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Motorboating at Devils Island

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Description: Slightly elevated view of a wooden in-board motorboat on Lake Superior. Two men are in the front seat, and two bathing beauties are riding in the back wavi...
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Labor Day at Bayfield

Date: 1912
Description: Boats and people at the Bayfield dock on Labor Day 1912. Boats include Thelma; Lusitania; which later became a U.S. Mail boat; Captain Angus'...
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City Dock at Bayfield

Date: 1910
Description: View towards shoreline of an automobile being driven on the Bayfield City Dock. Colonel Woods' boat, "Nebraska" is at the dock. Sam Fifields' "Stella" is a...
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Lake Superior Ice Covered Shoreline

Date: 1934
Description: Three men standing on frozen Lake Superior in front of ice covered shoreline.
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Lifting the Nets on Lake Superior

Date: 1937
Description: Four men in a large row boat lifting fishing nets on Lake Superior near Cornucopia.
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Catch of Fish

Date: 1937
Description: Two men standing on dock each holding a lake trout.
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Bobbing

Date: 1938
Description: An ice fishermen sitting in a shelter bobbing for fish on Lake Superior near Cornucopia.
Postcard

The Vessel's Stern and Rudder Post

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Description: Postcard of the "Vessel's Stern and Rudder Post" geological formation on Madeline Island, one of the Apostle Islands. View of the shoreline and a man sitti...
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Castle Rock

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Description: Colorized postcard of Castle Rock, a geological formation of the coast of the Apostle Islands. A man is sitting under the arch. Caption reads: "Castle Rock...
Postcard

Port Hole through the North Cape or Point of the Island

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Description: Colorized postcard of a port hole through the north cape or point of Presque Isle or Stockton Island, part of the Apostle Islands. A person in a boat is ou...
Photograph

Bathing on Dock at Memorial Park

Date: 1935
Description: Boys and girls wearing bathing suits standing, swimming, or diving off of a large wooden dock into Chequamegon Bay, Lake Superior on the beach at Memorial ...
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Man Walking on Lake Superior Ice

Date: 01 1930
Description: View of a man walking on the ice near the Lake Superior shoreline.
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Squaw Bay Caves

Date: 1931
Description: View of the Squaw Bay Caves, near Cornucopia, with people in a boat off to the far left. The caves were renamed Mawikwe Bay, and Mawikwe is Ojibwe for weep...
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Excursion Cave, Hemlock Island

Date: 1885
Description: Stereograph of a sailboat in Excursion Cave, on Hemlock Island of the Apostle Islands. A man can be seen sitting in the boat.
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 1950
Description: Photographic postcard view down Main Street, with Lake Superior in the distance. There is a cafe on the left and bars on the right. Cars are parked along t...
Postcard

City Dock

Date: 1949
Description: Photographic postcard view of the City Dock on Lake Superior. There are four boats, and people and cars are on the dock. A sign in the foreground reads: "N...
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Lifting Nets on Lake Superior

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Description: Four fishermen in a boat lift nets on Lake Superior. The far shoreline is in the background.
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Apostle Islands Visit

Date: 07 2001
Description: David Obey poses with Park Ranger Geoffrey Smith on the left and Martin Hanson on the right. They are standing on the beach with water and land in the back...
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The Steamship Barker

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Description: Three women stand on the shore in front of the steamer Barker at Devils Island natural dock.
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Cornucopia Harbor

Date: 06 19 1958
Description: View over water towards storm damage in Cornucopia Harbor. West slip. There is a pile of wood along the shoreline in the foreground, with a boat moored jus...

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