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Berner's Ice Cream Parlor

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Description: View across road towards E.C. Berner's Ice Cream Parlor, where the first ice cream sundae is said to have been made in 1881. A woman is standing behind the...
Postcard

St. John's Lutheran Church and School

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior view of church and school. Caption reads: "St. John's Lutheran Church and School, Two Rivers, Wis."
Postcard

Coal Docks

Date: 1900
Description: View from shoreline towards the coal docks on the right, with several ships in the harbor. Caption reads: "Coal Docks, Capacity 100,000 Tons, Two Rivers, W...
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Joseph Mann Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the Joseph Mann Public Library, showing the south half of the reading room. The building opened in 1914. Land was funded by a $1000 donati...
Photograph

Polishing Aluminum

Date: 1905
Description: Women polishing aluminum items with belt-driven polishing machinery at Manitowoc Aluminum Novelty Co.
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Casting Aluminum

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Description: Two men casting molten aluminum into slabs by hand at the Mirro Aluminum Company.
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Rolling Aluminum

Date: 1923
Description: Men rolling aluminum by hand at the Mirro Aluminum Company.
Print

Bobbie Ale, Beer Label

Date: 1940
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Bobbie Ale, 'Nips' Wisconsin Pioneer Ale, Two Rivers Beverage Co." At the center of ...
Postcard

Life Saving Crew Entering Boat

Date: 1908
Description: Group of men on a life saving crew launching a rowboat into Lake Michigan. A long pier with a lighthouse at the end bisects the horizon. Caption reads: "Li...
Photograph

Captain George E. Sogge

Date: 1911
Description: Waist-up portrait of Captain George Sogge of the Two Rivers Life Saving Station in uniform. His cap bears a U.S. Life Saving Service insignia.
Map or Atlas

Two Rivers Wisconsin Rodgers Street Fishing Area Existing Land Use

Date: 1964
Description: This map of Two Rivers shows the Rodgers street fishing area and land use. The map features a legend on the right of the types of land use. The map also sh...
Photograph

Four Men at Point Beach State Forest

Date: 06 1958
Description: These four men from Wisconsin's Forests and Parks Department will retire in July 1958. C.L. (Neal) Harrington is second from the right.

A new retirement ...

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Two Rivers Harbor Entrance

Date: 01 08 1958
Description: View of Two Rivers Harbor from shoreline towards Lake Michigan. Snow is on the ground, and a fence made of thick posts and cable is along the shoreline on ...
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Migrant Children's First Communion

Date: 1954
Description: Catholic clergymen and nuns pose with a group of migrant children on the event of their first communion.

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