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Looking West in La Pointe

Date: 1910
Description: Looking west down wooden sidewalk along La Pointe's unpaved main street.
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La Pointe from Big Bay Road

Date: 1910
Description: View of La Pointe taken from Big Bay Road on Madeline Island.
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Probable Site of Cadotte's House

Date: 1897
Description: Dirt trail passing log shack that was probably the home of Michael and Madeline Cadotte.
Map or Atlas

A Bird's-Eye View of the City of Ashland, Wis. County Seat of Ashland Co.

Date: 1886
Description: Bird's-eye view of Ashland, on the shores of Lake Superior, with insets of The Apostle Islands Chequamagon Bay & Ashland, and Distances from Ashland.
Photograph

Ashland Ore Dock

Date: 1885
Description: Ore dock of the Milwaukee, Lake Shore, and Western Railroad, with a pile of logs in the foreground and docked ships in the background.
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Tom Stahl with Dog Team

Date: 1910
Description: Tom Stahl's dog team pulling wagon loaded with goods and child past buildings in La Pointe.
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Terminal Moraine

Date: 
Description: Looking east at Terminal Moraine topography. View is down a dirt road with a house in the near background.
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Old Presbyterian Church

Date: 
Description: Exterior view of Presbyterian Church with dirt path in front and wooden buildings in the background.
Postcard

Ore Docks

Date: 1920
Description: Caption reads: "Mammoth Ore Docks, Ashland, Wis." A building and roads are in the foreground. Several ore ships can be seen.
Photograph

Great Divide or Watershed Sign

Date: 1930
Description: Great Divide or watershed sign.
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 1910
Description: View of Main Street when it was a dirt road. A church is in the background, and telephone poles are along the left side of the road. A streetlight is hangi...
Photograph

Village of Glidden

Date: 1885
Description: View of buildings in an industrial area with a forest in the background.
Photograph

View of a Residential Street

Date: 1905
Description: View down road, with homes in a residential area, and a church building in the foreground on the right. The sign above the church door reads: "E. V. Luth. ...
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Gathering Raspberries at Grant's Point

Date: 1913
Description: Elizabeth Baker and Anne Ashley gathering raspberries and getting milk on the road to Grant's Point on Madeline Island.
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Main Road to Mission

Date: 1913
Description: A couple strolling down the main road, through the woods, to the mission on Madeline Island.
Photograph

Ashland Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: When the East End Co-op Service Station opened in 1940 at the corner of Sixth Avenue and East Front Street, the owners announced, "Our new, modern equipmen...
Photograph

Some Snow

Date: 1937
Description: Winter scene with snow piled high in front of Red Crown gasoline station. A man is standing next to the Red Crown gas pump.
Photograph

Some Snow at the Chippewa Tavern

Date: 1937
Description: Winter scene with snow plowed high on County Road M, Clam Lake (Ashland Co.), Wisconsin. The Chippewa Tavern is visible in the background, and the building...
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Cheilo Inn

Date: 1937
Description: View from across road of a one-story building with stairs leading from the dirt road to the porch; an outhouse is behind the inn. Numerous beer signs are o...
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Trapper's Lake Tavern

Date: 1937
Description: Gas pump and automobile next to a tavern on county Road D near Clam Lake.

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