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Manitowoc, Wis.

Date: 1870
Description: Bird's-eye view of the city of Manitowoc with a population of 5,168 inhabitants as it appears in 1870, the year the village was granted a city charter by t...
Photograph

Wisconsin Central Freight Cars

Date: 05 05 1897
Description: Elevated view of Wisconsin Central freight cars in a rural storage yard near Manitowoc.
Photograph

Man on River near Oslo

Date: 1914
Description: Various views of places in Oslo. Text at bottom reads: "Stephenson Bros., Oslo, Manitowoc Co., Wis., U.S.A., 1914."
Photograph

Manitowoc Shipbuilding Floating Drydock

Date: 07 02 1960
Description: View across water towards the Manitowoc Shipbuilding floating drydock. Pilings and grass are in the foreground. On the far shoreline are buildings on a hil...
Photograph

Manitowoc Shipyard & Manitowoc Portland Cement Company

Date: 01 08 1958
Description: Elevated view over icy water towards ships in the shipyard on the left, and the cement company in the background. Cranes and industrial buildings are in th...
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of Manitowoc, Wis.

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Description: This plat map shows numbered blocks and lots, wards, local streets, railroads, cemeteries, buildings, land ownership by name, and parts of Manitowoc River ...
Photograph

Boats in Harbor

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Description: Elevated view of commercial boats in Manitowoc Harbor.
Book or Pamphlet

Holy Family Hospital

Date: 1901
Description: View of the east facade of the three-story brick hospital with its Richardsonian Romanesque arched stone entrance and Roman Catholic cross-topped turrets. ...
Postcard

Light House

Date: 1911
Description: View of a Lake Michigan lighthouse, and a house with a man standing on the porch. Caption reads: "Light House, Manitowoc, Wis."
Postcard

Manitowoc Shipbuilding Corporation, Photographed from Aeroplane

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Description: Aerial view of the shipyards built at the bend of the Manitowoc River. A railroad yard is in the foreground. Caption reads: "Manitowoc Shipbuilding Corpora...
Postcard

Silver Lake and Convent

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Description: View of one end of Silver Lake. A convent is on a hill across the lake.
Postcard

Manitowoc Rapids Bridge

Date: 1911
Description: Elevated view of an automobile bridge crossing the Manitowoc River. Rolling hills are in the background. Caption reads: "Manitowoc Rapids Bridge, Manitowoc...
Postcard

C. & N.W. Ry. Bridge

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Description: View from shoreline toward a railroad bridge on the right crossing high above the Manitowoc River. Caption reads: "C. & N.W. Ry. Bridge, Manitowoc, Wis."

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