Date: | 1886 |
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Description: | Bird's-eye view of Ashland, on the shores of Lake Superior, with insets of The Apostle Islands Chequamagon Bay & Ashland, and Distances from Ashland. |
Date: | 1890 |
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Description: | Bird's-eye map of Ashland, viewed from Lake Superior, with insets of Prentice Park and Fishery. Population 16,000. Increase in Ten Years, 11,000. |
Date: | 1891 |
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Description: | Elevated view looking west from the Knight Block. The Chequamegon Hotel and harbor are in the background. |
Date: | 1888 |
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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... |
Date: | 1885 |
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Description: | Mining and lumbering provided the impetus for the development of northern Wisconsin and Ashland was ideally situated to become a leading city of the "new W... |
Date: | 02 26 1887 |
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Description: | Bird's-eye map of Ashland, and the Apostle Islands in Lake Superior. Caption reads: "Ashland and the Apostle Islands." |
Date: | 1885 |
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Description: | Ore dock of the Milwaukee, Lake Shore, and Western Railroad, with a pile of logs in the foreground and docked ships in the background. |
Date: | |
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Description: | Looking West from Knight Block, with shipping piers and sailing ships on right side, railroad on left, trees in background. Horse-drawn carriages on street... |
Date: | 1880 |
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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... |
Date: | 1884 |
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Description: | Panorama bird's-eye view of the town of Ashland, on Lake Superior, and the Apostle Islands. |
Date: | 1930 |
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Description: | Text on front reads: "New Court House, Ashland, Wis." The Neoclassical courthouse was built in 1915 of limestone. |
Date: | 1890 |
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Description: | Text on front reads: "Jail For Ashland County, Ashland, Wis." and "Conover & Porter, Architects." |
Date: | 1890 |
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Description: | Text on front reads: "Ashland County Jail, Ashland, Wis." and "Conover & Porter, Architects." A young boy standing on the steps near the open door of the a... |
Date: | 1910 |
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Description: | The Beaser Avenue School, built in 1899 of brick and brownstone in the Richardson Romanesque style. In the background are dwellings and a church building. ... |
Date: | 1885 |
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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... |
Date: | 1899 |
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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... |
Date: | 1890 |
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Description: | Main entrance to the First National Bank Building. |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | Front view of the four story high school with a tower above the the entrance. Caption reads: "High School, Ashland, Wis." |
Date: | 1907 |
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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... |
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