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Free Public Library

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of the Free Public Library with a woman, children, and a dog on its front lawn. Caption reads: "Free Public Library, Two Rivers, Wis."
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Manitowoc Public Library

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of the library. Caption reads: "Public Library, Manitowoc, Wis."
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Washington Street Near the Public Square

Date: 01 01 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "View at Two Rivers, Wis. Washington Street Near the Public Square." Buildings on the Public Square, several with steeples. Pedestrian...
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Public Library

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

Date: 1914
Description: Text on front reads: "Public Library, Two Rivers, Wis." This Carnegie Library was built in 1914 of cream brick in the Prairie School style. It was funded b...
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Rockwood Public School

Date: 1924
Description: View of the front of the public school, a three-story brick building. Wooden buildings are in the background on the left. In the foreground is a barbed wir...
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McDonald's Restaurant

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Description: Exterior of early McDonald's Restaurant.
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Manitowoc County Courthouse

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Description: Exterior view of the Manitowoc County Courthouse featuring a glass dome.
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Lumber Mill

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Description: Cutover land near a lumber mill. Logs and boards are stacked near the building in the background.
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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.
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Barn Raising Bee

Date: 11 02 1906
Description: Group of people assembled in front of and on the frame of a barn being raised at M.T. Cooney's.
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S.S. Hyacinth

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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...
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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.
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The Newly Improved Turner Opera House

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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...
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District 2 Class Picture

Date: 1892
Description: Group of schoolchildren posed sitting and standing on a fallen tree trunk. They are dressed in their finest clothes for a school photograph. One of the boy...
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Frank Pelishek Groceries

Date: 1910
Description: Frank Pelishek standing in front of his grocery store. Items on display in front of the store include brooms, candy, bananas, seed packets, and flower pots...
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4th Liberty Loan Parade

Date: 09 28 1918
Description: Soldiers parade with guns bearing American flags past Schuette Brothers clothing store at the corner of S. 8th and Jay Streets as spectators look on. There...
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Ice Skating on the Manitowoc River

Date: 1888
Description: Elevated view of a winter scene with a large group of people skating on the frozen Manitowoc River between the 8th and 10th Street bridges. A dog trots acr...
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Schuette Bros. Store

Date: 1891
Description: Exterior view of Schuette Brothers Store on S. Eighth Street. There are two horse-drawn vehicles in front of the store. There is a small mannequin in the s...
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Rand & Roemer Hardware Co.

Date: 1910
Description: Group of five men standing in front of Rand and Roemer Hardware Company store. Many items can be seen on the sidewalk and through the store windows, includ...

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