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Train on Railroad Bridge

Date: 1890
Description: Wisconsin Central Railroad train on White River Bridge, with crew posing on top of cars. The bridge was 1600 feet long and 110 feet above the water. In 187...
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Windsled "Hurricane Hazel"

Date: 1946
Description: Windsled "Hurricane Hazel" on Chequamegon. One man is sitting in the windsled, Another man is standing on the ice.
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"Lizzie W." in Apostle Islands

Date: 1915
Description: Two women aboard the Hull family boat, the "Lizzie W.," while it is tied to shore at one of the Apostle Islands.
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Farmer Drives Tractor with Attached Corn Picker and Wagons

Date: 1930
Description: Farmer Elmer Petersen driving a Farmall tractor with attached corn picker and three wagons along rural Route 2. Original caption reads: "The picture shows ...
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White River Bridge

Date: 1885
Description: Stereograph of the view down the railroad tracks, with two men standing and one man sitting on the railing of the White River bridge, six miles south of As...
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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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White River Bridge

Date: 1885
Description: Elevated view of the Wiscsonsin Central's bridge over the White River, about six miles south of Ashland. The bridge was 1600 ft. long and 110 ft. above the...
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White River Bridges

Date: 1910
Description: View from shoreline of a railroad train crossing a bridge over the famous White River near Ashland. In the foreground is an open automobile crossing the ri...
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Chequamegon Hotel

Date: 1890
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...
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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...
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Great Divide or Watershed Sign

Date: 1930
Description: Great Divide or watershed sign.
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...
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Flood on Bay City Creek

Date: 1920
Description: Aftermath of the Bay City Creek flood.
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Ashland Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: When the East End Co-op Service Station opened in 1940 at the corner of Sixth Avenue and East Front Street, the owners announced, "Our new, modern equipmen...
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Ruins of an Old Mill

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Description: Elevated view across water toward mill ruins on the shoreline. A pile of logs are next to the dilapidated structure. In the far background is a bridge and ...
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Off to the University

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Description: Sigurd Olson, posing proudly, as he leaves his Ashland home for study at the University of Wisconsin. A woman is standing in the doorway of a house behind ...
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Modified Automobile

Date: 1938
Description: A coupe rag top automobile that has been modified with tracks, sitting atop a trailer in front of the County Courthouse.
Postcard

St. Agnes Church and School

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Description: Exterior view of St. Agnes Church, on the left, and school, on the right. Cars line the street along Lake Shore Drive in front of the buildings.
Postcard

Views of Ashland

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Description: Four views of Ashland, including Ellis Avenue, the Chicago and North Western Depot, Northern Pacific and Omaha trains and West Second Street.

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