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| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | View of Tower Avenue, looking north. A drugstore is on the corner (right), as well as an auto parts store. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A spinning wheel, chair, and other kitchen objects in the corner of a room. Caption reads: "Corner of Pioneer Kitchen, Douglas County Historical Museum, Su... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Dipslay of Sioux Indian Relics. Caption reads: "Barry Room, Sioux Indian Relics, Douglas County Historical Museum, Superior, Wis." |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Butler home. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View of the Arrowhead Bridge at the Duluth-Superior Harbor. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Big Manitou Falls on the Black River. It is referred to as the "lower falls" in the park. This 165-foot waterfall is recognized as the highest in the state... |
| Date: | 08 1947 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Tyomies Publishing Company building. The 6th Street Cafe is next door on the left. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | This ward map shows streets, the Nemadji River, and addition and division boundaries. Also included is a list of members of the Douglas County Board town, ... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | The five Dionne quintuplet girls, their sister and parents standing at the end of the observation car occupied by the Dionne party. They were in Superior t... |
| Date: | 05 09 1943 |
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| Description: | Composite photograph of the Dionne Quintuplets and the five ships they launched at the Walter Shipbuilding Company. An inset of Yvonne, Annette, Émilie, Cé... |
| Date: | 06 16 1940 |
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| Description: | A crowd of people view the aftermath of a fire that destroyed the four story brick Hotel Superior and a dozen stores and offices. Nine fire companies attem... |
| Date: | 06 1940 |
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| Description: | Crowds stand in the street watching as a fire burns in the four story, brick Hotel Superior. Automobiles are parked at the curb and more people are walking... |
| Date: | 06 18 1940 |
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| Description: | A crowd of people are standing in the street watching as a fire burns in the four story, brick Hotel Superior and a dozen stores and offices. Nine fire com... |
| Date: | 06 18 1940 |
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| Description: | Crowds standing in the street watching as a fire burns in the four story, brick Hotel Superior. People are being rescued with a ladder and others have esca... |
| Date: | 06 18 1940 |
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| Description: | A crowd of people view the aftermath of a fire that destroyed the four story brick Hotel Superior and a dozen stores and offices. Nine fire companies attem... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Arrowhead Bridge, Duluth-Superior Harbor. The bridge connected Superior, Wisconsin, with Duluth, Minnesota, over the St. Louis River.... |
| Date: | 08 16 1946 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Greetings from Superior, Wis." Large Letter style postcard with a scene in the background of a fisherman on a Northern Wisconsin lake... |
| Date: | 08 07 1942 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Big Manitou Falls, Ht. 165 Ft., Pattison State Park, Superior, Wis." The falls are on the Black River and surrounded by shrubs and ro... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Billings Park, Superior, Wis." A city park on the St. Louis River, a freshwater estuary. Small islands with several bridges are surro... |
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