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| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | This was the first boat & sled-type wind sled built on Madeline Island. Built by Elmer Nelson for Howard Russell between 1950-1951. Had a 9-cylinder R-680-... |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of a wooden in-board motorboat on Lake Superior. Two men are in the front seat, and two bathing beauties are riding in the back wavi... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Old Mission Inn and boats on shoreline of Lake Superior on Madeline Island. The Old Mission Inn had numerous modifications over the years. It was razed in... |
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| Description: | View of cottages and Mission dock on Lake Superior on Madeline Island. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Lighthouse on Outer Island of the Apostle Islands. |
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| Description: | Michigan Island Lighthouse, Apostle Islands, Lake Superior. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Five ladies and one man standing on Old Mission Dock holding picnic baskets and umbrellas. The ladies with umbrellas are from left: Mrs. Ross, Mrs. Ervine,... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Large group of fishermen standing on ice with catch of fish displayed on airplane wing near La Pointe, Madeline Island. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Logging Camp dock and buildings made of logs. Madeline Island shoreline on the bank of Lake Superior. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Rock formation, The Sphinx, on Stockton Island of the Apostle Islands. Steamer "Edna" in background on Lake Superior. |
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| Description: | Man ice fishing on Chequamegon Bay through a hole with a fishing jig, fish and fry pan. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Catch of lake trout displayed by three fisherman on the pier at Little Sand Bay. From left to right are Martin Johnson, Hermy Johnson, and Myron Lohman. |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| 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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| Description: | Three women stand on the shore in front of the steamer Barker at Devils Island natural dock. |
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| Description: | Two women and a man are walking down the dock near a boat named "Chippewa" on Rocky Island.c South Twin Island is across the water in the background. |
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| Description: | View from rocky shoreline of towards one of the Apostle Islands across the water. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View across water towards three men and a woman posing while standing in a wooden boat in a sea cave in the Apostle Islands. Rock formations and other sea ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | The moon, partially obstructed by clouds, is reflected in the waters off one of the Apostle Islands. There is a small islet on the right, with several tree... |
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