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Rose Garden Gazebo

Date: 1917
Description: Log-constructed gazebo and person on bridge in rose garden.
Photograph

"Lizzie W." in Apostle Islands

Date: 1915
Description: Two women aboard the Hull family boat, the "Lizzie W.," while it is tied to shore at one of the Apostle Islands.
Photograph

Apostle Islands

Date: 1913
Description: Mary Baldwin (Duluth), John Neimeyer (Duluth), and the bow of the "Zenya."
Drawing

Home of Notorious Rebel — E.L. Newsome

Date: 
Description: Home of Notorious Rebel — E.L. Newsome (located in New Madrid, Missouri). There is a farmstead with a man and woman in the foreground, a fence in the middl...
Postcard

Printing Office on Parmenter Street

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of the printing office on Parmenter Street, north of Elmwood Avenue. The Proprietor of the printing office was Tom Everel at the time of the ...
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Group on Basswood Island

Date: 1917
Description: Group of people sitting on sandstone on Basswood Island, Apostle Islands. People from l. to r.: E.H., Florence Baker, Dot Ross, Louise Baker, Harie Ross, a...
Photograph

Dutch Farmhouse

Date: 01 21 1924
Description: View across field towards a Dutch farmhouse. A dog is sitting in the foreground, and chickens are running near a building, and a woman is standing under a ...
Photograph

Boating on Lake Siskiwit

Date: 1938
Description: Three women in a rowboat off a dock on Siskiwit Lake.
Postcard

Postcard with Finnish Harvesting Scene

Date: 1910
Description: Postcard distributed by International Harvester showing a color photograph of a harvesting scene in Finland. Original caption reads: "Finland — The women f...
Postcard

International Harvester Postcard — Finland

Date: 1909
Description: Postcard distributed by International Harvester Company depicting a harvesting scene in Finland. Includes a color illustration of a horse-drawn mower with ...
Photograph

Grave of Colonel Hans Heg

Date: 
Description: Outdoor group portrait of women and one child alongside the graves of Colonel Hans Heg, commander of the 15th Wisconsin Infantry, and his daughter Annetta....
Photograph

216 Campbell Street

Date: 1905
Description: View of the house at 216 Campbell Street. Construction materials are piled about the property, suggesting it was recently built. A small group of people ar...
Photograph

Lakewood House Construction

Date: 
Description: Two women and three children posing by a fireplace during the construction of the Lakewood House.
Photograph

Baseball Game

Date: 08 03 1911
Description: A baseball game is underway on the Island. A woman, with her back to the camera, is at bat. From left to right on the field: Donald Holt, Jeannette Holt, A...
Photograph

Two Women Sitting Outside the Hermit Cottage

Date: 1912
Description: Two women are sitting on a bench outside of the Hermit cottage. The older woman has her arm around the neck and on the shoulder of the younger woman. They ...
Photograph

Boating Party on Middle Lake

Date: 1913
Description: View across water towards a wooded shoreline, where a man and woman, followed by two children, are walking out of the woods toward Middle Lake where four w...
Photograph

Lucy Rumsey Holt Rowing on Archibald Lake

Date: 1912
Description: Amateur photographer Lucy Rumsey Holt is rowing on Archibald Lake. Due to advances in mobile photography, Holt was able to take many of her photos out in t...
Photograph

Young David Rumsey Sitting on a Log with his Parents

Date: 1913
Description: Young David Rumsey is sitting on a log between his father and mother on a sunny day. Parents Wallace and Edna Rumsey are looking at the camera. There is a ...
Photograph

Harvesting Grapes

Date: 1909
Description: A group of women and children are standing in front of the porch at Island Lodge. From left to right: Jeannette Holt smiling and holding a bundle of vines ...
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George and Thekla

Date: 03 1913
Description: George F. and Thekla Brumder sharing a smile while sitting on a bench at a rustic table outdoors in Puerto Rico. Both are wearing light-colored clothing an...

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