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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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Leo Capser and Margaret Glover

Date: 1915
Description: Leo W. Capser and Margaret Glover (Mrs. Andrews) lounging on the grass in the Apostle Islands.
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Main Lodge at Old Mission Inn

Date: 1937
Description: Old Mission Inn on shoreline of Lake Superior, taken from end of dock. The Old Mission Inn was razed in 1965.
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Old Indian Burying Grounds

Date: 1959
Description: Caption reads: "Old Indian Burying Grounds LaPointe Wisconsin."
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Indian Burial Ground

Date: 1939
Description: Burial grounds in La Pointe.
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Indian Cemetery

Date: 1905
Description: Indian cemetery. A large body of water is in the background. Caption reads: "Indian Burying Grounds, Bayfield, Wis."
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Mission Dock

Date: 1930
Description: The Mission Dock with a large white building behind it. It is not the Old Mission House, as sometimes believed to be, and the term "Mission Dock" may not e...
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Old Mission Inn

Date: 1915
Description: The Old Mission Inn by what is believed to be the first Protestant religious building in Wisconsin called Old Mission Congregational Church.
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Old Mission Inn

Date: 1915
Description: The Old Mission Inn by what is believed to be the first Protestant religious building in Wisconsin called Old Mission Congregational Church.
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Old Mission Inn

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Description: The Old Mission Inn, originally built as a mission house in 1832 by the Congregational mission established by Frederick Ayer in 1830. In later years furthe...
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St. Joseph's Catholic Church

Date: 1910
Description: The interior of St. Joseph's Catholic Church. It was built in 1841 by Father Frederick Baraga (later Bishop), who established his mission in 1835. A small ...
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The Pines Hotel on Madeline Island —Lake Superior

Date: 1935
Description: View from road towards a small wooden hotel among the pines. There is a balcony and a screened-in porch. A sign on a tree on the right reads: "The Pines, R...
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The Gar How of La Pointe

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Description: View across water towards the "Gar How." A group of people are on the boat.

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