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Transporting Parcels on Windsled

Date: 1954
Description: Elmer Nelson sorting through boxes of goods being transported on the "Dream Sled" windsled.
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Congregational Church

Date: 1913
Description: Congregational Church and the Church Cottage located on the Mission grounds at La Pointe.
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Looking West in La Pointe

Date: 1910
Description: Looking west down wooden sidewalk along La Pointe's unpaved main street.
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La Pointe

Date: 1910
Description: View of La Pointe taken from Lake Superior.
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La Pointe, Madeline Island

Date: 1898
Description: Old Mission Residence at La Pointe, Madeline Island.
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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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View from Old Mission Grounds

Date: 
Description: View of cottages and Mission dock on Lake Superior on Madeline Island.
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Old Mission Inn

Date: 1910
Description: View from water of the Old Mission Inn on the shore of Lake Superior in La Pointe on Madeline Island. Dwelling to the left is a portion of the lower dormit...
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Old Mission Cottages

Date: 1910
Description: View from water of Mission cottages along shoreline of Lake Superior in La Pointe, Madeline Island.
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Flood on Bay City Creek

Date: 1920
Description: Aftermath of the Bay City Creek flood.
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Gorge of the Bad River

Date: 1929
Description: The gorge of the Bad River below Brownstone Falls.
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Brownstone Falls

Date: 1935
Description: View from rocky shoreline towards the Brownstone Falls in Copper Falls State Park.
Photograph

Brownstone Falls

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of the Brownstone Falls on the Bad River.
Photograph

Copper Falls

Date: 1937
Description: Elevated view of the waterfall where the Bad River tumbles over the Keweenawan Trap Ledge.
Photograph

Copper Falls

Date: 1950
Description: Elevated view of the Copper Falls on the Bad River.
Postcard

North Grand Street in Glidden, Wisconsin

Date: 1895
Description: Looking down unpaved North Grand street, which appears to be the main street of Glidden, Wisconsin. Caption reads: "N. Grand St. Glidden Wis."
Postcard

Indian Cemetery

Date: 1905
Description: Indian cemetery. A large body of water is in the background. Caption reads: "Indian Burying Grounds, Bayfield, Wis."
Painting

View of La Pointe, Madeline, Wisconsin

Date: 1842
Description: American Fur Company with both Mission churches. Sketch purportedly by a Native American youth. Probably an overpainted photographic copy enlargement. Pape...
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No-Ma-Ba-Be Lodge

Date: 1935
Description: View from hill of wooden row boats pulled on shore of two-story log cabin belonging to Dr. Bengston on White Bass Lake near Clam Lake.

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