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Mission Inn

Date: 1920
Description: View across lawn of the Mission Inn on Madeline Island, with a shoreline on the left.
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Post Mistresss at Post Office

Date: 1917
Description: Elizabeth Lathrop, Post Mistress, stands with a dog and other people in front of the Post Office. There is a shoreline on the left.
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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 from Big Bay Road

Date: 1910
Description: View of La Pointe taken from Big Bay Road on Madeline Island.
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La Pointe

Date: 1910
Description: View of La Pointe taken from Lake Superior.
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La Pointe Dock

Date: 1912
Description: Elevated view of La Pointe dock taken from the water.
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Village of La Pointe

Date: 1910
Description: Looking down La Pointe's main street on Madeline Island. A man is walking on the board sidewalk on the left, and another person is driving a horse-drawn ve...
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La Pointe from Mission Inn

Date: 1900
Description: View of La Pointe, Madeline Island, taken from the Mission Inn.
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La Pointe Town Hall

Date: 05 16 1973
Description: Front view of the La Pointe Town Hall on Madeline Island.
Postcard

Town Hall and Church

Date: 1932
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...
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Daniel Angus House

Date: 1900
Description: The house of Captain Angus on the shore of Lake Superior in La Pointe on Madeline Island sometime around 1900. The Angus family came to Madeline Island in ...
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Treaty Hall

Date: 1910
Description: George F. Thomas is holding a child and standing next to Edward F. Hansen in front of Treaty Hall in La Pointe on Madeline Island.
Postcard

Nebraska Row

Date: 1930
Description: View from water of cottages along the shoreline in Nebraska Row, La Pointe, Madeline Island. Caption reads: "Nebraska Row — La Pointe, Wis."
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Stahl Dog Team

Date: 1912
Description: Child passengers being transported on a wagon pulled by dog team belonging to Thomas Stahl. Wagon and dog team are on the boardwalk in La Pointe.
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La Pointe Village School

Date: 1910
Description: Two women sitting in dog cart on dirt street in front of boardwalk. La Pointe Village School is in the background. Dog team belongs to Tom Stahl.
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Congregational Church

Date: 1940
Description: Exterior of the Congregational Church in dilapidated condition.
Postcard

Ashland County Court House

Date: 1930
Description: Text on front reads: "New Court House, Ashland, Wis." The Neoclassical courthouse was built in 1915 of limestone.
Postcard

Beaser Avenue School

Date: 1910
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. ...
Postcard

High School

Date: 1900
Description: Front view of the four story high school with a tower above the the entrance. Caption reads: "High School, Ashland, Wis."
Postcard

Knight Hotel

Date: 1907
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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