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Ojibwa-Pillager Battle Cabin

Date: 1898
Description: A cabin (possibly of Bug-u-ma-ge-sik), located near the Ojibwa-Pillager Battle at Sugar Point on Bear Island.
Photograph

Men on Bear Island

Date: 10 10 1898
Description: W.A. Jones and an unidentified man, probably on Bear Island, the location of the Ojibwa-Pillager Battle.
Photograph

Group on Bear Island

Date: 10 10 1898
Description: W.A. Jones and an unidentified group, probably on Bear Island, the location of the Ojibwa-Pillager Battle.
Painting

View of La Pointe, Madeline, Wisconsin

Date: 1842
Description: American Fur Company with both Mission churches. Sketch purportedly by a Native American youth. Probably an overpainted photographic copy enlargement. Pape...
Photograph

Johns Island Family on Porch

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Description: An African American woman with two children on the porch of a house on Johns Island.
Photograph

Jones Island

Date: 1912
Description: A fishing settlement. Small buildings and boats line a bay, with sand and a piece of driftwood in the foreground.
Photograph

Aerial View of Jones Island

Date: 10 28 1938
Description: Elevated view of Jones Island, with some houses near the water and an industrial area across the river. On the right are a number of railroad tracks next t...
Photograph

Jones Island with Boats and Industrial Buildings

Date: 10 28 1938
Description: Elevated view of bay shoreline, with dwellings along the bank. A few boats are in the river. In the background is a factory with a smokestack and railroad ...
Photograph

Jones Island Dwellings

Date: 10 28 1938
Description: Elevated view of a cluster of old dwellings in the center, with broken shacks and rusted cars. In the background are railroad cars, and an industrial area ...
Photograph

Veblen Camp

Date: 1920
Description: Thorstein Veblen's camp, consisting of a building and a tent. Probably on Washington Island.
Photograph

Boats Docked on Jones Island

Date: 1898
Description: View from water of boats docked near houses on Jones Island. To the right two flags are strung up flagpoles near a building with a covered porch, perhaps a...
Photograph

"Islander" Steamer Ship

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Description: View of the steamer ship "Islander" leaving Mackinac Island. Signs painted on the ship reads=: "Islander," "Arnold Line" and "St. Ignace Mackinac Island" (...
Map or Atlas

A Plan of the Rapids of the Ohio

Date: 1793
Description: Detailed topographical map of the Ohio River between Clarkville and Louisville. It shows plots of farmland, forest, islands, garden plots, houses, Fort Fe...
Photograph

Portrait of Household Employees in front of Green Cottage

Date: 1910
Description: A group of three women and a girl, household employees at Island Lodge, standing in front of Green Cottage. Built in 1901, this cottage is where the cook a...

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