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Sawmill

Date: 1875
Description: Stereograph image of a sawmill.
Photograph

Sawmill

Date: 1875
Description: Stereograph view of Bayfield with a sawmill in the foreground.
Photograph

Highway through Iron River

Date: 1935
Description: View of Iron River along the highway.
Postcard

Washburn Business District

Date: 
Description: View down street with numerous businesses on both sides along the sidewalks. Caption reads: "Street Scene, Washburn, Wisconsin.
Photograph

Hotel Washburn

Date: 
Description: Exterior view of the Hotel Washburn.
Photograph

W.H. Lemke General Store

Date: 
Description: Exterior view of W.H. Lemke's store, which features dry goods, carpet, and more.
Photograph

D.W. Corning Groceries on Street Corner

Date: 
Description: Panoramic view of a street corner. Commercial buildings are along the street on the left, including D.W. Corning Groceries. A large group of people are on ...
Photograph

Aerial View of Cable

Date: 1936
Description: Aerial view of Cable, in northern Wisconsin. Text at foot reads: "Airplane View of Cable, Wis. 244."
Photograph

Highway through Iron River

Date: 1935
Description: Highway through Iron River on what is now Highway 2 near the junction with County Highway A.
Photograph

Phillips 66

Date: 1938
Description: View across road of the Route 66 service station. Automobiles and a Phillips 66 Chequamegon Oil Co. truck are in the parking lot. Signs around the Route 66...
Photograph

Meyer's Cafe

Date: 1936
Description: View across street of a wooden corner building with large plate glass windows and a sign advertising Meyer's Cafe. An advertisement is painted on the side ...
Print

A. Booth Packing Co. Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the A. Booth Packing Company of Bayfield, Wisconsin, dealing in "Oval Brand Oysters, Fish & Canned Goods," with a three-quarter view of the com...
Photograph

Drummond Store

Date: 1936
Description: Exterior three-quarter length view of a large two-story building with one chimney. There are two main entrances with steps leading up to the doorways of wh...
Photograph

Drummond Street Scene

Date: 1937
Description: View across road of a man and a dog standing on the front stoop of a one-story building that has a sign that reads “Art’s Lunches and Confectionery, Ask fo...
Painting

Bayfield Main Street, 1870

Date: 1885
Description: Main Street in Bayfield in 1870 with four cows standing in the street.
Photograph

Airplane View of Cable

Date: 1932
Description: Aerial view of town.
Photograph

Street in Iron River

Date: 1933
Description: View looking down middle of street, with a row of trees along the sidewalk on the left, and on the right utility poles, and a sign for the Park Hotel. In t...
Postcard

Rittenhouse Avenue

Date: 
Description: View down center of Rittenhouse Avenue with Lake Superior in the distance. The street is lined with businesses, sidewalks and lampposts.
Postcard

Street Scene showing Lake Superior in Distance

Date: 
Description: Colorized postcard view down a street (Rittenhouse Avenue) to Lake Superior. The street is lined with businesses and parked cars. Caption reads: "Street Sc...
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...

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