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| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View from water of Mission cottages along shoreline of Lake Superior in La Pointe, Madeline Island. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Gaff-rigged schooner the "Lizzie W." on Lake Superior just off from the mission dock on Madeline Island. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Steamboat "Skater" and two sailboats at end of the mission dock on Madeline Island. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Children standing in front of fish nets drying on net reels. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Two women and a man sitting on the shore of Lake Superior, resting against a tree stump and boulders. One woman is reading, with a picnic basket at her sid... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | The American Fur Company warehouse, also called Old Treaty Hall. In 1832 the fur company moved its Bayfield post to the Island (Madeline Island), and on th... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Illustration of the Old Mission Congregational Church. The church was built in 1832 for a mission founded by Frederick Ayer in 1830. It is said to be the o... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | The Old Mission Congregational Church. The church was built in 1832 for a mission founded by Frederick Ayer in 1830. It is said to be the oldest Protestant... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | The Old Mission Congregational Church. The church was built in 1832 for a mission founded by Frederick Ayer in 1830. It is said to be the oldest Protestant... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | The Old Mission Congregational Church. The church was built in 1832 for a mission founded by Frederick Ayer in 1830. It is said to be the oldest Protestant... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | The Old Mission Congregational Church. The church was built in 1832 for a mission founded by Frederick Ayer in 1830. It is said to be the oldest Protestant... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Burial grounds in La Pointe. A man is standing in the center with his back turned to the camera. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Indian cemetery. A large body of water is in the background. Caption reads: "Indian Burying Grounds, Bayfield, Wis." |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View across water towards Old Mission, as seen from the pier with Old Mission Congregational Church behind it. This Mission was established in 1830 by Fred... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | The Mission Dock with a large white building behind it. It is not the Old Mission House, as sometimes believed to be, and the term "Mission Dock" may not e... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | The Old Mission Inn by what is believed to be the first Protestant religious building in Wisconsin called Old Mission Congregational Church. |
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| Description: | The Old Mission Inn, originally built as a mission house in 1832 by the Congregational mission established by Frederick Ayer in 1830. In later years furthe... |
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| Description: | St. Joseph's Catholic Church built in 1841 by Father Frederick Baraga (later Bishop), who established his mission in 1835. A small log church was commenced... |
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