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Date: | 1851 |
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Description: | A rare photograph of U.S. Army soldiers stationed at Fort Howard rowing a boat on the Fox River. Fort Howard, built in 1816, was the first in the chain of ... |
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Description: | Lawrence Martin and Will Hotchkiss fishing off a pier early in the morning. |
Date: | 1938 |
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Description: | View from water of fishing dock and structure alongside; log buildings in background on shore. Possibly on shoreline of one of the Apostle Islands or on Ch... |
Date: | 12 1948 |
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Description: | Two men docking a ferry boat at La Pointe in December. Ferry service closed two days after this photograph was taken. |
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: | 1902 |
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Description: | Ole Christinson, Dick Hanson, Fred Hanson, and Herman Johnson, Sr., onboard sailboat "Louis Moe" along the shore of Sand Island. |
Date: | 1910 |
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Description: | View from shoreline of the steamboat "Idora," owned by Charles Russell, docked at the Mission 'stub dock' on Madeline Island. A group of people are on boar... |
Date: | 1904 |
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Description: | View from shoreline of the steamboat "Plowboy" approaching the Mission Dock at La Pointe. The Plowboy was the first steam ferry to go to Madeline Island. T... |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | Sailboat Lizzie W. at the Mission Dock. Captain Daniel Russell Angus, in the white sleeves, is at the tiller. The boat was named after Elizabeth Woo... |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | Group of people on sailboat "Alpha" at dock on Madeline Island. Captain Daniel Angus is at the tiller. |
Date: | 1920 |
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Description: | View from the water of the Mission, dock, Mission cottages, and Congregational Church on Madeline Island. |
Date: | 1920 |
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Description: | View across lawn of the Mission Inn on Madeline Island, with a shoreline on the left. |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | Elevated view of La Pointe and the shoreline from the Old Mission dock. Two boys and two men stand along the shoreline. The white building with the dark ro... |
Date: | 05 16 1973 |
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Description: | View of the ferry "Gar-How" taken from on board the ferry "Island Queen" while both were docked at Madeline Island. The "Gar-How" was named after Howard Ru... |
Date: | 05 16 1973 |
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Description: | Steel-hulled ferry "Nichevo II" at the city dock in La Pointe. The "Nichevo II" began service in 1962. It was built by Fraser Shipyards of Superior for Har... |
Date: | 1915 |
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Description: | View from water of Bernard's Boat House on Lake Mendota, adjacent to the present James Madison Park. |
Date: | 1912 |
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Description: | Elevated view of La Pointe dock taken from the water. |
Date: | 1913 |
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Description: | Elevated view of wooden boats at Raspberry Island (or Devils Island) dock with picnickers on shore. The "Lizzie W' and Nelson Angus, A.G. Hull, Elsie Tough... |
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Description: | The steamboat Canada at dock; cargo on lower deck, passengers on upper deck, and crowd waiting on the dock. The Canada was built in 1858, dis... |
Date: | 1856 |
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Description: | View looking west from Lake Michigan with several steam ships and sailing vessels in harbor. There is a lighthouse to left of center, along shoreline. |
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