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| Date: | 09 19 1892 |
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| Description: | Captain Alexander McDougall's whaleback passenger steamer "Christopher Columbus" under construction in the shipyard of the American Steel Barge Company in ... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of Superior. "The New Steel Center." |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Superior, Wisconsin, and Duluth, Minnesota on opposite shore of Lake Superior. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Aerial bridge and harbor, with a large boat passing underneath. A lamppost and a beacon are along the walkway towards the bridge on the left. Caption reads... |
| 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: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Large white building with facade details and bell tower. |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of St. Croix Lake. In the foreground is a boy sitting in the grass looking at the view. |
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| Description: | View of Lake Nebagamon from across a fenced-in garden. Automobiles are parked along the lakeside road. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Elevated view towards a woman posing on a spit of land jutting into a lake, seen through birch trees in the spring. Caption reads: "Spring comes suddenly t... |
| Date: | 02 1957 |
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| Description: | Snowshoe tracks crossing a fresh snowfall in Pattison State Park. The tracks disappear around a curve into the trees. |
| Date: | 03 23 1915 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Steamship William E. Corey, entering Duluth and Superior Harbor, Wis." A steamship entering the harbor under the Aerial Lift Bridge, ... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Superior, Wisconsin." On reverse: "Harry Wm. Hosford. This view was taken from the Arrowhead Bridge. It just unloaded its cargo of co... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Scene on St. Louis River, Superior, Wis." Elevated view of the St. Louis River emptying into an fresh water estuary on its way to Lak... |
| 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... |
| Date: | 07 30 1952 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "G-1–Ore Boat Leaving Duluth-Superior Harbor, Lift Bridge Raised. Giant lake freighters leave Duluth-Superior Harbor, the world's la... |
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