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| Date: | 1985 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Duluth-Superior Bridge, officially named in honor of Richard I. Bong, World War II's Ace of Aces, who hailed from nearby Poplar, Wiscons... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Little Manitou Falls on the Black River. Referred to as the "upper falls" in the park. A person is sitting on the rocks on top of the falls. This waterfall... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of Big Manitou Falls on the Black River. This waterfall reportedly was called "Gitchee Monido" by the Ojibwa, which means "Falls of the Great S... |
| 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: | 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: | 07 06 1937 |
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| Description: | Dedication ceremony for the dam on the St. Croix River that is now part of the Gordon Dam County Park. Construction on this dam was begun as a WPA project... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Brule River in northern Wisconsin, flowing between a road and landscaped stone wall under a bridge and pedestrian walkway. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A one-story building is situated amongst young evergreens and surrounded by stone walls containing river raceways for spawning fish. A group of people are ... |
| Date: | 1891 |
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| Description: | Photograph of a painting by May Conniff Frost showing the tugboat Record of the Inman Line pulling a lake schooner through rough waters into Superio... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Two girls in a boat at the shoreline of the Black River. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Semi-panoramic view of rapids, water pouring near the dam of the Great Northern Paper Company. |
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| Description: | View of cars parked in the parking lot at Pattison State Park, near the entry gate and sign, which reads: "Pattison State Park, Manitou Falls — Height 165 ... |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | Before or after a Minnesota vs. Wisconsin Democrats softball game. Congressman David Obey holds up a concept rendering the future Richard I. Bong Memorial ... |
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| Description: | View across water towards two women posing standing on a rock in a river. Behind them are steep shorelines with trees and shrubs. |
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| Description: | The St. Croix Dam at Lake Gordon. Men are walking across the dam. |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Howard T. fishing from Gordon Dam on the St. Croix River. |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Ernest Copeland standing on a rock while fishing near Gordon Dam. He is wearing pajamas and a hat. |
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| Description: | View across water towards a cargo ship at dock in front of large grain elevators. |
| Date: | 08 1971 |
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| 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. |
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| Description: | View across water towards the cargo ship "Henry LaLiberte" sitting in a loading dock under a cargo crane. |
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