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| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of Superior, county seat of Douglas County, on the shores of Lake Superior, with insets of points of interest. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of Superior. "The New Steel Center." |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Superior, Wisconsin, and Duluth, Minnesota on opposite shore of Lake Superior. |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | This map shows industrial points of interest in Superior. The top of the map reads: "Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin, as this Industrial Tour map indic... |
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| Description: | Aerial view of harbor, with shipyards in the foreground and Superior in the background. Caption reads: "Aerial View of Harbor, Superior, Wisconsin." |
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| Description: | View across water towards a cargo ship at dock in front of large grain elevators. |
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| Description: | View across water towards the cargo ship "Henry LaLiberte" sitting in a loading dock under a cargo crane. |
| 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: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Postcard with two images. The top text reads: "Interstate Bridge, connecting Superior, Wis. and Duluth, Minn." The bottom text reads: "Superior Entry and S... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Philadelphia and Reading Coal Docks, Superior, Wis." View across the water towards a cargo ship docked for loading or unloading. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Unloading Coal, Carnegie Dock, Superior, Wis." A Great Lakes freighter is being unloaded by a gantry crane at a dock. An enormous pil... |
| Date: | 07 30 1952 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "G-1–Ore Boat Leaving Duluth-Superior Harbor, Lift Bridge Raised. Giant lake freighters leave Duluth-Superior Harbor, the world's la... |
| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "The Seamen's Memorial Statue, Barker's Island, Superior, WI. Facing the harbor holding a massive cable is the 10 foot tall Seamen's... |
| Date: | 06 14 1947 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Opening of Navigation Season, First Giant Freighters Entering Ship Canal and Duluth-Superior Harbor." On reverse: "The navigation sea... |
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