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Bird's-Eye View of Superior

Date: 1883
Description: Bird's-eye map of Superior, county seat of Douglas County, on the shores of Lake Superior, with insets of points of interest.
Photograph

State Teachers' College

Date: 1929
Description: Exterior view of the main building of the Superior State Teachers' College.
Postcard

State Normal School

Date: 1905
Description: Caption reads: "State Normal School, Superior, Wis."
Postcard

Public Library

Date: 1918
Description: View towards the front and right side of the library. Caption reads: "Public Library Superior, Wis."
Postcard

The Old Standby

Date: 1930
Description: Caption reads: "'The Old Standby' First Lighthouse Built at the Head of Lake Superior—Superior Entry — 1854 Keepers, Com. Saxton and Samuel Palmer."
Photograph

Lighthouse, Superior, Wisconsin

Date: 1910
Description: View of the remnants of the Minnesota Point Lighthouse. Faint caption at bottom reads: "Lighthouse".
Postcard

Lighthouse, Superior, Wisconsin

Date: 1907
Description: Caption reads: "Old Light House, Wisconsin Point, Superior, Wis."
Photograph

Douglas County Museum

Date: 1939
Description: Exterior view of the Douglas County Museum, also known as the A.A. Roth Memorial. The museum was housed here from 1939 to 1963.
Photograph

Douglas County Historical Society Museum

Date: 1939
Description: Exterior view of the Douglas County Historical Society Museum, also known as the A.A. Roth Memorial. The museum was located here from 1939 until 1963.
Postcard

Douglas County Courthouse

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior view of the Douglas County Courthouse. Caption reads: "Court House, Superior, Wis."
Photograph

Davidson Feed Mill

Date: 1930
Description: View of the Davidson Feed Mill near the Amnicon River.
Photograph

City Hall

Date: 1934
Description: Exterior view of City Hall on 10th and Hammond Avenue.
Postcard

St. Joseph Orphanage

Date: 
Description: Exterior view of the St. Joseph Orphanage, with lion statues at the entrance. Caption reads: "St. Joseph Orphanage, Superior, Wis."
Photograph

City View, Superior, Arizona

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of the city with a smokestack in the distance.
Photograph

Pattison State Park

Date: 01 31 1936
Description: View across snow towards a concession building on the left and a parked truck on the right. Caption on back reads: "Concession building is at the left. The...
Photograph

Pattison State Park

Date: 01 31 1936
Description: View across snow towards concession building with an automobile parked in front near the porch. There is a Hamm's Beer sign hanging off the roof. Annotatio...
Photograph

Tower Avenue

Date: 07 04 1889
Description: Elevated view looking south along unpaved Tower Avenue of storefronts, American flags are flying from a number of the commercial buildings.
Postcard

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...
Postcard

Cathedral of Christ the King

Date: 1930
Description: Text on front reads: "Cathedral, Christ the King, Superior, Wis." The Cathedral of Christ the King is the Mother Church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Su...
Postcard

Douglas County Museum

Date: 1939
Description: Text on the front reads: "Douglas Co. Museum, Superior, Wis." This home housed the Douglas County Museum from 1939 to 1963. They were offered the home of t...

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