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Chequamegon Hotel

Date: 1888
Description: View of the Chequamegon Hotel, built by the Wisconsin Central railroad interests and opened in 1877. It faced the bay and had a long series of steps leadin...
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Wisconsin Central Railroad Depot

Date: 1880
Description: Elevated view of the Wisconsin Central Railroad passenger depot at Stuntz Avenue. A group of people stand on the platform and near the locomotive between t...
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Hotel Chequamegon

Date: 1885
Description: View of the original Hotel Chequamegon, built by the Wisconsin Central Railroad interests and opened in 1877. It was built of wood with a wrap around porch...
Postcard

Knight Hotel

Date: 1907
Description: This building was named the Knight Block and contained retail on the first floor, business offices on the second floor and the Knight Hotel on the third, f...
Postcard

Soo Line Depot

Date: 1907
Description: Caption reads: "Soo Line Depot, Ashland, Wis." It was built in 1890 of brownstone in the Richardson Romanesque style. Pedestrians stand on the platform of ...
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Wheeler Hall

Date: 1955
Description: Wheeler Hall at Northland College, during winter. A group of people are on a bridge over the Bay City Creek, surrounded by trees, in the foreground. Wheele...
Drawing

Radisson Cabin

Date: 1655
Description: Front view of the Radisson cabin, the first house built by a white man in Wisconsin. It was built between 1650 and 1660 on Chequamegon Bay, in the vicinity...
Postcard

Second Street, Looking East

Date: 04 30 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Second Street, Looking East, Ashland, Wis." An unpaved street with two sets of streetcar tracks in the center. Buildings, storefronts...
Postcard

St. Joseph's Hospital

Date: 1905
Description: Caption reads: "St. Joseph's Hospital, Ashland, Wis." Front facade and grounds of the four-story, red brick hospital built in 1905. The basement level is b...
Postcard

Second Street

Date: 1915
Description: Slightly elevated view of Second Street, with an automobile on the street, two sets of streetcar tracks, pedestrians on the sidewalk, and a large brick bui...
Print

Vaughn Library

Date: 1890
Description: View of the Vaughn Library building, built of brick in 1888 in the Romanesque Revival style. It was supported by retail, apartments and offices located on ...
Photograph

Flood on Bay City Creek

Date: 1920
Description: Aftermath of the Bay City Creek flood.
Postcard

U.S. Post Office

Date: 07 26 1907
Description: Front facade of the three-story brick U.S. Post Office with bell tower. An American flag is flying above the building. Three men are standing next to a tel...
Postcard

Second Street

Date: 01 1907
Description: View looking down Second Street. Stores and other buildings line both sides of the street, including the Post Office on the left. Cable car tracks are runn...
Print

First National Bank of Ashland Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the First National Bank of Ashland, with a three-quarter view of the bank building and a street scene with several horse-drawn carriages and wa...
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Chequamegon Hotel Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Chequamegon Hotel of Ashland, on Lake Superior, with a three-quarter view of the hotel, as seen from the waterfront, set into a cartouche...
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Knight Hotel Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Knight Hotel of Ashland, Wisconsin, with a three-quarter view of the hotel and traffic in the surrounding streets, including pedestrians,...
Photograph

Band Shell

Date: 1935
Description: View of the Ashland Band Shell with benches, trees, and what is today Highway 2 in the foreground. On the left is a large metal tower, and in the backgroun...
Photograph

Unidentified Downtown

Date: 1935
Description: View of a small brick building, probably a service station, with the word "AIR" painted on the bricks, on the south east corner of 9th Ave. West and 2nd St...
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Bamby Bread Truck

Date: 1926
Description: Front view of a truck decorated for a parade. Manufactured by the White Motor Company, used as a Bamby Bread delivery truck.

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