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| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A view down the railroad tracks of the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad Line. The depot is in the distance on the far left. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Charles Lindbergh's airplane, "Spirit of St. Louis," while visiting Madison. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | The landing of the "Spirit of St. Louis," carrying Charles Lindbergh. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | The "Spirit of St. Louis," flown by Charles Lindbergh, was the first airplane to fly non-stop from New York to Paris in 1927. Lindbergh returned to Madison... |
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| Description: | Elevated view from railing of immigrants boarding a ferry to depart Ellis Island. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Two men and two boys standing on ice in front of a windsled. All four are holding lake trout. |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Windsled "Hurricane Hazel" on Chequamegon. One man is sitting in the windsled, Another man is standing on the ice. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | This was the first boat & sled-type wind sled built on Madeline Island. Built by Elmer Nelson for Howard Russell between 1950-1951. Had a 9-cylinder R-680-... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Three men at the University of Wisconsin, with tent and sign that reads "People of Madison! Vets in tent need rooms to rent". |
| Date: | 1852 |
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| Description: | Illustration of four Indians on Madeline Island with a canoe in the water on the shore. |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Elmer Nelson sorting through boxes of goods being transported on the "Dream Sled" windsled. |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | This was the first boat & sled-type windsled built on Madeline Island. Built by Elmer Nelson for Howard Russell between 1950-1951. Had a 9-cylinder R-680-E... |
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| Description: | Enclosed wooden box windsled mounted on three skis, sitting on lake ice near the shore. |
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| Description: | Man driving windsled on frozen Lake Superior. The windsled is an open boat fitted with an engine and rudder. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Captain F.A. Bishoff and engineer Dan Cook on board the ferry "Plowboy." |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Ole Christinson, Dick Hanson, Fred Hanson, and Herman Johnson, Sr., onboard sailboat "Louis Moe" along the shore of Sand Island. |
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| Description: | Two men standing in wooden rowboat along shore of Madeline Island. There are sailboats in the background. Behind them is a large rock just off the shoreli... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of the steamboat "Plowboy" approaching the Mission Dock at La Pointe. The Plowboy was the first steam ferry to go to Madeline Island. T... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Group of people on board the steamboat "Byng I" sometime prior to 1930. |
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