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Tower Avenue

Date: 1920
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...
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Tower Avenue

Date: 1920
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...
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Superior Hotel

Date: 1909
Description: View across street toward the Superior Hotel on a street corner. Caption reads: "Superior Hotel, Superior, Wis."
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Young Men's Christian Association Building

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior view of the Young Men's Christian Association building on a street corner. Caption reads: "Y. M. C. A. Superior, Wis."
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Federal Building

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior view across street towards the Federal Building. Caption reads: "Federal Building, Superior, Wis."
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Hotel Superior Fire

Date: 06 1940
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...
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Hotel Superior Fire

Date: 06 18 1940
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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Hotel Superior Fire

Date: 06 18 1940
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...
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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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Palace Theatre

Date: 1932
Description: Text on front reads: "Palace Theatre, Superior, Wis." A brick theatre with many windows and ornate decorative elements on the exterior. A child is on the s...
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Superior Public Library

Date: 1915
Description: Text on front reads: "Superior Public Library, Superior, Wis." A Carnegie Library, built in 1902 of brick in the Neoclassical style. It was the oldest Carn...

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