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Filling In Brittingham Park

Date: 1907
Description: A steam-powered dredge anchored in Monona Bay is filling in Brittingham Park.
Photograph

Ashland Ore Dock

Date: 1885
Description: Ore dock of the Milwaukee, Lake Shore, and Western Railroad, with a pile of logs in the foreground and docked ships in the background.
Photograph

Ore dock of Milwaukee, Lake Shore, and Western Railroad

Date: 1885
Description: View of the ore dock of the Milwaukee, Lake Shore, and Western Railroad. Large logs, buildings and a railroad bridge are in the foreground.
Photograph

Ore Dock

Date: 1929
Description: View of an ore dock on Chequamegon Bay. Buildings on the shore of the bay can be seen, however, not the water.
Postcard

Ore Docks

Date: 1920
Description: Caption reads: "Mammoth Ore Docks, Ashland, Wis." A building and roads are in the foreground. Several ore ships can be seen.
Postcard

Marinette Fisheries

Date: 1912
Description: View across water toward buildings on the right, with men standing on a platform at the shoreline in front of a large building. Three more smaller building...
Map or Atlas

State of Wisconsin

Date: 1853
Description: Railroad map outlines mid and southern Wisconsin county boundaries in red, and city/town lines are provided. Other marks include lead mines, copper mines, ...
Map or Atlas

Old Trails and Roads, Bayfield Peninsula, Wisconsin

Date: 1952
Description: This 1952 map of the northern parts of Bayfield and Douglas counties, Wisconsin, shows points established by E.T. Sweet in 1877, road points confirmed by S...
Map or Atlas

R.L. Polk & Co.'s Directory Map of the City of Ashland, Wisconsin

Date: 1888
Description: This map shows wards and includes the Chequamegon Bay and Washburn. An inset map shows the Ashland region, its railroads, and a few of its iron mines.
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Ashland

Date: 06 1923
Description: A Sanborn map of Ashland.
Map or Atlas

Chart of Harbor at Duluth, Minn. and Superior, Wis.

Date: 1901
Description: This map shows streets, industrial buildings, a portion of Lake Superior and other lakes, bays, and rivers in portions of Duluth and Superior. Relief is sh...
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Ashland

Date: 06 1923
Description: Sanborn map of Ashland, which includes Chequamegon Bay.
Photograph

Ahnapee & Western Railway Bridge

Date: 01 06 1958
Description: Ahnapee & Western Railway Bridge construction. View is from Highway Bridge. There are ships on the right side beyond the bridge. The forested shoreline cur...
Photograph

Sturgeon Bay

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Description: Aerial view of harbors and bridge. Farm fields are on either side of the bridge. The city of Sturgeon Bay is in the distance. There are docks along the sho...
Map or Atlas

Map of Ashland County & Part Bayfield Co., Wis., Showing Wisconsin Central Ry. Lands

Date: 1909
Description: This map shows vacant Wisconsin Central Ry. lands, settlers houses, lands sold by Wisconsin Central Ry., schools, churches, saw mills, and roads; also show...
Map or Atlas

Map of the Mineral Lands Upon Lake Superior Ceded to the United States by the Treaty of 1842 With the Chippeway Indians

Date: 1845
Description: This map shows lakes, rivers, Chippewa land, the U.S. Mineral Land Agency, boundary between U.S. and Canada, Methodist and Catholic missions, and American ...
Map or Atlas

Private Claims at Green Bay

Date: 1900
Description: This photostat map was probably originally created in 1835 and shows in addition to private claims, mills, roads, and trails. Green Bay and the Fox River a...
Map or Atlas

Map of Ashland County, Wisconsin, and Portions of Ontonagon County, Mich., Gogebic County, Mich. and Lincoln County, Wis., Showing the Mining Districts

Date: 1985
Description: This map shows mining, White River, Silver Creek, Bad River, Agogic Lake, Chequamegon Bay, smaller lakes, the Bad River Indian Reservation, and communities...
Photograph

Looking North from Green Bay

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Description: Stereograph of an elevated view looking north from Green Bay. In the foreground logs are floating in the water near boat moored near a pier or jetty. Anoth...
Postcard

Table Rock from Daisy Fields at Garrett Bay

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Description: Colored postcard view near the extreme northern point of Door County. There is a man standing on the left in a field of flowers looking at the bay. Fishing...

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