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| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of a man sitting on the steps of Town Hall. The Catholic church is in the background. Caption reads: "Town Hall and Church, La P... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View from water of cottages along the shoreline in Nebraska Row, La Pointe, Madeline Island. Caption reads: "Nebraska Row — La Pointe, Wis." |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Old Mission Inn on shoreline of Lake Superior, taken from end of dock. The Old Mission Inn was razed in 1965. |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Illustration of the Old Mission Congregational Church. The church was built in 1832 for a mission founded by Frederick Ayer in 1830. It is said to be the o... |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Old Indian Burying Grounds LaPointe Wisconsin." |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Indian cemetery. A large body of water is in the background. Caption reads: "Indian Burying Grounds, Bayfield, Wis." |
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| Description: | The Old Mission Inn, originally built as a mission house in 1832 by the Congregational mission established by Frederick Ayer in 1830. In later years furthe... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | The O-Sho-Ga monument near the Indian burial grounds. Caption reads: "Apostle Islands, Wis. Madeline Island, La Pointe, O-Sho-Ga Monument near the old Indi... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The interior of St. Joseph's Catholic Church. It was built in 1841 by Father Frederick Baraga (later Bishop), who established his mission in 1835. A small ... |
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| Description: | View of a small wooden church among birch trees. Other buildings are in the background on the left. |
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| Description: | View down sidewalk towards the front of a small wooden church. Text on back reads: "Franciscan Fathers, Madeline Island." |
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| Description: | Hand-colored view of a small community on the shore of Lake Superior. |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of three people on the hillside lift at Chateau Madeleine. Lake Superior is at the bottom of the hill. Text on back reads: "Summ... |
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| Description: | Color postcard view of the dining room, with large picture windows, and sundeck, with a view of Lake Superior and the mainland hills in the distance. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | View from road towards a small wooden hotel among the pines. There is a balcony and a screened-in porch. A sign on a tree on the right reads: "The Pines, R... |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "Chateau Madeleine La Pointe, Wisconsin Summer and Fall Resort on Madeline Island (Apostle Islands) in Lake Superior. The Chateau's... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | A woodcut illustration of a whiskey still. The message on the reverse is addressed to Senator Gaylord Nelson. |
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