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Aerial Bridge, Entrance to Duluth-Superior Harbor

Date: 1913
Description: Aerial bridge and harbor, with a large boat passing underneath. A lamppost and a beacon are along the walkway towards the bridge on the left. Caption reads...
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Lighthouse, Superior, Wisconsin

Date: 1910
Description: View of the remnants of the Minnesota Point Lighthouse. Faint caption at bottom reads: "Lighthouse".
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Douglas County Historical Museum

Date: 1940
Description: A spinning wheel, chair, and other kitchen objects in the corner of a room. Caption reads: "Corner of Pioneer Kitchen, Douglas County Historical Museum, Su...
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Douglas County Historical Museum

Date: 1940
Description: Dipslay of Sioux Indian Relics. Caption reads: "Barry Room, Sioux Indian Relics, Douglas County Historical Museum, Superior, Wis."
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Chronicle Office

Date: 1855
Description: Chronicle newspaper office, the first building on the townsite of Superior, built in 1853 by William C. Howenstine, John T. Morgan, and August Zachau.
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Chapel of St. Joseph Orphan Home

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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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Roosevelt Terrace

Date: 1890
Description: Exterior view from across street of Roosevelt Terrace apartments.
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Rustic Bridge and Pleasure Drive

Date: 1913
Description: Colorized postcard of a wooden bridge over the Brule River flowing through the forest. A person is on the far side of the bridge. Caption reads: "Brule Riv...
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Moonlight on the Brule

Date: 1913
Description: Colorized postcard view of the Brule River flowing through the forest by moonlight. Some trees show autumn color. There is a campfire on the shore with thr...
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President's Dining Lodge on the Brule

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Description: Black and white postcard view of the President's Dining Lodge on the Brule River surrounded by trees. A bridge is on the left. Caption reads: "President's ...
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Summer White House on the Brule

Date: 1926
Description: Black and white postcard view of Cedar Island Lodge, located on the Brule River, owned by Henry Clay Pierce, businessman and financier. It was dubbed the S...
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Central High School

Date: 1915
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...
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Ore Docks

Date: 1904
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.
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Steamer Harry Wm. Hosford

Date: 1936
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...
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Scenic Old Mill

Date: 1950
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...
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Duluth and Superior Bridge

Date: 09 05 1906
Description: Text on front reads: "Duluth and Superior Bridge, in Length of Draw, Second in the World." Also called the Interstate Bridge, it was opened in July 1897. A...
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Greetings from Superior

Date: 07 20 1911
Description: Text on front reads: "Greetings from Superior." A scene of sheep grazing in a pasture backed by trees. The postcard is positioned inside a painted wooden f...
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Greetings from Superior

Date: 08 16 1946
Description: Text on front reads: "Greetings from Superior, Wis." Large Letter style postcard with a scene in the background of a fisherman on a Northern Wisconsin lake...
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C.ST.P.M. & O.R.R. Station

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "C.ST.P.M. & O.R.R. Station, Superior, Wis." A girl stands in the doorway of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway trai...
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Douglas County Historical Museum

Date: 1939
Description: Text on front reads: "Douglas County Historical Museum, A.A. Roth Memorial, Superior, Wis." This home housed the Douglas County Museum from 1939 to 1963. T...

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