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Bird's-Eye View of Manitowoc, Wisconsin

Date: 1868
Description: Bird's-eye map of Manitowoc, with four insets. Manitowoc County.
Postcard

Manitowoc, The Gateway between the East and the West

Date: 1905
Description: Bird's-eye view of Manitowoc on the shores of Lake Michigan. A map of the northeastern part of the United States at the top indicates Manitowoc's location ...
Photograph

Wisconsin Central Freight Cars

Date: 05 05 1897
Description: Elevated view of Wisconsin Central freight cars in a rural storage yard near Manitowoc.
Photograph

Manitowoc Railroad Yard

Date: 05 15 1897
Description: Elevated view of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway yards looking northwest. The elevator of the Northern Grain Company is in the middle distance.
Postcard

Dam in Two Rivers

Date: 1900
Description: View of a dam surrounded by autumnal trees. An industrial building is on the right. The scene is Shoto Falls, in the Town of Shoto, near Two Rivers. Captio...
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...
Photograph

Factories in Manitowoc

Date: 1935
Description: An aerial view of numerous Manitowoc factories/industries.
Photograph

Harbor Scene

Date: 1887
Description: Some of the Old-Timers in the photograph: Steamers: Petosky (on stocks), Muskegon, Corona, A.D. Hayward, City of St. Joe, Lotus, J.F. Dayan, Grace Willia...
Photograph

Manitowoc Shipyards

Date: 1930
Description: Elevated view of the shipyards with the Badger State cement plant in background.
Postcard

View from Riverview Park

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of Manitowoc from Riverview Park. A large boat is in the bend of the river. In the foreground is a railing and an extended overlook over the ...
Photograph

Pink Convent

Date: 1935
Description: The Pink Convent in St. Nazianz.
Photograph

Man on River near Oslo

Date: 1914
Description: Various views of places in Oslo. Text at bottom reads: "Stephenson Bros., Oslo, Manitowoc Co., Wis., U.S.A., 1914."
Photograph

Views of Oslo

Date: 1914
Description: Multiple views of Oslo. Some pictured are the woolen mill and the dam.
Photograph

Municipal Electric and Water Plant

Date: 1927
Description: View from a hill looking down on the plant which has several attached buildings, and a large chimney. To the right are railroad cars along the shoreline o...
Photograph

S.S. Hyacinth

Date: 
Description: Elevated view across river of the S.S. Hyacinth of the U.S. Lighthouse Service being repaired at the Manitowoc Ship Building Company dock. The Fr...
Photograph

Ice Skating on the Manitowoc River

Date: 1888
Description: Elevated view of a winter scene with a large group of people skating on the frozen Manitowoc River between the 8th and 10th Street bridges. A dog trots acr...
Photograph

Pere Marquette Ferry

Date: 06 1939
Description: Bridge on the Manitowoc River raised to allow the Pere Marquette car ferry through. River dredging equipment can be seen in the foreground.
Photograph

Manitowoc Seating Company

Date: 1900
Description: Engraved bird's-eye view of the wood shop, warehouse, machine shop, dry kilns, and foundry of the Manitowoc Seating Company. Several people pass in front o...
Photograph

Launching of Submarine USS "Peto"

Date: 05 10 1942
Description: USS "Peto" (SS-265), a Gato-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the peto, a sharp-nosed tropical fish of the mackerel family. "...
Print

William Rahr Sons' Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the William Rahr Sons' Company of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, "Maltsters and Roasters," with an elevated view of the company building on one side o...

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