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Main Street During Reconstruction

Date: 09 18 1961
Description: Main street of the town, shown during reconstruction for use as a motion picture set.
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Hotel and Mercer Supply Company

Date: 1911
Description: View of the hotel across from the Mercer Supply Company. There is a small dog in the right foreground.
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Rest Lake Dam

Date: 1940
Description: Rest Lake Dam of Manitowish River, Manitowish. Photograph taken from Vance Lake Highway (old Highway 51, now Highway W).
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Pence Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Gus Savera built his service garage along Highway 77 in the mid-1940s. It was constructed out of cinder blocks and featured bright blue trim.
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"Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man" Movie Set

Date: 10 03 1961
Description: Caption on negative jacket reads, "The 20th Century Fox motion picture studio crew at work filming 'Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man,' based on Ernes...
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Movie Set Construction

Date: 09 18 1961
Description: Several men constructinbg a movie set in a small, downtown area.
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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...
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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...
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Tunnel after Snowstorm

Date: 03 1899
Description: Winter scene of man wearing an overcoat and hat stands with a shovel at the far end of a snow tunnel shoveled through a tall snowbank.
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Women Hiding Faces During Raid

Date: 08 04 1942
Description: Three women hide their faces as they walk in front of State Agents after exiting their place of business during a sweeping raid on many Hurley area establi...
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Silver Street in Hurley by Daylight

Date: 1942
Description: View up Silver Street in Hurley.
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Silver Street in Hurley at Night

Date: 08 02 1942
Description: Elevated view of Silver Street in Hurley at 4:30 a.m., Sunday morning, showing busy street and all establishment's lights blazing. After the sweeping raid ...
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Cornerstone Celebration in Hurley

Date: 07 15 1906
Description: Elevated view from the south of a crowd gathered to witness and celebrate the laying of the cornerstone of the new St. Mary of the Seven Dolors Catholic Ch...
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Horse-Drawn Wagon on Silver Street

Date: 1908
Description: View from street of man seated on a horse-drawn wagon on Silver Street, which is parked in front of (from left to right) Joseph Rainieri Meat Market, Egan ...
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Alec Nelson and Family

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Description: Alec Nelson and his wife and two children pose in front of their house at 215 Lake Drive on Germania Hill.
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Storefronts in Mercer

Date: 1939
Description: Automobiles and trucks parked along Main Street in Mercer. Storefront signs on the left side read: Sweet Shop, Drug, The Store, Coffee Shop, and Rugee's Me...
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Main Street

Date: 1936
Description: View looking at the automobiles parked in front of the stores along Main Street. Storefront signs on the left say: Mercer Auto Company, Mercer Garage, Good...
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Gas Station on Main Street

Date: 1938
Description: View looking at automobiles and storefronts down one side of Main Street. On the left corner is the downtown gas station with a sign for Firestone. Other s...
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Bird's-eye View of Mercer

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

Date: 1935
Description: View looking down Main Street showing automobiles, light poles, and storefronts. Signs are visible for the "Drugstore" and "The Store."

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