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Steamer "Skater"

Date: 1910
Description: View across water of the steamboat "Skater" cruising Lake Superior, with the Bayfield bluffs in the background.
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 ...
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Mission Landing

Date: 1910
Description: Steamboat "Skater" and two sailboats at end of the mission dock on Madeline Island.
Photograph

The Sphinx Formation on Stockton Island

Date: 1898
Description: Rock formation, The Sphinx, on Stockton Island of the Apostle Islands. Steamer "Edna" in background on Lake Superior.
Map or Atlas

Railroad and Steamboat Map of Lake Superior

Date: 1851
Description: Map of the Lake Superior region showing the railroad and steamboat connection.
Map or Atlas

Commercial Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1913
Description: A hand-colored map of Wisconsin and portions of eastern Iowa and Minnesota, northern Illinois, and the western part of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, showing ...
Map or Atlas

Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1914
Description: A hand-colored map of Wisconsin showing the locations of cities and towns, counties, railway lines, the steamship lines in Lake Superior and lake Michigan....
Map or Atlas

Map of Wisconsin for the Legislative Manual

Date: 1873
Description: Map of Wisconsin showing counties, county seats, cities with populations over 3,000, and congressional districts. The map also includes rivers, lakes, rail...
Map or Atlas

Map of Wisconsin for the Legislative Manual

Date: 1879
Description: A map of Wisconsin showing counties, county seats, cities over 3,000 inhabitants, Lake Michigan steamship routes, railroads completed and projected, rivers...
Photograph

The Steamship Barker

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Description: Three women stand on the shore in front of the steamer Barker at Devils Island natural dock.
Map or Atlas

Principal Intralake Steamship Lines on the Great Lakes

Date: 1923
Description: This map shows steamship lines and cities along the Great Lakes. Portions of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, New York, Vermont, Ma...

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