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"Idora" at Mission Stub Dock

Date: 1910
Description: View from shoreline of the steamboat "Idora," owned by Charles Russell, docked at the Mission 'stub dock' on Madeline Island. A group of people are on boar...
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La Pointe from Big Bay Road

Date: 1910
Description: View of La Pointe taken from Big Bay Road on Madeline Island.
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La Pointe

Date: 1910
Description: View of La Pointe taken from Lake Superior.
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Haecker House

Date: 1910
Description: The Woods family sitting in yard outside house on Nebraska Row, La Pointe, Madeline Island. The house was built in 1904. Left to right: Twins Tom & Henry W...
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Nebraska Row from the Bank

Date: 1910
Description: View of three of the early houses on Nebraska Row in La Pointe, Madeline Island. Haecker house is in the foreground, the Woods' house is next door.
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Tom Stahl with Dog Team

Date: 1910
Description: Tom Stahl's dog team pulling wagon loaded with goods and child past buildings in La Pointe.
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La Pointe Village School

Date: 1910
Description: Two women sitting in dog cart on dirt street in front of boardwalk. La Pointe Village School is in the background. Dog team belongs to Tom Stahl.
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St. Joseph's Catholic Church

Date: 1910
Description: People gathered around picket fence in front of a decorated St. Joseph's Catholic Church in La Pointe on Madeline Island.
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Old Mission Inn

Date: 1910
Description: View from water of the Old Mission Inn on the shore of Lake Superior in La Pointe on Madeline Island. Dwelling to the left is a portion of the lower dormit...
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Old Mission Cottages

Date: 1910
Description: View from water of Mission cottages along shoreline of Lake Superior in La Pointe, Madeline Island.
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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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South Shore Farm

Date: 1910
Description: Three young men and a girl standing at South Shore Farm located on an Apostle Island.
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Mrs. Lathrop Pushing Wheelbarrow

Date: 1910
Description: Mrs. Lathrop, the town post mistress, pushing her wheelbarrow down a long wooden dock at La Pointe. She is on her way to haul merchandise for her store.
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"Skater" and "Perhaps" at Mission Dock

Date: 1910
Description: Ferry boat "Skater" and sailboat "Perhaps" near the Mission Dock. A group of people are waiting on the dock for the "Skater" to arrive. There is a boy carr...
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Mrs. Lathrop at Old La Pointe Post Office

Date: 1910
Description: Mrs. Elizabeth Lathrop sitting on steps of La Point Post Office with an unidentified woman.
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Madeline Island Logging Camp

Date: 1910
Description: Madeline Island logging camp near Big Bay. Men preparing logs for a building, with three log buildings in background.
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Logging Camp at Big Bay

Date: 1910
Description: Logging Camp dock and buildings made of logs. Madeline Island shoreline on the bank of Lake Superior.
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Cedar Bark Lodge

Date: 1910
Description: Group of people standing in front of Cedar Bark Lodge on (Wilson) Hermit Island, Apostle Islands. Cedar Bark Lodge was also known as the Hermitage.

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