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Drawing

Pic Island from Camp Porphyry

Date: 1850
Description: Pic Island on the north shore of Lake Superior.
Postcard

Camp Stella on Sand Island, Lake Superior

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

Schliewerts Island

Date: 
Description: Three people sitting on a bench under the old thorn apple tree at Schliewerts Island looking out at the lake. Caption reads: "Beaver Dam, Wis. Under the Ol...
Postcard

Old Mission

Date: 1910
Description: View from pier towards the Old Mission in La Pointe on Madeline Island. Men are sitting at the shoreline. Caption reads: "Apostle Islands, Wis. Madeline Is...
Postcard

Peninsula State Park

Date: 1954
Description: View looking west from Eagle Bluff toward Nicolet Bay, the Strawberry Islands, and Chambers Island. Three people are sitting on the stone wall of the overl...
Postcard

The Vessel's Stern and Rudder Post

Date: 
Description: Postcard of the "Vessel's Stern and Rudder Post" geological formation on Madeline Island, one of the Apostle Islands. View of the shoreline and a man sitti...
Photograph

C-55 Truck in Hawaii

Date: 1935
Description: An International C-55 truck works to build a breakwater at Port Allen on the island of Kauai.
Magazine or Periodical

The Gaylord Nelson Newsletter

Date: 11 1969
Description: The front page of The Gaylord Nelson Newsletter published in November of 1969. The featured story is "Environmental Teach-In Planned."
Postcard

A Sample Catch; Scenery at Cedar Lake

Date: 
Description: Photographic postcard of two images: the one on the left is titled: "A Sample Catch" and is of three men holding the fish they caught, with a dog sitting a...
Postcard

Oehler's Cave

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Description: Hand-colored view of the entrance to Oehler's Cave. A group of people are gathered on an island in the stream at the mouth of the cave. Caption reads: "Oeh...
Postcard

Aposte Islands, Wis. Madeline Island, La Pointe, the Old Mission Church

Date: 
Description: View of a small wooden church among birch trees. Other buildings are in the background on the left.
Print

Building Treasure Island at the Golden Gate

Date: 1939
Description: Advertising proof. Features an illustration of a man driving a truck in the Court of Pacifica. Below is Treasure Island and the hills of Berkeley.
Postcard

Wisconsin's North Coast

Date: 1963
Description: Text on front reads: "Wisconsin's North Coast." A man is standing on the side deck of a boat, and in the distance is the Raspberry Island Lighthouse with a...

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