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Bird's-Eye Map of Hurley

Date: 1886
Description: Bird's-eye map of Hurley with insets Mining at the Colby, Hurley in 1885, and North Front of Silver Street.
Postcard

Iron County Court House

Date: 1905
Description: View across road toward the court house. Caption reads: "Court House, Hurley, Wis."
Photograph

Main Street During Reconstruction

Date: 09 18 1961
Description: Main street of the town, shown during reconstruction for use as a motion picture set.
Photograph

Reconstruction for a Movie Set

Date: 09 18 1961
Description: View of a downtown area reconstructed for a movie location set. Several contemporary automobiles are seen in the background. Men are working on on two diff...
Photograph

Motion Picture Set

Date: 10 03 1961
Description: View of a downtown street, altered by 20th Century Fox motion picture studio for scenes in the movie "Young Man." For filming, local people dressed the par...
Photograph

Tower Tea Room

Date: 1938
Description: View down road of an automobile parked outside the two-story Tower Tea Room, Rest Lake. The one-story building on the right has a sign that says "Crank Cas...
Photograph

Post Office in Manitowish

Date: 1938
Description: Woman standing outside of the two-story Post Office building in Manitowish. There is a road, fence and pine trees in the foreground.
Photograph

Bird's-eye View of Mercer

Date: 1932
Description: Elevated view overlooking Mercer. Roads, trees and buildings are visible.
Photograph

Holst's Log Cabin

Date: 1933
Description: Road lined with stones leading up to the one-story Holst's Log Cabin in the woods.
Photograph

Entrance to Mercer Tourist Park

Date: 1931
Description: View of the road and entrance to Mercer Tourist Park on Grand Portage Lake showing the fences, road and buildings. The larger building on the left has a st...
Map or Atlas

Map of Iron County, Wisconsin

Date: 1896
Description: A map of Iron County, Wisconsin, shows vacant Wisconsin Central Rail Road lands, settlers houses, land sold by Wisconsin Central R.R., schools, churches, s...
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Map of Iron County, Wisconsin

Date: 1898
Description: A map of Iron County, Wisconsin, shows vacant Wisconsin Central Rail Road lands, settlers houses, land sold by Wisconsin Central R.R., schools, churches, s...
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Map of Iron County, Wisconsin

Date: 1922
Description: A map of Iron County, Wisconsin, shows sections and the towns of Upson, Hurley, Hamilton, Saxon, and Mercer, lakes and streams, villages, railroads, roads ...
Map or Atlas

Map of Iron County, Wisconsin

Date: 1932
Description: A map of Iron County, Wisconsin, shows towns and sections, lakes and streams, villages, railroads, roads, and La Point and Lac Du Flambeau Indian reservati...
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Map of Iron County, Wisconsin

Date: 
Description: A map that shows the Wisconsin Central Railway land grant lands for sale by the Soo Line, the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway. Town sections, lak...
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Topographical Map of Iron County, Wisconsin

Date: 
Description: A map of Iron County, Wisconsin, shows color-coded townships, sections, lakes and streams, villages, railroads, roads, tourist camps, and La Pointe and Lac...
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Pine Lake, Wisconsin

Date: 1935
Description: This map shows property owners, government lots, and roads around Pine Lake in Rusk and Chippewa Counties. Also shows Silver and McDonald Lakes. "This map ...
Map or Atlas

Iron County, Wisconsin : Official Zoning Map Showing Use Districts

Date: 1934
Description: This 1934 zoning map of Iron County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, towns, sections, roads, and lakes and streams. Forestry and recreation d...
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Sanborn Map of Hurley

Date: 02 1898
Description: Sanborn map of Hurley featuring the Montreal Mining Company.
Map or Atlas

Map of Flambeau Reservoir

Date: 1941
Description: This is map one of three maps that show trails, roads and fire lanes, utilities, resorts, submerged lakes, vegetation, flowage right lands, and timber righ...

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