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Modern Windsled

Date: 05 1954
Description: Windsled used to transport passengers and goods between Madeline Island and Bayfield. This image was in Ross' book, "La Pointe: Village Outpost".
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"Louis Moe" Sailboat

Date: 1902
Description: Ole Christinson, Dick Hanson, Fred Hanson, and Herman Johnson, Sr., onboard sailboat "Louis Moe" along the shore of Sand Island.
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Madeline Island Historical Museum Under Construction

Date: 1956
Description: Constructing the Madeline Island Historical Museum in La Pointe which consists of four separate buildings. L-to-r: jail; American Fur Trade storage buildin...
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Dog Drawn Traino

Date: 1930
Description: Howard Russell standing next to his dog team pulling the "Traino." Russell and the team are ready to leave Madeline Island with the U.S. Mail.
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Governor's Island, Aerial View

Date: 1935
Description: Aerial view of Governor's Island in Lake Mendota as well as the area surrounding the Mendota Mental Health Hospital.
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School and Memorial, Washington Island

Date: 1929
Description: School and war memorial on Washington Island.
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Harbor, Washington Island

Date: 1929
Description: One of the four harbors on Washington Island. There is a man on a pier or dock in the foreground, and a boat approaching on the left. A tree-lined shorelin...
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Shoreline near Green Bay

Date: 1963
Description: Elevated view of a small island near the Green Bay shore.
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Apostle Islands Tour

Date: 1979
Description: Senator Gaylord Nelson, Dave Obey, and Secretary of the Interior Cecil Andrus, walk along a beach with a park ranger during a tour of the Apostle Islands. ...
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Small Island

Date: 08 18 1963
Description: Elevated view of a small, gravelly island in Lake Michigan. Caption on photograph reads, "Green Bay shore with small gravely island. This is very likely th...
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Small Boats Moored Near The Rocky Shore

Date: 1949
Description: Elevated view of three rowboats floating in the water off a rocky shore, and in the distance several rocky islands with trees.
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Coolidge Point and Kettle Island

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Description: View of Kettle Island as seen from Coolidge Point. A residence stands among trees on Coolidge Point.
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Bathing Beach in Bermuda

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Description: Elevated view of Bermuda shoreline. Several dwellings stand on top of the island and people swim in the ocean on the beaches below.
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Mormon Cabin

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Description: Ruins of a Mormon cabin built of squared logs. A harbor is visible in the background.
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Woods Manor on Madeline Island

Date: 1938
Description: View of the two-story, wood shingle, lake shore home, Woods Manor, a part of Nebraska Row on Madeline Island. In the foreground is a swimming pool surround...
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Scene on the Rock River

Date: 1907
Description: View along bank of river towards a young girl walking in the grass near the shoreline. Behind her, a man and woman sit in a rowboat on the Rock River. They...
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View of Rockford

Date: 1878
Description: View down Rock River towards a covered bridge near another bridge, with factories and the city in the background.
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Rocky Roost

Date: 01 07 1894
Description: Winter view of early buildings on Rocky Roost, which was west of Governor's Island. There is snow on the roofs, on the rocks and on the shore of Lake Mendo...
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Aerial View of Lake Namakagon

Date: 1929
Description: Aerial view of Lake Namakagon, showing the roads that connect Anderson Island (center left), and Juneks Point, Eagle Point, and Paines Island.
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View of Crawford County

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view, looking north, from Mt. Hosmer, with tall bluffs on the far (Wisconsin) side of the Mississippi River. There are multiple sloughs and island...

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