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Painting

Gems of Wisconsin's Beauty

Date: 1910
Description: Watercolor design for a conservation poster made by a Wisconsin high school student as part of a competition. The poster has an image of birch trees on the...
Painting

Conserve Wisconsin's Rugged Beauty

Date: 1910
Description: Watercolor design for a conservation poster made by a Wisconsin high school student as part of a competition. The poster has an image of pine trees in silh...
Photograph

The Dionne Quintuplets in Superior

Date: 1943
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...
Map or Atlas

Superior : There's More to Our Shore!

Date: 1990
Description: This map shows the Minnesota Point, Wisconsin Point, Hog Island, Baker's Island, Connors Point, Blatnik Bridge, Superior Bay, Allouez Bay, the Nemadji Rive...
Photograph

Superior Refinery

Date: 
Description: View over parked cars towards the Superior Refinery, which did business as Murphy Oil Corporation at another time. The oil refinery was located at Stinson ...
Photograph

Superior Refinery

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Description: View across field towards the Superior Refinery, which operated under the name Murphy Oil Corporation at another time.
Map or Atlas

Map of the Bay of Superior

Date: 1873
Description: This blueprint map shows water depths by soundings and isolines. To the top left is Duluth, Minnesota. To the bottom right is Superior City, Wisconsin. The...
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of Superior, Traveled Streets

Date: 1966
Description: This blue line print shows existing and proposed streets, docks, company-owned land, railroads and railroad yards, parks, and municipal airport.
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Superior

Date: 1892
Description: A Sanborn map of St. Louis, which is six miles southwest of South Superior.
Photograph

Grain Elevators on Lake Superior

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Description: View across water towards a cargo ship at dock in front of large grain elevators.
Photograph

Ore Dock

Date: 08 1971
Description: Aerial view of an ore dock next to Hog Island. The town is in the distance. In the far background are the white storage buildings of the oil refinery.
Photograph

Cargo Ship "Henry LaLiberte"

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Description: View across water towards the cargo ship "Henry LaLiberte" sitting in a loading dock under a cargo crane.
Photograph

President McKinley at West Superior

Date: 1899
Description: Stereograph of President McKinley speaking to a large crowd from a stage decorated with bunting. In the background are buildings and train cars. Caption re...
Photograph

Tower Avenue

Date: 07 04 1889
Description: Elevated view looking south along unpaved Tower Avenue of storefronts, American flags are flying from a number of the commercial buildings.
Photograph

Dionne Quintuplets Ship Launch

Date: 05 09 1943
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...
Photograph

Spotlight on Fury

Date: 1956
Description: A sunbeam highlights a torrent of water, below the the falls, on the Amnicon River during the spring thaw.
Photograph

Chippewas

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Description: Three men, probably Chippewa, at Wisconsin Point. Text on back reads: "Just a family group, Wis. Point, Superior."
Photograph

Pattison Park

Date: 02 1962
Description: Two children breaking a trail through new snow at a park. Trees are in the background and on the right.
Photograph

Out of Season

Date: 1976
Description: A boy is riding his bicycle on the ice. A field and a line of trees are along the shoreline in the background.
Photograph

Boys Playing Hockey

Date: 1979
Description: Two boys playing hockey on a skating rink.

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