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Photograph

Modern Windsled

Date: 05 1954
Description: Windsled used to transport passengers and goods between Madeline Island and Bayfield. This image was in Ross' book, "La Pointe: Village Outpost".
Photograph

Transporting Parcels on Windsled

Date: 1954
Description: Elmer Nelson sorting through boxes of goods being transported on the "Dream Sled" windsled.
Photograph

Windsled near Pier

Date: 02 1948
Description: Elevated view of the enclosed wind sled shaped like the Maybe, sitting on the ice with La Pointe dock on the left.
Photograph

La Pointe, Madeline Island

Date: 1898
Description: Old Mission Residence at La Pointe, Madeline Island.
Postcard

Nebraska Row

Date: 1930
Description: View from water of cottages along the shoreline in Nebraska Row, La Pointe, Madeline Island. Caption reads: "Nebraska Row — La Pointe, Wis."
Photograph

Raspberry Island

Date: 1913
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...
Photograph

"Lizzie W." in Apostle Islands

Date: 1915
Description: Two women aboard the Hull family boat, the "Lizzie W.," while it is tied to shore at one of the Apostle Islands.
Photograph

The Whaleback "Christopher Columbus"

Date: 09 19 1892
Description: Captain Alexander McDougall's whaleback passenger steamer "Christopher Columbus" under construction in the shipyard of the American Steel Barge Company in ...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Washburn

Date: 1910
Description: Bird's-eye view looking east, with Washburn Harbor at center and Chequamegon Bay in Lake Superior covering most of the upper image. Streets with buildings...
Photograph

Lac Tracy ou Superieur

Date: 1671
Description: Photostat of map of Lac Tracy Ou Superieur (Lake Superior). Portions of Lac des Illinois (Lake Michigan) and Lac des Hurons (Lake Huron) are also shown. Gr...
Photograph

Buildings on a Hillside

Date: 1875
Description: Stereograph of buildings on a hillside.
Postcard

Aerial View of Superior

Date: 1960
Description: Aerial view with docks in the foreground. Caption reads: "Superior, Wisconsin."
Photograph

Devil's Island Lighthouse

Date: 
Description: Lighthouse and buildings on Devil's Island of the Apostle Islands.
Photograph

First Coast Guard Rescue at La Pointe

Date: 1930
Description: Large group of fishermen standing on ice with catch of fish displayed on airplane wing near La Pointe, Madeline Island.
Postcard

Devil's Island, the Grand Piano

Date: 
Description: Postcard of the Grand Piano geological formation on Devil's Island. Caption reads: "Apostle Islands, Wis. Devil's Island, the Grand Piano."
Postcard

Grand Arch

Date: 
Description: Colorized postcard of the Grand Arch geological formation on Sand Island, part of the Apostle Islands. Caption reads: "Grand Arch, Sand I., Apostle Is., La...
Map or Atlas

Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1895
Description: A map of Wisconsin that shows the counties, cities, towns, rivers, and lakes of the state, the eastern most portions of Minnesota, Iowa, northern Illinois,...
Map or Atlas

Map of Indian Land Cessions

Date: 1899
Description: This color map, originally published in the Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology's 18th annual report, shows the Indian land cessions in Wi...
Map or Atlas

Resorts of Northern Wisconsin and Michigan

Date: 1914
Description: Two maps of northern Wisconsin counties of Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Chippewa, Douglas, Forest, Iron, Langlade, Lincoln, Oneida, Polk, Price, Sawyer, Tayl...
Map or Atlas

Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1918
Description: Map of Wisconsin along with the western portion of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, showing county lines, cities and villages, lakes, streams, and railroads. Po...

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