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La Pointe, Madeline Island

Date: 1898
Description: Old Mission Residence at La Pointe, Madeline Island.
Photograph

Eagle Bay

Date: 1915
Description: View from hill across Eagle Bay with buildings and trees in the foreground. Caption reads: "Across Eagle Bay, Ephraim, Wis."
Postcard

Downtown Fish Creek

Date: 1905
Description: View across field and fence downhill towards the town of Fish Creek and the bay. Caption reads: "Greetings from Fish Creek, Wis."
Photograph

Downtown Fish Creek

Date: 1910
Description: View from hill towards downtown Fish Creek, with the buildings and ground covered in snow. There is a road in the foreground leading off to the left. The b...
Postcard

Indian Cemetery

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

Pavilion and Walkway

Date: 1910
Description: Walkway on the bluff leading down to a pavilion on the shoreline. Houses are in the background. Caption reads: "Pavilion at Bendersville, near Green Bay, W...
Postcard

Peninsula State Park

Date: 1954
Description: View looking west from Eagle Bluff toward Nicolet Bay, the Strawberry Islands, and Chambers Island. Three people are sitting on the stone wall of the overl...
Postcard

Railroad Tracks near Milwaukee Bay

Date: 1937
Description: View down the hill toward the U.S. Coast Guard Station on the left with two communications towers on the Lake Michigan shoreline. Railroad tracks are just ...
Photograph

Overlooking Marblehead

Date: 
Description: Elevated view looking down on the town with the bay and opposite shoreline in distance.
Map or Atlas

Chart of Apostle Islands Including the South Coast of Lake Superior : From Little Girl Point, Michigan to Sand Point, Wisconsin

Date: 1909
Description: This 1909 chart of the Apostle Islands, Chequamegon Bay, and the Lake Superior shoreline shows relief by contours and spot heights and depths by contours, ...
Photograph

City of Madison from University Heights

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Description: View from University Heights looking south across open fields towards barns and fences. (written on envelope: Camp Randall, Old Dane Country Fair Grounds)....
Postcard

Little Sister Bay

Date: 1957
Description: Elevated view of Little Sister Bay and the surrounding landscape.
Map or Atlas

A Plan of New York Island, with Part of Long Island, Staten Island & east New Jersey, with a Particular Description of the Engagement on the Woody Heights of Long Island, between Flatbush and Brooklyn, on the 27th of August 1776

Date: 10 1776
Description: Broadside map showing the British invasion of New York city in August and September of 1776. The map shows important cities, forts, roads, hills, mountains...
Map or Atlas

Chart and Plan of the Harbour of New York & the County. Adjacent, from Sandy Hook to Kingsbridge: Comprehending the Whole of New York and Staten Islands, and Part of Long Isladn & the Jersey Shore

Date: 11 1781
Description: Map of New York, Staten Island, and Long Island, showing the placements of forts, and the movement of troops in 1776. The map also includes towns, cities, ...
Postcard

Beach Road, Ellison Bay

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Description: View of Beach Road and the beach at Ellison Bay. Buildings are across the bay, and a tree-lined ridge is in the far background. Caption reads: "Beach Road,...
Postcard

View of the Shore

Date: 1915
Description: View of Ephraim from the bay, with a pier in the foreground. Churches are on the left and right, and the Hillside Hotel is in the center near the shore. Ca...
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Greetings from Ephraim

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Description: Elevated view from hill of the bay and Ephraim. A man is walking up the hill on a road with buildings and fences on both sides. Caption reads: "Greetings f...
Postcard

View of Bay from Anderson's House

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of the bay side neighborhood, with a view of the bluffs across the bay. Caption reads: "View of Bay at Ephraim from Anderson's House."
Postcard

Ephraim Bay

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Description: Photographic postcard view of Ephraim and bay from a grassy lot with trees, shrubs and a fence. Caption reads: "Ephraim Bay, Ephraim, Wis."
Postcard

Lighthouse at Eagle Harbor

Date: 1909
Description: View across water towards the steep shoreline and lighthouse at Eagle Harbor.

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