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Gogebic Range Miners

Date: 1886
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the Gogebic Range iron miners.
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Little Finland Cabins

Date: 07 1947
Description: Exterior view of Little Finland Cabins featuring a steam bath. There is a large woodpile at one side of the building.
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Pence Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Gus Savera built his service garage along Highway 77 in the mid-1940s. It was constructed out of cinder blocks and featured bright blue trim.
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Movie Set Construction

Date: 09 18 1961
Description: Several men constructinbg a movie set in a small, downtown area.
Photograph

Women in Iron County Jail

Date: 08 05 1942
Description: Four women in an Iron County Jail cell after a sweeping raid on many Hurley area establishments. One woman is thumbing her nose at the camera. The arrest w...
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Woman Being Led Out of a Hurley Area Establishment

Date: 08 04 1942
Description: A woman is led out by a State Agent during a sweeping raid on many Hurley area establishments. The arrest warrants were for gambling and prostitution. The ...
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Women in Iron County Jail

Date: 08 05 1942
Description: Five women in an Iron County Jail cell after a sweeping raid on many Hurley area establishments. The arrest warrants were for gambling and prostitution.
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Mine Shaft #1 and Miners

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Description: Group portrait of miners posing by #1 shaft just north of "G" Pabst. The man on the far left is Joe Iafolla.
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Mining Company Blacksmiths

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Description: The blacksmiths of the mining company pose in their shop with the tools of their trade. The man on the right holding a sledgehammer is probably Dave Endriz...
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Logging Camp

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Description: A group of people, presumably loggers and camp employees, pose with horses at a logging camp. A muddy puddle is in the foreground, and behind the group are...
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Group in front of Boarding House

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Description: A group of people pose in front of a boarding house. One man on the right is holding up a small child. There is a large pile of lumber or fuelwood next to ...
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Charcoal Kilns

Date: 09 27 1895
Description: Elevated view of men and horses standing atop the platform used to load wood into charcoal kilns, also known as pits. These kilns convert cord wood into ch...
Map or Atlas

Map of Iron County, Wisconsin

Date: 1896
Description: A map of Iron County, Wisconsin, shows vacant Wisconsin Central Rail Road lands, settlers houses, land sold by Wisconsin Central R.R., schools, churches, s...
Map or Atlas

Map of Iron County, Wisconsin

Date: 1898
Description: A map of Iron County, Wisconsin, shows vacant Wisconsin Central Rail Road lands, settlers houses, land sold by Wisconsin Central R.R., schools, churches, s...
Map or Atlas

Timber and Farm Lands of Ashland

Date: 
Description: Map of northern Iron County, Wisconsin, shows town sections and railroads in the towns of Saxon, Kimball, and Gurney. It also includes the area of the La P...
Map or Atlas

Maps of Trude Lake

Date: 1925
Description: Shows buildings, piers, winter and summer levels, and resort lands. Depths shown by isolines. Relief shown by contours. From the E.P. Sherry papers relatin...
Photograph

Mine and Workers

Date: 
Description: Group portrait of workers posing outside a mine, probably in Hurley, Wisconsin. Three young boys stand behind the group among stacks of logs.
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Hurley

Date: 09 1891
Description: Sanborn map of Hurley, featuring the Village of Gile and the Montreal River Lumber Company.
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Hurley

Date: 1898
Description: Sanborn map of Hurley featuring the Village of Gile.
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Hurley

Date: 02 1898
Description: Sanborn map of Hurley featuring the Montreal Mining Company.

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