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Whaleback Boat Launch

Date: 04 1893
Description: Launching Captain Abe McDougall's whaleback boat, "Christopher Columbus", from the American Steel Barge Company dock.
Photograph

Building a Big Boat

Date: 
Description: Colorized image of the frame of a large boat being built at the shipyards in Superior.
Photograph

The Freighter "Magna"

Date: 
Description: The freighter "Magna" in shipyard's icy waters with three tugboats in the foreground.
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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.
Photograph

Larson Brothers' Airport

Date: 1922
Description: Roy Larson of Larsen, Wisconsin in his first plane, a Canadian-built Curtiss (Canuck) purchased in 1922. Shortly after making this purchase, Roy and his br...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of West Superior and Superior, Wis.

Date: 1890
Description: Bird's-eye map of West Superior and Superior, with insets of Wright Farm and First Building in Superior.
Postcard

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...
Postcard

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."
Photograph

Union Depot

Date: 1890
Description: Exterior view of Union Depot.
Postcard

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...
Postcard

Tower Avenue

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

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...
Postcard

Superior Hotel

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

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...
Photograph

State Teachers' College

Date: 1929
Description: Exterior view of the main building of the Superior State Teachers' College.
Postcard

Elevated View of Harbor

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

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 ...
Photograph

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.
Postcard

State College Dormitory

Date: 1910
Description: View from road toward the dormitory. Caption reads: "Dormitory at State Normal, Superior, Wis."
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State College, Superior, Wisconsin

Date: 1950
Description: Exterior view of the Wisconsin State College.

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