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Motorboating at Devils Island

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Description: Slightly elevated view of a wooden in-board motorboat on Lake Superior. Two men are in the front seat, and two bathing beauties are riding in the back wavi...
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Wild Rice Harvest

Date: 1960
Description: An Ojibwa woman, Francis Mike, harvesting wild rice in a boat on Totogatic Lake.
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Home Port

Date: 1963
Description: Fishing net and boat dock on shoreline.
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Buildings on a Hillside

Date: 1875
Description: Stereograph of buildings on a hillside.
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View of Bayfield

Date: 1875
Description: Stereograph of Bayfield.
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Sawmill

Date: 1875
Description: Stereograph view of Bayfield with a sawmill in the foreground.
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Elevated View of Lake Superior and Town

Date: 1876
Description: Stereograph view of Lake Superior scenery and downtown area.
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Tipis on Lakeshore

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Description: Three tipis on the shore of East Lake, now called Lake Tahkodah.
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Scene on East Lake

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Description: Tipis along the shore of East Lake, now called Lake Tahkodah.
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Gifford's Home on East Lake

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Description: People on the shore of East Lake (now called Lake Tahkodah) by the Gifford residence, with tipis in the distance.
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Brower Park

Date: 1904
Description: View across water towards Brower Park near Houghton Point.
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South Twin Island Fishing Village

Date: 1915
Description: Building, boats, and fish net drying reels on South Twin Island in the Apostle Islands archipelago.
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Houghton Point from Madeline Island

Date: 1900
Description: View of Hougton Point and Bayfield from Madeline Island.
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City Dock at Bayfield

Date: 1910
Description: View towards shoreline of an automobile being driven on the Bayfield City Dock. Colonel Woods' boat, "Nebraska" is at the dock. Sam Fifields' "Stella" is a...
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Elevator and Coal Dock

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Description: Elevator and coal dock in Washburn.
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Elevator and Coal Docks

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Description: Elevator and coal docks, including ships.
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Washburn Lumber Mills

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Description: Lumber mills.
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Gaylord Nelson Canoeing The Namekagon River

Date: 1966
Description: Gaylord Nelson participates in a canoe trip down the Namekagon River in an effort to protect the river under the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.
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Wharf Buildings

Date: 1969
Description: View from water of the sides of three wharf buildings in a bay of Lake Superior.
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The Landing at Brookside Resort

Date: 1935
Description: Numerous boat docks along shoreline of one of the Eau Claire Lakes.

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