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| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Clarence Russell leaning next to a Jenny bi-plane, wearing aviator gear. This was the first airplane to land on Madeline Island. |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Group of people on an Apostle Island log-strewn beach. Outing included Johnie Webb, Mrs. Webb, Herbert Turman and Herbert Rogers. |
| 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: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Postmistress Mrs. Lathrop poses next to Harold Russell's airplane. This plane was the first to land on Madeline Island. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Group of people standing on board a passenger ferry bound for a New Year's trip to Ashland. |
| 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: | Ferry boat "Skater" and sailboat "Perhaps" near the Mission Dock. A group of people are waiting on the dock for the "Skater" to arrive. There is a boy carr... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Cyanotype view of Mrs. Harford sitting in pumpkin and corn in her garden on Madeline Island. |
| 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. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Madeline Island logging camp near Big Bay. Men preparing logs for a building, with three log buildings in background. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | A couple strolling down the main road, through the woods, to the mission on Madeline Island. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Trees on the eastern shoreline of Madeline Island near Big Bay. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Logging Camp dock and buildings made of logs. Madeline Island shoreline on the bank of Lake Superior. |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | The Madeline Island Historical Museum behind a "pencil" designed fence. |
| Date: | 08 1959 |
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| Description: | Madeline Island Sign (Wisconsin Official Marker) depicting the history of the island and how it recieved its name. This sign was erected in 1956. |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Four individuals, sitting in the shade near a table during a picnic on Madeline Island. Includes Elizabeth Nesbet (Mrs. S.C. Marty, Sr.), Gertrude Capser (... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Madeline Island including the tennis courts, houses, and the Old Mission Inn. |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | Tree-lined dirt road curving along Madeline Island. |
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