and First Building in Superior. |
Date: | 1885 |
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Description: | Illustrated view of Superior, as well as Omaha, Kansas City, St. Paul, and Winnipeg. Caption reads: "Superior - The Last Possible Great Marine City in the ... |
Date: | 1889 |
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Description: | View of Superior, with a large group of men posting in a road in the foreground, and various buildings behind them. |
Date: | 1885 |
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Description: | Collage of images featuring a view of the Nicollet House, a view down a main street, and portrait photographs of O.K. Hall, James Kane, and August Zachau. |
Date: | 1890 |
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Description: | Elevated view of the coke ovens at the Lehigh Coal and Iron Company. A group of men are posing in the foreground. |
Date: | 1855 |
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Description: | Chronicle newspaper office, the first building on the townsite of Superior, built in 1853 by William C. Howenstine, John T. Morgan, and August Zachau. |
Date: | 1880 |
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Description: | Exterior view of the Avery House, with groups of people gathered on its porches and balcony. |
Date: | 1890 |
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Description: | Big Manitou Falls on the Black River. This waterfall reportedly was called "Gitchee Monido" by the Ojibwa, which means "Falls of the Great Spirit." |
Date: | 08 28 1862 |
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Description: | A Commissioner's Notice of the draft, beginning on the first of September. On the first two days, claims of exemption from military service were to be hear... |
Date: | 08 31 1862 |
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Description: | Photograph of a printed broadside, Public Order No. 1., issued by The Committee of Safety. The first order appears to be addressing some kind of dangerous ... |
Date: | 1890 |
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Description: | This map of Superior shows labeled streets, railroads, docks, city wards, and the state line. Relief is shown by hachures. Below the title reads: "Bedford ... |
Date: | 1890 |
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Description: | This map of Superior shows city wards, bays, docks, some businesses and points of interest. Relief is shown by hachures. The back of the map features a typ... |
Date: | 1898 |
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Description: | This map of Superior shows city wards, bays, docks, and some businesses and points of interest. Relief is shown by hachures. The map probably came from a C... |
Date: | 1860 |
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Description: | This map of Superior is oriented with north to the upper left. Relief is shown by hachures and water depths are shown by soundings. Lake Superior and bays ... |
Date: | 1889 |
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Description: | Elevated view of group gathered and posed on a new street. Behind the group is a large pile of lumber, wooden sidewalks, and what appear to be newly-constr... |
Date: | 1891 |
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Description: | This colorful map shows additions, railroads, docks, streets, established dock lines, marshes, and proposed belt line railroad. The map covers west and sou... |
Date: | 07 04 1889 |
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Description: | Elevated view looking south along unpaved Tower Avenue of storefronts, American flags are flying from a number of the commercial buildings. |
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