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Tower Avenue in Superior

Date: 1945
Description: View of Tower Avenue, looking north. A drugstore is on the corner (right), as well as an auto parts store.
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Bong P-38 Memorial

Date: 1950
Description: An early view of the Richard Ira Bong Memorial - a P-38, although not a plane that Bong himself flew. The plane was acquired from the Air Force by the loca...
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Brule River Monument

Date: 1930
Description: View of bridge and Brule River monument. Placed where the Brule River is crossed by the Memorial Highway from Superior to Brule and Ashland (Highway 2).
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Aerial Bridge, Entrance to Duluth-Superior Harbor

Date: 1913
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...
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U.S. Courthouse and Post Office

Date: 1937
Description: Exterior view across street toward the Courthouse and Post Office. Caption reads: "U.S. Courthouse and Post Office, Superior, Wis."
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Tower Avenue

Date: 1920
Description: View of Tower Avenue at 13th Street. A furniture store and a hotel are along the left side of the street. Caption reads: "Tower Avenue at 13th Street, Supe...
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Tower Avenue

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of Tower Avenue. Caption reads: "Tower Avenue, Superior, Wis."
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Tower Avenue

Date: 1920
Description: View from sidewalk looking across Tower Avenue. A theater is in the right foreground, a furniture store is located on the left side of the street and a sho...
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Superior Hotel

Date: 1909
Description: View across street toward the Superior Hotel on a street corner. Caption reads: "Superior Hotel, Superior, Wis."
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Stockade and Blockhouse Replica

Date: 1960
Description: View of a stockade and blockhouse replica built on the site of the original stockade erected in 1862 during a small Sioux Indian uprising in nearby Minneso...
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State Teachers' College

Date: 1929
Description: Exterior view of the main building of the Superior State Teachers' College.
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Elevated View of Harbor

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of the harbor. Caption reads: "The Harbor, Superior, Wis."
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State College Dormitory

Date: 1910
Description: View from road toward the dormitory. Caption reads: "Dormitory at State Normal, Superior, Wis."
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State College, Superior, Wisconsin

Date: 1950
Description: Exterior view of the Wisconsin State College.
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State Normal School

Date: 1905
Description: Caption reads: "State Normal School, Superior, Wis." Shrubs in front have been shaped into the letters: "NORMAL".
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State Normal School

Date: 1905
Description: Caption reads: "State Normal School, Superior, Wis."
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Roy Storage Building

Date: 1933
Description: View of a Vincent Roy storage building, with a man standing to the right of the structure.
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Roy Trading Post

Date: 1930
Description: Exterior view of the Roy trading post, built in about 1857.
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Public Library

Date: 1918
Description: View towards the front and right side of the library. Caption reads: "Public Library Superior, Wis."
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Lighthouse, Superior, Wisconsin

Date: 1910
Description: View of the remnants of the Minnesota Point Lighthouse. Faint caption at bottom reads: "Lighthouse".

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