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| Date: | 06 18 1940 |
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| Description: | Crowds standing in the street watching as a fire burns in the four story, brick Hotel Superior. People are being rescued with a ladder and others have esca... |
| Date: | 06 18 1940 |
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| Description: | A crowd of people view the aftermath of a fire that destroyed the four story brick Hotel Superior and a dozen stores and offices. Nine fire companies attem... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Great Northern Elevator, Superior, Wis." The steel and reinforced concrete grain elevator was built by the Great Northern Railroad in... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Postcard with two images. The top text reads: "Interstate Bridge, connecting Superior, Wis. and Duluth, Minn." The bottom text reads: "Superior Entry and S... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Arrowhead Bridge, Duluth-Superior Harbor. The bridge connected Superior, Wisconsin, with Duluth, Minnesota, over the St. Louis River.... |
| 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: | 09 05 1906 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Duluth and Superior Bridge, in Length of Draw, Second in the World." Also called the Interstate Bridge, it was opened in July 1897. A... |
| Date: | 07 20 1911 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Greetings from Superior." A scene of sheep grazing in a pasture backed by trees. The postcard is positioned inside a painted wooden f... |
| Date: | 08 16 1946 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Greetings from Superior, Wis." Large Letter style postcard with a scene in the background of a fisherman on a Northern Wisconsin lake... |
| Date: | 08 07 1942 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Big Manitou Falls, Ht. 165 Ft., Pattison State Park, Superior, Wis." The falls are on the Black River and surrounded by shrubs and ro... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Philadelphia and Reading Coal Docks, Superior, Wis." View across the water towards a cargo ship docked for loading or unloading. |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "C.ST.P.M. & O.R.R. Station, Superior, Wis." A girl stands in the doorway of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway trai... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Cathedral, Christ the King, Superior, Wis." The Cathedral of Christ the King is the Mother Church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Su... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Text on the front reads: "Douglas Co. Museum, Superior, Wis." This home housed the Douglas County Museum from 1939 to 1963. They were offered the home of t... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Douglas County Historical Museum, A.A. Roth Memorial, Superior, Wis." This home housed the Douglas County Museum from 1939 to 1963. T... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Palace Theatre, Superior, Wis." A brick theatre with many windows and ornate decorative elements on the exterior. A child is on the s... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Fishermans Shack, Wis Point, Superior Wis." A man peers around the corner of his tar paper covered fishing shack on Wisconsin Point. ... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Pattison Park, Superior, Wisconsin." On reverse: "Pattison State Park. 12 Miles from Superior, Wisc. on Hiway 35. Interfalls Lake is ... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Hammond Boulevard, Superior, Wis." A bird's-eye view of a tree and home lined boulevard in a neighborhood. A horse-drawn wagon is on ... |
| Date: | 09 25 1912 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Cor. Broadway and Tower Avenue, Looking North, Superior, Wis." The Grand Army of the Republic Arch spans the corner of Broadway and T... |
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