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| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Ashland, on the shores of Lake Superior, with insets of The Apostle Islands Chequamagon Bay & Ashland, and Distances from Ashland. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Old Mission Residence at La Pointe, Madeline Island. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of Ashland, viewed from Lake Superior, with insets of Prentice Park and Fishery. Population 16,000. Increase in Ten Years, 11,000. |
| Date: | 1891 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking west from the Knight Block. The Chequamegon Hotel and harbor are in the background. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Mining and lumbering provided the impetus for the development of northern Wisconsin and Ashland was ideally situated to become a leading city of the "new W... |
| Date: | 02 26 1887 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of Ashland, and the Apostle Islands in Lake Superior. Caption reads: "Ashland and the Apostle Islands." |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Ore dock of the Milwaukee, Lake Shore, and Western Railroad, with a pile of logs in the foreground and docked ships in the background. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Wiscsonsin Central's bridge over the White River, about six miles south of Ashland. The bridge was 1600 ft. long and 110 ft. above the... |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | Panorama bird's-eye view of the town of Ashland, on Lake Superior, and the Apostle Islands. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Old Mission Inn and boats on shoreline of Lake Superior on Madeline Island. The Old Mission Inn had numerous modifications over the years. It was razed in... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | View of the ore dock of the Milwaukee, Lake Shore, and Western Railroad. Large logs, buildings and a railroad bridge are in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | One of the etchings published in an atlas of Lake County, Illinios in 1870 by George Ogle. Etchings done by the Wisconsin Central Railroad. |
| Date: | 1842 |
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| Description: | American Fur Company with both Mission churches. Sketch purportedly by a Native American youth. Probably an overpainted photographic copy enlargement. Pape... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Man in canoe close to shoreline with a bridge in the background. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the shingle mill near Mellen, with five men, probably employees, posing on and near the outdoor stairway of a building. From bottom to top... |
| Date: | 1834 |
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| Description: | This copy of an 1834 map in the American Fur Company's papers held by the New-York Historical Society shows an outline of Chequamegon Bay and Madeline Isla... |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | This 1887 map of Ashland County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range system, sections, railroads, vacant Wisconsin Central Railroad land, state and "go... |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | This 1896 map shows the township and range system, sections, cities and villages, railroads, roads, vacant land and land sold by the Wisconsin Central Rail... |
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