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| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A man is standing and looking at the door of the boathouse on the beach near the Twin River (Rawley) Point Lighthouse. The boathouse has stone sides and a ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | An unidentified woman is posing sitting on the sand and looking toward Lake Michigan. The newly built shelter house, with its large windowed bay and massiv... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over the Manitowoc River where it meets Lake Michigan. Downtown Manitowoc is on both sides, and people are on bridges crossing over the river... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Manitowoc and Lake Michigan. Caption reads: "Bay and Harbor Entrance, Manitowoc, Wis." |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view across water towards the Coast Guard Station on Lake Michigan. Cutters are moored next to a sea wall. Caption reads: "Coast Guar... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Cereal Products Co. plant, established 1847. Railroad tracks are along the shoreline in the foreground. Caption reads: "Cereal Product... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Manitowoc shipyards on Lake Michigan. Two ships are being built. Caption reads: "Manitowoc Shipyards, Manitowoc, Wis." |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | View of a submarine launch at the Manitowoc shipyards. Caption reads: "Launching of the "Peto", Manitowoc, Wis." |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a stretch of beach and a factory with a smokestack along Lake Michigan. Caption reads: "Shoreline at Manitowoc, Wis." |
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| Description: | Four views of the S.S. Badger: the upper passenger deck, the captain at the helm, the car hold, and the ship itself. |
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| Description: | View across water towards a Lake Michigan car ferry going through a drawbridge. Caption reads: "Car Ferry Clearing Eighth Street Bridge, Manitowoc, Wis." |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | View of a Lake Michigan beach. Three girls are sitting on the sand in the foreground. In the background people are in the water. A steamer is on the horizo... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | View across grass towards a tree on the shore of Lake Michigan which has accumulated ice from the waves and spray. |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | The Manitowoc Breakwater Lighthouse entered service in 1918, was automated in 1971 and sold in 2009. The lighthouse is located on the end of a 400 foot bre... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of the Manitowoc Harbor facing east from Northern Grain Company's Elevator B. In the foreground, Mathews & Keith's pile driver scow is secu... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Manitowoc taken from Northern Grain Company's Elevator B, facing southeast. South Main (Tenth) Street intersects with Franklin Street in... |
| Date: | 04 1948 |
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| Description: | Three lake steamers docked in the harbor. The closest steamer is the B.H. Taylor of the Bradley Transportation Company, transporting ores. Buildings are in... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Rawley Point Lighthouse, located in the Point Beach State Forest. It is 111 feet tall. |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Life Saving Crew Entering Boat, Two Rivers, Wis." A group of men launching a large rowboat into Lake Michigan. In the background is a... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Two Rivers - The Coolest Spot in Wis." On reverse: "A speed boat, blue waters and a pair of water skis make a perfect day. Vacationla... |
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