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| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Avery House, with groups of people gathered on its porches and balcony. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Ashton home, built in about 1853 or 1854. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View of the Arrowhead Bridge at the Duluth-Superior Harbor. |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | View taken from below of the Interstate Highway I-535 bridge during construction. |
| Date: | 09 21 1933 |
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| Description: | Employees of Anderson & Sons, a Minneapolis construction company, surfacing and curing USH 53 in Douglas County. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Automobiles parked outside the Poplar Tourist Court. |
| 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: | 1960 |
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| Description: | A windmill built as a co-operative enterprise by area Finnish settlers about 1910 and now preserved as a tourist attraction. The windmill is located about ... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | View of the Bong Memorial, dedicated to the memory of World War II air ace Major Richard I. Bong. This P-38 is the type of plane he piloted when he shot do... |
| 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... |
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| Description: | View across street toward the Hotel Tarmo, a boarding house. Caption reads: "1402 North Third St., Tarmo Boarding House, Superior, Wis." |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the St. Joseph Orphanage, with lion statues at the entrance. Caption reads: "St. Joseph Orphanage, Superior, Wis." |
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| Description: | Interior view looking toward the altar. Caption reads: "Chapel of St. Joseph Orphan Home, Superior, Wis." |
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| Description: | Side altar in the chapel at St. Joseph Orphan Home. A large angel statue is on the right and a statue of the Virgin Mary is central. |
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| Description: | A side altar in the chapel at St. Joseph Orphan Home. A large angel statue is on the left with several saints as the central image. |
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| Description: | The main altar in the chapel at St. Joseph Orphan Home. |
| 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: | 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: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Rabbi Mayer Relles after performing a wedding. |
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