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| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View of Tower Avenue at 13th Street. A furniture store and a hotel are along the left side of the street. Caption reads: "Tower Avenue at 13th Street, Supe... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View from sidewalk looking across Tower Avenue. A theater is in the right foreground, a furniture store is located on the left side of the street and a sho... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Young Men's Christian Association building on a street corner. Caption reads: "Y. M. C. A. Superior, Wis." |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "State Normal School, Superior, Wis." |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Exterior view across street towards a high school. Caption reads: "High School, Superior, Wis." |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Douglas County Courthouse. Caption reads: "Court House, Superior, Wis." |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the St. Joseph Orphanage, with lion statues at the entrance. Caption reads: "St. Joseph Orphanage, Superior, Wis." |
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| Description: | Interior view looking toward the altar. Caption reads: "Chapel of St. Joseph Orphan Home, Superior, Wis." |
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| Description: | Side altar in the chapel at St. Joseph Orphan Home. A large angel statue is on the right and a statue of the Virgin Mary is central. |
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| Description: | A side altar in the chapel at St. Joseph Orphan Home. A large angel statue is on the left with several saints as the central image. |
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| Description: | The main altar in the chapel at St. Joseph Orphan Home. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Central High School, Superior, Wis." The school was built in 1909 of brick in the Neoclassical style. In 1928, President Coolidge use... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Ore Docks, Superior, Wis." Elevated view of an ore carrying ship that is within the ore docks on Lake Superior. |
| Date: | 03 23 1915 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Steamship William E. Corey, entering Duluth and Superior Harbor, Wis." A steamship entering the harbor under the Aerial Lift Bridge, ... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Superior, Wisconsin." On reverse: "Harry Wm. Hosford. This view was taken from the Arrowhead Bridge. It just unloaded its cargo of co... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "On Highway 13. Scenic Old Mill. This picturesque windmill is seen along the beautiful South Shore Drive, Hiway [number struck out w... |
| Date: | 06 16 1940 |
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| Description: | A crowd of people view the aftermath of a fire that destroyed the four story brick Hotel Superior and a dozen stores and offices. Nine fire companies attem... |
| Date: | 06 1940 |
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| Description: | Crowds stand in the street watching as a fire burns in the four story, brick Hotel Superior. Automobiles are parked at the curb and more people are walking... |
| Date: | 06 18 1940 |
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| Description: | A crowd of people are standing in the street watching as a fire burns in the four story, brick Hotel Superior and a dozen stores and offices. Nine fire com... |
| Date: | 06 18 1940 |
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| Description: | Crowds standing in the street watching as a fire burns in the four story, brick Hotel Superior. People are being rescued with a ladder and others have esca... |
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