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Palace Theatre
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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 sidewalk in the center and a woman on the right. A man is perched in a 4th story window. Automobiles are parked at the curb on the left. Text on the posters, front and marquis read: "Daughters Courageous, Everything New but the Cast, John Garfield, Priscilla Rosemary, Lola Lane, Gale Page", "Friday Bank Night 200&50." The theatre was opened in 1917, remodeled in 1953, closed in 1982 and torn down in 2006.
1932
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W013Y7R
WHi 150200
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Armory
1932
Text on front reads: "Armory, Superior, Wis." Corner view of a four-story brick building surrounded by trees. Displayed on the lawn are two cannons and a monument.
Superior Public Library
1915
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 Carnegie Library built in Wisconsin. An automo...
Great Northern Elevator
1932
Text on front reads: "G.N. Elevator, Superior, Wis." The steel and reinforced concrete grain elevator was built by the Great Northern Railroad in Superior in 1898. At the time it was the largest gr...
Hotel Superior Fire
June 18, 1940
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 attempted to stop the blaze. A sign on the left...
Douglas County Museum
1939
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 the A. A. Roth family to use as their museu...
Fishermans Shack
1932
Text on front reads: "Fishermans Shack, Wis Point, Superior Wis." A man peers around the corner of his tar paper covered fishing shack on Wisconsin Point. A wind vane is on top of a wooden tower in...
