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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.
Photograph

Ferryboat Landing

Date: 1929
Description: Ferryboat landing, with the boats providing service between Gills Rock and Washington Island.
Map or Atlas

Portion of Liberty Grove

Date: 1924
Description: Plat map showing a portion of Liberty Grove, T32-33N R29E. The land is bordered on the south by Rowley's Bay, on the east by Lake Michigan and Europe Bay, ...
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 ...
Photograph

Cana Island

Date: 1920
Description: View from beach across Spike Horn Bay towards Cana Island and the Cana Island Light.
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Ashland

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

Sanborn Map of Ashland

Date: 06 1923
Description: Sanborn map of Ashland, which includes Chequamegon Bay.
Map or Atlas

Milwaukee Harbor, Wisconsin

Date: 1924
Description: This map shows streets, selected buildings, railroads, railway yards, schools, parks, schools, cemeteries, bays, the Milwaukee River, and Lake Michigan. De...
Map or Atlas

Map of St. Marys River Showing Present Channel and Proposed Improvements

Date: 1925
Description: This map shows lakes, islands and bays. The Upper Peninsula of Michigan and Ontario are labeled. Three inset maps include the Upper end of St. Marys River ...
Map or Atlas

Plat of Soundings Taken at Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Ship Canal, Wisconsin

Date: 04 1926
Description: This blueprint mostly shows various numbers within the canal and bay. Lake Michigan and Harobor of Refuge are shown along the far right side. Near the harb...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin & Michigan Railroad

Date: 1923
Description: This blueprint map shows Wisconsin and Michigan-owned railroad and trackage rights from Iron Mountain to Menominee, Michigan, as well as other railroads. W...
Map or Atlas

Michigan Wisconsin Boundary : Lake Superior to Green Bay

Date: 1920
Description: This blue line print map shows land claimed by the state and land claimed by Michigan, including disputed areas between the Branch River and Brule Lake and...
Map or Atlas

Map of the Western End of Lake Superior and the Michigan-Wisconsin Boundary

Date: 1920
Description: This map represents around 1841 and shows Lake Superior, other lakes, rivers, bays, and the border between Michigan and Wisconsin. There are annotations in...
Map or Atlas

Official Road Map, Wisconsin

Date: 1928
Description: This map shows roads, cities, lakes, rivers, points of interest and county boundaries. Through routes are outlined in red. Includes an index to cities and ...
Map or Atlas

Rand McNally Junior Road Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1927
Description: This map details automobile routes throughout the state as well as parts of Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan and Illinois. Cities, the Mississippi River, Lake Mic...
Map or Atlas

Rand McNally Standard Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1920
Description: This map details automobile routes spanning across Wisconsin and parts of Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, and Iowa. Cities, counties, Lake Michigan, Lake Su...
Map or Atlas

Auto Trails Map Wisconsin

Date: 1924
Description: This map shows automobile routes across the state and into parts of Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, and Michigan. Cities, Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, Green Ba...
Postcard

Pavilion at Red Banks

Date: 1926
Description: Colorized postcard of a beachside pavilion and the long, wooden staircase leading down to the waterfront. Caption reads: "Pavilion at Red Banks, near Green...
Map or Atlas

Map of Interborough Rapid Transit System, Front

Date: 1923
Description: Color map of the "Interborough Rapid Transit System of Greater New York".

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