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| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of several men, some of whom may be railroad workers, posing in front of a Minnesota and St. Paul wood-burning engine at a train crossing. Th... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Howard Russell with dog team bringing the mail to La Pointe. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Howard Russell standing next to his dog team pulling the "Traino." Russell and the team are ready to leave Madeline Island with the U.S. Mail. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Men, possibly postal workers, standing on the front steps of the local post office with crates and barrels in the foreground. |
| Date: | 03 1876 |
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| Description: | Side view of the locomotive purchased by the Pine River and Stevens Point Railroad, being hauled over land from Lone Rock to Richland Center. In the backgr... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Postmistress Mrs. Lathrop poses next to Harold Russell's airplane. This plane was the first to land on Madeline Island. |
| 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: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Elizabeth Lathrop sitting on steps of La Point Post Office with an unidentified woman. |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Colored print containing two images advertising the delivery of mail. The main image is of the large Michigan and Southern train labeled "The Fast Mail" de... |
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| Description: | View of a mail carrier using skis and a walking stick to navigate the snow of Mount Tab. The man carries a backpack and a dog sits at his feet. |
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| Description: | View down unpaved street with a grocery/post office at the corner. Horses are tied at the side of the store, near a group of men and women. A man stands on... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | View down dirt street. Two women and three children pose at the intersection. Farther down the street is a post office. There is a bridge at the end of the... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | The exterior of the post office and hotel. A group of boys and men pose at the front of the post office. Another man leans on the side of a wagon. A young ... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | On the right a mailman is standing with his horse and cart. The cart is labeled "RFD Route No.1" and "U.S. Mail." Members of his family, one boy and one gi... |
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| Description: | View across street of a group of men standing on the wooden sidewalk in front of the post office/general store. Above the door is a sign for the "Post Offi... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | View across street of commercial buildings, with a tree-lined hill in the far background. A group of men and women are standing on the porch of the brick b... |
| Date: | 08 27 1959 |
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| Description: | A new 4-cent postage stamp honors the American soil conservation effort by showing various phases of soil conservation. Shown (L-R) are: Russell Silverwood... |
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| Description: | Engraved print depicting two people harvesting grain along a fence line in a field. One person holds a scythe while the other carries a bucket, possibly th... |
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| Description: | Eugene W. Olson and his dog, Travis, check the mailbox on a road near West Salem. In the background are fields on a hill. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | People are gathered at the entrance to the Post Office and General Store. There is a horse tethered to a wooden fence post, and an automobile is parked nea... |
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