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"Wisconsin" Docked at Washington Island
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The screw ferry, "Wisconsin," docked at Washington Island. Twenty-one metal drums line the edge of the dock in the foreground. Original is in scrapbook on loan from Haldor Gudmundsen of Washington Island.
Gudmundsen, Haldor
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WHi 6242
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