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| 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 10 1942 |
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| 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. "... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | A map of Manitowoc County that shows the location and dates of seven pig fairs in the county; it also lists monthly pig and cattle sales in the surrounding... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Map features a legend with symbols of points of interest. The symbols are in red. The back of the map has text on "Points of Interest and Information". |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | View of the Julius J. Wergin Company's decorating crew painting the ceiling while standing on scaffolding high above the New Opera House floor. Paint cans,... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | View of the main ballroom of the New Opera House following remodeling. Wreathed cupids and decorative scrollwork embellish the tiered boxes, ceiling and wa... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the rear of the New Opera House at 411 N. 8th Street following remodeling, with its ornately decorated walls, tiered boxes and projecting ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A man is standing and looking at the door of the boathouse on the beach near the Twin River (Rawley) Point Lighthouse. The boathouse has stone sides and a ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A log gate and log-framed sign mark the entrance to the Twin River (Rawley) Point lighthouse. The keeper's house is next to the light and has a turret and ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Nine unidentified men and women on horseback are posing in front of the lodge at Point Beach State Forest. A young girl wearing a swimming suit is sitting ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | An unidentified woman is posing sitting on the sand and looking toward Lake Michigan. The newly built shelter house, with its large windowed bay and massiv... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A view of the dining room in the shelter house at Point Beach State Forest. There are sturdy log picnic tables set with glasses, silverware and tablecloths... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A view of the dining room at Point Beach State Forest. Tables are arranged in a "U" formation and are set with silverware, glasses and tablecloths. The rus... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | View across street towards the Glander Building, built by photographer John A. Glander, on the northeast corner of S. 9th and Washington Streets. The Gland... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | View down sidewalk along Washington Street facing east. Excavation is going on between S. 8th and S. 9th Streets. A crew is mixing concrete and doing work ... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Crews of the Vinton Construction Co. are laying a 20 foot wide concrete slab in front of the northeast corner of Washington and S. 9th Streets. A truck is ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Waist-up studio portrait of John August Glander at 53 years of age, founder and owner of the Glander Art Studio from 1908-1953. He is holding a cigar. Cons... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the central post office in Manitowoc. Caption reads: "Post Office, Manitowoc, Wis." |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Three views of Manitowoc Schools: Washington Junior High, Lincoln High, Woodrow Wilson Junior High. Caption at top reads: "High Schools of Manitowoc, Wis." |
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