Date: | 1898 |
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Description: | Group of people on the front porch, weighing the guests. A visit was considered successful if the guests weighed more when they left. |
Date: | 1942 |
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Description: | Two men and two boys standing on ice in front of a windsled. All four are holding lake trout. |
Date: | 1946 |
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Description: | Windsled "Hurricane Hazel" on Chequamegon. One man is sitting in the windsled, Another man is standing on the ice. |
Date: | 1955 |
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Description: | This was the first boat & sled-type wind sled built on Madeline Island. Built by Elmer Nelson for Howard Russell between 1950-1951. Had a 9-cylinder R-680-... |
Date: | 1862 |
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Description: | Lt. Frank A. Haskell, adjutant of the 6th Wisconsin Infantry. In 1862 Haskell became aide-de-camp to General John Gibbon who commanded the Iron Brigade. Wh... |
Date: | 1885 |
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Description: | Illustration of medicine man Jes´ akkid´ bending over an ill person, removing disease from his/her body. |
Date: | 06 24 1852 |
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Description: | Illustration of the Washington, D.C. Delegation of Indians. Five Indians pose with a man in a beard and suit. From Benjamin Armstrong, "Early Life Among Th... |
Date: | 1954 |
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Description: | Elmer Nelson sorting through boxes of goods being transported on the "Dream Sled" windsled. |
Date: | 1953 |
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Description: | This was the first boat & sled-type windsled built on Madeline Island. Built by Elmer Nelson for Howard Russell between 1950-1951. Had a 9-cylinder R-680-E... |
Date: | 1860 |
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Description: | A general view of the Lane residence, which is the birthplace of Carrie Lane, later Carrie Chapman Catt, noted woman suffrage leader. |
Date: | |
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Description: | Carrie Chapman Catt in her Seattle home reading a book. |
Date: | |
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Description: | Enclosed wooden box windsled mounted on three skis, sitting on lake ice near the shore. |
Date: | |
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Description: | Man driving windsled on frozen Lake Superior. The windsled is an open boat fitted with an engine and rudder. |
Date: | |
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Description: | Slightly elevated view of a wooden in-board motorboat on Lake Superior. Two men are in the front seat, and two bathing beauties are riding in the back wavi... |
Date: | 1895 |
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Description: | Captain F.A. Bishoff and engineer Dan Cook on board the ferry "Plowboy." |
Date: | 1902 |
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Description: | Ole Christinson, Dick Hanson, Fred Hanson, and Herman Johnson, Sr., onboard sailboat "Louis Moe" along the shore of Sand Island. |
Date: | |
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Description: | Two men standing in wooden rowboat along shore of Madeline Island. There are sailboats in the background. Behind them is a large rock just off the shoreli... |
Date: | 1904 |
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Description: | View from shoreline of the steamboat "Plowboy" approaching the Mission Dock at La Pointe. The Plowboy was the first steam ferry to go to Madeline Island. T... |
Date: | 1930 |
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Description: | Group of people on board the steamboat "Byng I" sometime prior to 1930. |
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