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Our Cottage

Date: 1910
Description: A family sits on a porch of a two-story cedar shake house with Lake Superior in background.
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Capt. Angus Sailboat

Date: 1910
Description: Gaff-rigged schooner the "Lizzie W." on Lake Superior just off from the mission dock on Madeline Island.
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Mission Landing

Date: 1910
Description: Steamboat "Skater" and two sailboats at end of the mission dock on Madeline Island.
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Capt. Angus Cottage

Date: 1910
Description: Log house with cedar shake roof.
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Fish Nets

Date: 1910
Description: Children standing in front of fish nets drying on net reels.
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Luncheon on Wilson's Island

Date: 1910
Description: Two women and a man sitting on the shore of Lake Superior, resting against a tree stump and boulders. One woman is reading, with a picnic basket at her sid...
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Stevens Monument

Date: 1925
Description: View of the Stevens monument, erected in honor of George Stevens, whom the town is named after, at the site where he landed in 1824.
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Baptist Church

Date: 1908
Description: Baptist Church. Caption reads: "[Bapti]st Church, Mt. Vernon, Wis."
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Marker, Perrot State Park

Date: 1926
Description: A marker commemorating the French fort erected by Rene Godefrey, Sieur de Linctot, which existed on this site between 1731-1736. It is thought that the sit...
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Dick on His Bike

Date: 1918
Description: Richard "Dick" Lloyd Jones riding his bicycle in front of 1011 Walker Court (now 1011 Rutledge Court).
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Group with Toy Boat

Date: 1917
Description: A group standing on a Lake Monona pier with a large toy sail boat. Richard "Dick" Lloyd Jones is at far left, his mother, Georgia Lloyd Jones stands to th...
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On the Lower Churchill

Date: 1961
Description: Sigurd Olson and friends canoeing on the Lower Churchill River.
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William O. Douglas

Date: 1958
Description: Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas during a canoe trip with conservationist Sigurd F. Olson. He is sitting with his hat in hand beside a canoe pulled...
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Earl Woodbury

Date: 1933
Description: Earl Woodbury, age 14, a student at Cloverland School, poses with a sheep on his home farm. The sheep has been recently shorn. There is another sheep and a...
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Rhine Center School

Date: 1931
Description: Broad stairs lead to the front door of the one-story, wood frame Rhine Center School, District No. 6. The school has a covered front porch, stone foundatio...
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Gustave A. Schulz House

Date: 1931
Description: Vines cover trellises on two porches of the Schulz house, a large wood frame Victorian farmhouse. There is fretwork in the gables and a band of decorative ...
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Lorena Feldmann

Date: 1931
Description: Lorena Feldmann, 13, hoes in the garden at her family's farm. She is somewhat overdressed for the task in a light coat, white stockings and dress shoes. A ...
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Mr. Paulson and Group

Date: 05 08 1927
Description: Mr. Paulson posing with a group of people outdoors. He is holding a handful of what may be dirt.

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