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| Date: | 04 1893 |
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| Description: | Launching Captain Abe McDougall's whaleback boat, "Christopher Columbus", from the American Steel Barge Company dock. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | President Calvin Coolidge fishing at Cedar Island Lodge, rustic lodge of Henry C. Pierce, 35 miles from Superior, Wisconsin, on the Brule River. This lodge... |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Text at bottom reads: "McDougal [sic] Whaleback. [manufactured at] West Superior, Wis." The steamer is under construction in the American Steel Barge Compa... |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Whaleback steamer under construction in the American Steel Barge Company shipyard in Superior, Wisconsin. Text at bottom of card reads: "McDougall Passenge... |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Captian Alex McDougall's passenger whaleback steamer the "Christopher Columbus" being built in the shipyard of the American Steel Barge Company. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Tower Avenue. Caption reads: "Tower Avenue, Superior, Wis." |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Exterior view across street towards a high school. Caption reads: "High School, Superior, Wis." |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Exterior view across street towards the Federal Building. Caption reads: "Federal Building, Superior, Wis." |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Douglas County Courthouse. Caption reads: "Court House, Superior, Wis." |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Central High School. Caption reads: "Central High School, Superior, Wis." |
| 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: | 1961 |
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| Description: | Ida Banon Relles and son George at George's Bar Mitzvah, Superior Hebrew Congregation. |
| Date: | 11 1952 |
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| Description: | John Lavine (left), Nancy Jane Nelson, Virginia Rafshol, and Gary Berger indicate their support for the presidential candidacy of Dwight D. Eisenhower. As ... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Black and white postcard view of Cedar Island Lodge, located on the Brule River, owned by Henry Clay Pierce, businessman and financier. It was dubbed the S... |
| Date: | 06 1992 |
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| Description: | During the 1990s Congressman David R. Obey, a leading proponent of health care reform, held numerous forums on the subject in his northern Wisconsin distri... |
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| Description: | Walter (Fritz) Mondale and David Obey have a conversation at the Better Way Club. |
| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | This ward map shows streets, the Nemadji River, and addition and division boundaries. Also included is a list of members of the Douglas County Board town, ... |
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