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| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | This was the first boat & sled-type wind sled built on Madeline Island. Built by Elmer Nelson for Howard Russell between 1950-1951. Had a 9-cylinder R-680-... |
| Date: | 02 1948 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the enclosed wind sled shaped like the Maybe, sitting on the ice with La Pointe dock on the left. |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | View from dock of the U.S. Coast Guard ship "Woodrush" arriving at the La Pointe dock to clear ice. Two trucks are on the dock, one with a piano. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View across lawn of the Mission Inn on Madeline Island, with a shoreline on the left. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Howard Russell with dog team bringing the mail to La Pointe. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Child passengers being transported on a wagon pulled by dog team belonging to Thomas Stahl. Wagon and dog team are on the boardwalk in La Pointe. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | People gathered around picket fence in front of a decorated St. Joseph's Catholic Church in La Pointe on Madeline Island. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Father Gumbly and Sisters, with three Native Americans in ceremonial dress, standing outdoors in front of altar. |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Old Mission Inn on shoreline of Lake Superior, taken from end of dock. The Old Mission Inn was razed in 1965. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View from water of Mission cottages along shoreline of Lake Superior in La Pointe, Madeline Island. |
| 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: | 07 04 1913 |
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| Description: | Three young men dressed in women's clothing stand on a tennis court during 4th of July celebration. William Baker, Ted Dwyer, and Herbert Rogers. |
| Date: | 07 04 1922 |
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| Description: | Women participating in egg race game during 4th of July celebration on Madeline Island, Apostle Island. Included are ?,?, Harriet Webb, Peg Caswell and Dor... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Oliver Wilson, Leo Capser, and Jesse Stone, all wearing hats, pose for a group portrait. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Women standing at General Fifield's Camp Stella at Sand Island, Apostle Island, Lake Superior. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Leo Capser, founder of the Madeline Island Historical Museum, sitting on a bench playing piano on the Old Mission Dock at Madeline Island. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Elizabeth Hull & Elizabeth Nesbit, sit outside on a bench on Madeline Island. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Lathrop, the town post mistress, pushing her wheelbarrow down a long wooden dock at La Pointe. She is on her way to haul merchandise for her store. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Elizabeth Lathrop sitting on steps of La Point Post Office with an unidentified woman. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Large group of fishermen standing on ice with catch of fish displayed on airplane wing near La Pointe, Madeline Island. |
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