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| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Picnic on the shores of Basswood Island, Apostle Islands. Those picnicking include Harriet Webb, C.A. Hull, H.W. Rodgers, Mrs. J. Austin, Elizabeth Baker, ... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Woman standing on soldier's rock on Madeline Island. |
| Date: | 05 1954 |
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| Description: | Windsled used to transport passengers and goods between Madeline Island and Bayfield. This image was in Ross' book, "La Pointe: Village Outpost". |
| 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: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Elmer Nelson sorting through boxes of goods being transported on the "Dream Sled" windsled. |
| 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of La Pointe dock taken from the water. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View of La Pointe, Madeline Island, taken from the Mission Inn. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | The house of Captain Angus on the shore of Lake Superior in La Pointe on Madeline Island sometime around 1900. The Angus family came to Madeline Island in ... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View from water of cottages along the shoreline in Nebraska Row, La Pointe, Madeline Island. Caption reads: "Nebraska Row — La Pointe, Wis." |
| 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... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Mary Baldwin (Duluth), John Neimeyer (Duluth), and the bow of the "Zenya." |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View from boat of the Coast Guard ship at La Pointe. A shoreline is in the far background. |
| 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. |
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