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The "Hilton"

Date: 1910
Description: The "Hilton," a boat owned by the John Schroeder Lumber Company; captained by Harry Brower.
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Steamboat "John C. Mann"

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Description: The steamboat "John C. Mann" on drydock.
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Steamboat "Barker"

Date: 1911
Description: The steamboat "Barker" with numerous passengers posing on deck. The boat was owned by Captain Frank Brower of Ashland, and his son Captain Henry F. Brower ...
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Steamboat "Fashion"

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Description: Steamboat "Fashion" on the water.
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Devils Island

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Description: Devils Island on Lake Superior, outermost of the Apostle Islands group. There appears to be the edge of a boat in the foreground.
Print

Ashland, Wis.-- Looking West from Knight Block

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Description: Looking West from Knight Block, with shipping piers and sailing ships on right side, railroad on left, trees in background. Horse-drawn carriages on street...
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Odanah Railroad Bridge

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Description: A Northwestern Railroad train pulled by locomotive #967 across a bridge with steel supports.
Postcard

Devil's Island Lighthouse and Fog Signal

Date: 1913
Description: Hand-colored postcard showing the lighthouse and fog signal at Devil's Island in the Apostle Islands. Caption reads: "Apostle Islands, Wis. Devil's Island,...
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Women Dump Truck Drivers

Date: 1916
Description: Women drivers of light dump trucks for the highway department in Ashland County during the first World War. The truck in the foreground has a service flag ...
Postcard

Old Faithful Spring, Prentice Park, Ashland, Wisconsin

Date: 1930
Description: A child is holding out a bowl to a pillar from which water is cascading down into a spring. In the background, two other children are walking up a dirt pat...
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Dogsled Team

Date: 1978
Description: A musher on a dogsled with 10 dogs pulling in tandem. This is a race because he is wearing a number. Low hills with trees are in the background.

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