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New Year's Trip to Ashland

Date: 1920
Description: Group of people standing on board a passenger ferry bound for a New Year's trip to Ashland.
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Aerial View of Madeline Island Tennis Courts

Date: 1935
Description: Aerial view of Madeline Island including the tennis courts, houses, and the Old Mission Inn.
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Scenic Drive on Madeline Island

Date: 1934
Description: Tree-lined dirt road curving along Madeline Island.
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Big Bay on Madeline Island

Date: 1934
Description: Aerial view of Big Bay on Madeline Island. This area later became Big Bay State Park.
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Entrance to Big Bay

Date: 1934
Description: View from water of footbridge crossing lagoon at Big Bay on Madeline Island.
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Overlooking Lake Superior

Date: 1934
Description: Man on Madeline Island cliff overlooking Lake Superior.
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Old Indian Burial Grounds

Date: 1935
Description: Ojibwe wooden burial houses surrounded by wooden fence on Madeline Island. Two women stand in the background.
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Old Indian Burial Grounds

Date: 1935
Description: Wooden burial house, plots and crosses surrounded by wooden fence on Madeline Island.
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Cottage Grocery

Date: 1935
Description: View from road of Cottage Grocery store on Main Street on Madeline Island.
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House with Stone Porch

Date: 1934
Description: Two-story wood house with stone porch on Madeline Island.
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Summer Homes on Madeline Island

Date: 1938
Description: Large vacation homes in La Pointe, Madeline Island. Bayfield is in the background on the far shore of Lake Superior.
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A Summer Home on Madeline Island

Date: 1937
Description: Two-story cedar shake-sided house with two porches.
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In-Ground Swimming Pool on Madeline Island

Date: 1938
Description: In-ground swimming pool behind large two-story cedar shake-sided house on Madeline Island.
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Captain Angus House

Date: 1935
Description: White stucco house with wooden addition next to Lake Superior on Madeline Island. At the time of the photograph this was the oldest house on Madeline Islan...
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Dr. Orwood Campbell's Cabin

Date: 1943
Description: Cabin located in the woods of Madeline Island.
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H.L. Gary Summer Home

Date: 1940
Description: Lakeside view from pier of large two-story house and grounds on Madeline Island.
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Barney Johnson Cabin in the Woods

Date: 1940
Description: One-story house with a stone chimney in the woods.
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Dr. E.G. Ellison Cabin

Date: 1938
Description: Wood and stone cabin in the woods with a walk-out basement.
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W.H. Ferguson Summer Home

Date: 1938
Description: Bavarian style cedar shake-sided summer home built in 1916 on Nebraska Row on Madeline Island. W.H. Ferguson was from Beatrice, Nebraska and was co-founder...
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The Pines Hotel on Madeline Island

Date: 1938
Description: View from road of two-story white hotel with a screen porch; a sign advertising "The Pines" is attached onto two pine trees in front of the hotel.

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