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Drawing

Porcupine Mountains

Date: 1854
Description: Drawing of the Porcupine Mountains on Lake Superior. A deer is standing in the lake drinking water. A man is on the rock ledge above the shoreline and is a...
Postcard

Aerial Bridge, Entrance to Duluth-Superior Harbor

Date: 1913
Description: Aerial bridge and harbor, with a large boat passing underneath. A lamppost and a beacon are along the walkway towards the bridge on the left. Caption reads...
Photograph

Group of Young People on Dock

Date: 
Description: Group of six young men and women standing on dock of an Apostle Island.
Photograph

Apostle Islands Tour

Date: 1979
Description: Senator Gaylord Nelson, Dave Obey, and Secretary of the Interior Cecil Andrus, walk along a beach with a park ranger during a tour of the Apostle Islands. ...
Map or Atlas

Sketch of the Public Surveys in Wisconsin and Territory of Minnesota

Date: 10 21 1855
Description: Map of the Wisconsin and the Minnesota Territory showing the status of township surveys in Wisconsin and southeastern Minnesota. The Wisconsin reservation...
Map or Atlas

Triangulation in Wisconsin and Michigan

Date: 1875
Description: Map of the triangulations made from Vulcan on the Keweenaw Peninsula in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan south through eastern Wisconsin, past Chicago to Ba...
Map or Atlas

Chapman's Sectional Map of Wisconsin : with the Most Recent Surveys

Date: 1855
Description: This map shows the entire state and part of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It depicts creeks, rivers, lakes, railroads completed, railroads in progress, ...
Map or Atlas

Chapman's New Sectional Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1864
Description: This map of the entire state of Wisconsin depicts the township survey grid and identifies counties, named towns, cities and villages, rivers, lakes, railro...
Map or Atlas

Sketch of Completed Triangulation in Wisconsin and Michigan

Date: 1876
Description: This map shows eastern Wisconsin, Lake Michigan, western Michigan, northeastern Illinois, and the southern part of Lake Superior. A note is included that r...
Map or Atlas

Index of In-Print Quadrangle Maps of Wisconsin

Date: 1975
Description: This map provides an index of quadrangle maps for the state. The lower left corner contains explanation land surveying completeness. Communities, counties,...
Map or Atlas

Index of Out-of-Print Quadrangle Maps of Wisconsin

Date: 1975
Description: This map provides an index of outdated quadrangle maps for the state. Communities, counties, rivers, and lakes are labeled including Lake Michigan and Lake...
Postcard

Steamship William E. Corey

Date: 03 23 1915
Description: Text on front reads: "Steamship William E. Corey, entering Duluth and Superior Harbor, Wis." A steamship entering the harbor under the Aerial Lift Bridge, ...
Postcard

Duluth Superior Lift Bridge

Date: 07 30 1952
Description: Text on reverse reads: "G-1–Ore Boat Leaving Duluth-Superior Harbor, Lift Bridge Raised. Giant lake freighters leave Duluth-Superior Harbor, the world's la...

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