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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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E. Pike Residence

Date: 1930
Description: View of the E. Pike residence. The owner is thought to have been a relative of Robinson D. Pike (1838-1905), a lumber merchant and the founder of Bayfield...
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E. Pike Residence

Date: 1930
Description: Back view of the E. Pike residence. A man is standing in the center. The owner is thought to have been a relative of Robinson D. Pike (1838-1905), a lumber...
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Pureair Sanatorium

Date: 1920
Description: Pureair Sanatorium, a tuberculosis sanatorium.
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State Fish Hatchery

Date: 1915
Description: View of the State Fish Hatchery, surrounded by a lawn planted with trees. A wide sidewalk leads up to the entrance. The sign on the front of the building r...
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State Fish Hatchery

Date: 1915
Description: View towards the front of the State Fish Hatchery from the surrounding grounds.
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State Fish Hatchery

Date: 1930
Description: View of the State Fish Hatchery. Caption reads: "State Fish Hatchery, near Ashland, Wis."
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St. Mary's Russian Orthodox Church in Cornucopia

Date: 1948
Description: Exterior of St. Mary's Russian Orthodox Church.
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Highway through Iron River

Date: 1935
Description: View of Iron River along the highway.
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Brower Park

Date: 1904
Description: View across water towards Brower Park near Houghton Point.
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Rankinson House

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Description: The Jacob Rankinson house, built by Rankinson in the 1890s. This building was moved to the Old World Wisconsin site at Eagle, Wisconsin in 1973.
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Ole Emerson's Lumber Property

Date: 1904
Description: Winter scene with lumber workers hauling a large log with horses.
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Henry Getto Family

Date: 1908
Description: Left to right, Maria, Fred, Oscar, and Alma Getto standing in a field. Henry Getto is in a horse-drawn wagon in the background.
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Jacob Johnson & Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Jacob Johnson & Company of Bayfield, Wisconsin, a wholesale dealer in fresh and saltwater Lake Superior Fish. Features a cartoon of a man wea...
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Teacher's House

Date: 1931
Description: A one and a half story wood frame house stands behind a wire fence. Wildflowers bloom in the yard and there are several trees near the house. Lightning ro...
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Port Wing Consolidated School

Date: 1931
Description: Children play on swings in front of the imposing Port Wing Consolidated School. It is two stories tall, with wood frame construction, a tall sandstone foun...
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Larson Barn

Date: 1931
Description: An automobile is parked near the Melvin Larson barn in Bayfield County. The large barn has a concrete block foundation, gambrel roof, and three large venti...
Postcard

Carnegie Library

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Description: Exterior view of the front facade of the library. Caption reads: "Carnegie Library, Bayfield, Wis."
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Old Rittenhouse Inn

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Description: Photographic postcard of an exterior view of the Old Rittenhouse Inn.
Postcard

Le Chateau Boutin

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Description: View of the exterior of Le Chateau Boutin during peak fall color.

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