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| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Street parade rig, apparently to agitate against delays in construction of a railroad to connect Manitowoc to the west. In the background is a store owned ... |
| Date: | 04 20 1888 |
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| Description: | The launching of the screw passenger and freight vessel, "Petoskey," on April 20, 1888 at Burger and Burger Builders, Manitowoc, Wisconsin. |
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| Description: | Manitowoc and Two Rivers Railway streetcar full of passengers. |
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| Description: | Pilot Louis Kakuk, manager of the Manitowoc Airport, with his Waco airplane. Kakuk's career followed a typical pattern for aviators, moving from the freewh... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of the city of Manitowoc with a population of 5,168 inhabitants as it appears in 1870, the year the village was granted a city charter by t... |
| Date: | 05 05 1897 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Wisconsin Central freight cars in a rural storage yard near Manitowoc. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | A single passenger awaits the arrival of a train at the Valders station. The train, which is a mixed local on the Manitowoc line, is being pulled by Minnea... |
| Date: | 07 08 1941 |
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| Description: | A boy rides his bike as if leading a fleet of cars, with the Lake Michigan ferry blowing smoke in the background. |
| Date: | 05 15 1897 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway yards looking northwest. The elevator of the Northern Grain Company is in the middle distance. |
| Date: | 12 23 1895 |
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| Description: | Horse-drawn implement makes a cut at a crossing where the tunnel will be made for the Wisconsin Central Railway. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Schooner coming into Manitowoc harbor. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of homes alongside a road in Hika (also known as Centerville). Handwritten on two of the buildings on the right are: "Ma's house." and "Louis... |
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| Description: | Collage of views from Kellnersville. Caption reads: "Views of Kellnersville, Wis." |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Schwartz house exterior with a car parked under the carport. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Schwartz house exterior with a pickup truck parked next to it. |
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| Description: | View down curving road along shoreline toward a bridge. Caption reads: "Two Rivers - The Coolest Spot in Wis." |
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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... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Free Public Library with a woman, children, and a dog on its front lawn. Caption reads: "Free Public Library, Two Rivers, Wis." |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | View up street with a large building on the corner on the right, and church buildings further down the street. Caption reads: "View up South Eigth Street f... |
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