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| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of Washburn on Lake Superior. There is an inset of Washburn, Chequamagon and the Apostle Islands. |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Washburn, with twenty vignettes around side, water in foreground with docks and lumber corral. Thirty-three locations identified in key ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view looking east, with Washburn Harbor at center and Chequamegon Bay in Lake Superior covering most of the upper image. Streets with buildings... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | View across water towards Brower Park near Houghton Point. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | View from Lake Superior looking at the shoreline of Washburn. Houses, buildings, people, cars and trees are visible on shore. |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | View of two wooden foot bridges in Memorial Park. In the background are the waters of Chequamegon Bay in Lake Superior. Picnic tables are among the trees. ... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Boys and girls wearing bathing suits standing, swimming, or diving off of a large wooden dock into Chequamegon Bay, Lake Superior on the beach at Memorial ... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | View of the World's Championship Log-Rolling Contest, Brownstone Bowl. There are two rowboats in the water. Two men stand on a rolling log in the middle of... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | View from water of log rolling with one man in the water holding onto a log, and another man standing on a rolling log. Behind the log is a wooden rowboat ... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | View of one man standing on a rolling log in the water. In the background on the right is a wooden boat. |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | View of one man standing and rolling on a large ball in the water. He is holding a stick in his left hand. In the background on the left is a man in a wood... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Unloading coal from a large ship in Lake Superior onto land near Washburn. There is a large conveyor that has lights glowing in the dark sky. A large pile ... |
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| Description: | View from water of a log rolling contest. One man is still upright and the other has fallen into the water. A boat is visible to the left and trees line th... |
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| Description: | Exterior of the menu for Paul's Cafe, with a bird's-eye view map of "Washburn's Natural Deep Water Land Locked Harbor," Chequamegon Bay, and the Apostle Is... |
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| Description: | View across water towards ships unloading coal and sulphur. Cranes rise above both ships, and a man is walking near a large pile of coal in the background ... |
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| Description: | Elevated view over railroads tracks of Canadian ship with cargo of wood pulp. Sulphide bales are being unloaded and there are several men on the ship. In t... |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of dock site towards Lake Superior, showing sulphur pile and a large chute in the background. |
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