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Tower Avenue in Superior

Date: 1945
Description: View of Tower Avenue, looking north. A drugstore is on the corner (right), as well as an auto parts store.
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Minnesota Point Light House

Date: 1897
Description: Long view of the Minnesota Point lighthouse, built at the entrance to Superior Harbor. It is allegedly the first lighthouse at the head of Lake Superior.
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Brule River Monument

Date: 1930
Description: View of bridge and Brule River monument. Placed where the Brule River is crossed by the Memorial Highway from Superior to Brule and Ashland (Highway 2).
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Brule River Monument

Date: 1930
Description: Inscription of Brule River monument. Placed where the Brule River is crossed by the Memorial Highway from Superior to Brule and Ashland (Highway 2).
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Cedar Island on Brule River

Date: 1930
Description: Cedar Island on Brule River, a nationally known speckle trout stream. The island has native towering white pine and bubbling clear springs. These are some ...
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Aerial Bridge, Entrance to Duluth-Superior Harbor

Date: 1913
Description: Aerial bridge and harbor, with a large boat passing underneath. A lamppost and a beacon are along the walkway towards the bridge on the left. Caption reads...
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Evergreen Park Cottage Sanatorium

Date: 1905
Description: The Evergreen Park Cottage Sanatorium, where in 1903 Dr. W.B. Hopkins opened the first tuberculosis sanatorium in Wisconsin. Financial problems caused the ...
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U.S. Courthouse and Post Office

Date: 1937
Description: Exterior view across street toward the Courthouse and Post Office. Caption reads: "U.S. Courthouse and Post Office, Superior, Wis."
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Union Depot

Date: 1890
Description: Exterior view of Union Depot.
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Tower Avenue

Date: 1920
Description: View of Tower Avenue at 13th Street. A furniture store and a hotel are along the left side of the street. Caption reads: "Tower Avenue at 13th Street, Supe...
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Tower Avenue

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of Tower Avenue. Caption reads: "Tower Avenue, Superior, Wis."
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Tower Avenue

Date: 1920
Description: View from sidewalk looking across Tower Avenue. A theater is in the right foreground, a furniture store is located on the left side of the street and a sho...
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Superior Hotel

Date: 1909
Description: View across street toward the Superior Hotel on a street corner. Caption reads: "Superior Hotel, Superior, Wis."
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Stockade and Blockhouse Replica

Date: 1960
Description: View of a stockade and blockhouse replica built on the site of the original stockade erected in 1862 during a small Sioux Indian uprising in nearby Minneso...
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State Teachers' College

Date: 1929
Description: Exterior view of the main building of the Superior State Teachers' College.
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Young Men's Christian Association Building

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior view of the Young Men's Christian Association building on a street corner. Caption reads: "Y. M. C. A. Superior, Wis."
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Elevated View of Harbor

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of the harbor. Caption reads: "The Harbor, Superior, Wis."
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View of Superior, Wisconsin

Date: 1885
Description: Illustrated view of Superior, as well as Omaha, Kansas City, St. Paul, and Winnipeg. Caption reads: "Superior - The Last Possible Great Marine City in the ...
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View of Superior

Date: 1889
Description: View of Superior, with a large group of men posting in a road in the foreground, and various buildings behind them.
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View of Superior

Date: 1856
Description: View of the city of Superior.

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