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La Pointe, Madeline Island

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

Indian Cemetery

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

Old Mission

Date: 1905
Description: View across water towards Old Mission, as seen from the pier with Old Mission Congregational Church behind it. This Mission was established in 1830 by Fred...
Postcard

Old Mission Inn

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Description: The Old Mission Inn, originally built as a mission house in 1832 by the Congregational mission established by Frederick Ayer in 1830. In later years furthe...
Map or Atlas

Chart No. 1 of Apostle Islands Including South Coast of Lake Superior from Squaw Bay to Roys Point

Date: 1900
Description: This chart of the northern Apostle Islands and Lake Superior shoreline shows relief by contours and spot heights and depths by contours, gradient tints and...
Map or Atlas

Survey of the Northern and Northwestern Lakes : Ashland and Washburn Harbors, Wisconsin

Date: 1916
Description: This map shows Chequamegon Bay, an inlet of Lake Superior. Depths are shown by isolines and soundings and relief shown by contours. The map is colored in y...
Map or Atlas

Map of Ashland, Ashland Co., Wis.

Date: 1924
Description: This map is pen, pencil, and watercolor on paper and shows land ownership by name, local streets, railroads, and part of Chequamegon Bay. The map includes ...
Map or Atlas

Map of Ashland County and Portion of Bayfield Co., Wisconsin

Date: 1915
Description: This map shows school houses, churches, farms, and railroads. Chequamecon Bay and Bad River Indian Reservation are labeld. The map reads: "All lands shown ...
Photograph

Snug Harbor

Date: 1956
Description: Elevated view of a rowboat moored in a small cove on Madeline Island in the Apostle Islands.

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