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Soldier's Rock

Date: 1907
Description: Woman standing on soldier's rock on Madeline Island.
Photograph

La Pointe from Mission Inn

Date: 1900
Description: View of La Pointe, Madeline Island, taken from the Mission Inn.
Photograph

Daniel Angus House

Date: 1900
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 ...
Postcard

Superior Shipyards

Date: 1900
Description: The Superior Shipyards showing steamers "Moran", "Northwest" and "Northland. Caption reads: "Ship Yards — McDougall Whaleback. West Superior, Wis."
Postcard

Camp Stella on Sand Island, Lake Superior

Date: 1905
Description: Camp Stella looking south toward the Bayfield County shoreline from an Apostle Island.
Map or Atlas

Official Railroad Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1906
Description: Railroad map of Wisconsin.
Postcard

Tower Avenue

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of Tower Avenue. Caption reads: "Tower Avenue, Superior, Wis."
Photograph

Houghton Point from Madeline Island

Date: 1900
Description: View of Hougton Point and Bayfield from Madeline Island.
Postcard

Presque Isle or Stockton Island

Date: 1909
Description: Postcard of the overhanging cliffs near the stone quarry on Presque Isle or Stockton Island's. Caption reads: "Apostle Islands, Wis. Presque Isle or Stockt...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin Section of Hennepin's Map

Date: 1905
Description: A reproduction of the Wisconsin portion of Louis Hennepin's 1698 map showing the location of the Ho-Chunk Tribe, the Hurons, the Illinois as well as other ...
Map or Atlas

Township Map of Wisconsin and Northern Michigan

Date: 1900
Description: A map of Wisconsin, eastern Minnesota and Iowa, northern Iowa, and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, showing railway lines, with those marked with heavy red line...
Map or Atlas

Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1900
Description: This map, which shows the state of Wisconsin in 1895, was published as Rand, McNally & Co.'s New business atlas map of Wisconsin. Railroads, counties, citi...
Map or Atlas

Map of Wisconsin Showing the Wisconsin Central Railroad and the Lands Owned by John S. Owen Lumber Company

Date: 1900
Description: A map of Wisconsin, eastern Minnesota and Iowa, and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, showing the rail lines of the Wisconsin Central Railroad are shown in red, ...
Map or Atlas

Business Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1908
Description: A business map of Wisconsin, showing railroads, counties, cities, villages, rivers, and lakes. Additional areas shown in the map include the western portio...
Map or Atlas

Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1906
Description: A hand-colored map of Wisconsin identifying the railroads, counties, cities, rivers, and lakes in Wisconsin, eastern Minnesota and Iowa, northern Illinois,...
Map or Atlas

Map of Creameries and Cheese Factories in Wisconsin

Date: 1906
Description: A commercial map of Wisconsin showing the location of creameries and cheese factories in the state. In the lower portion of the map provides the number of ...
Map or Atlas

Map of Proposed Light-House Site, Gull Island, Apostle Island Group, Lake Superior, Wisconsin

Date: 1907
Description: A map of the eastern portion of the Apostle Islands group, and a detailed map of Gull Island showing the relief on the island, are included here, along wit...
Map or Atlas

Ashland County Map

Date: 1905
Description: Map of Ashland County.
Map or Atlas

Plat of Michigan Island and Gull Island, Wisconsin

Date: 1908
Description: A detailed map of Michigan Island and Gull Island in the Apostle Islands group (T51N, R1W, 4 M) that shows sections, landowners, the Michigan Island Lighth...
Map or Atlas

Chart of Apostle Islands Including the South Coast of Lake Superior : From Little Girl Point, Michigan to Sand Point, Wisconsin

Date: 1909
Description: This 1909 chart of the Apostle Islands, Chequamegon Bay, and the Lake Superior shoreline shows relief by contours and spot heights and depths by contours, ...

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