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Postcard

Public Library

Date: 1920
Description: View across street toward the library. Caption reads: "Public Library, Manitowoc, Wis."
Postcard

Manitowoc Public Library

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of the library. Caption reads: "Public Library, Manitowoc, Wis."
Postcard

Public Library

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of the library. Caption reads: "Public Library, Manitowoc, Wis."
Postcard

Public Library

Date: 1911
Description: Exterior view of the Manitowoc Public Library, a brick and stone building with columns at the entrance. Caption reads: "Public Library, Manitowoc, Wis."
Photograph

Migrant Students in the Library Corner

Date: 1961
Description: Mrs. Shirley Mecha, regular teacher at Meadow Brook School, helping migrant students use resources in the "library corner."
Property Record

1816 Washington St.

Community: Manitowoc
County: Manitowoc
Historic Name: Manitowoc Branch Library
Reference Number: 58829
Photograph

McDonald's Restaurant

Date: 
Description: Exterior of early McDonald's Restaurant.
Photograph

Manitowoc County Courthouse

Date: 
Description: Exterior view of the Manitowoc County Courthouse featuring a glass dome.
Photograph

Manitowoc Tanneries

Date: 1891
Description: Composite photograph showing the tanneries of L.M. Sherman and Henry Vits.
Photograph

Lumber Mill

Date: 
Description: Cutover land near a lumber mill. Logs and boards are stacked near the building in the background.
Property Record

610 PARK ST

Community: Manitowoc
County: Manitowoc
Historic Name: Charles Spindler House
Reference Number: 58605
Photograph

Pere Marquette Ferry

Date: 06 1939
Description: Bridge on the Manitowoc River raised to allow the Pere Marquette car ferry through. River dredging equipment can be seen in the foreground.
Photograph

Launching the Charles C. West

Date: 07 08 1925
Description: Elevated view of the ship the Charles C. West splashing into the Manitowoc River with a large crowd gathered to watch.
Photograph

S.S. Hyacinth

Date: 
Description: Elevated view across river of the S.S. Hyacinth of the U.S. Lighthouse Service being repaired at the Manitowoc Ship Building Company dock. The Fr...
Photograph

Karst Family

Date: 1895
Description: Women bringing lunch to the men working in the field. The men are harvesting grain using a horse-drawn grain binder.
Book or Pamphlet

Malt Shipping

Date: 1934
Description: Three men packing malt sacks for shipping, Rahr Malting Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, 1934.
Postcard

The Newly Improved Turner Opera House

Date: 
Description: Exterior view of the Turner Opera Hose with the Manitowoc County Courthouse in the background. Horses pull a wagonload of hay at right. Caption reads: "The...
Book or Pamphlet

Rahr Special Malts for Popular Types of Beer

Date: 1934
Description: This illustration shows how many pounds per barrel of different Rahr Special Malts are needed to brew Salvator, Pilsener and Vienna style beers.
Book or Pamphlet

Rahr Special Malts for Popular Types of Beer

Date: 1934
Description: This illustration shows how many pounds per barrel of different Rahr Special Malts are needed to brew Munich, Bock and Kulmbacher style beers.
Book or Pamphlet

Worker Inspecting Roasted Malt

Date: 1952
Description: A Rahr Malting Company worker oversees malt coming from the roaster, which produces malt of a desired color, aroma, and flavor.

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