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Drawing

Lake Superior Area

Date: 1852
Description: Illustration of four Indians on Madeline Island with a canoe in the water on the shore.
Print

Pictured Rocks, Lake Superior

Date: 1821
Description: Engraving of the Pictured Rocks shoreline viewed from Lake Superior.
Drawing

Island of St. Ignace

Date: 1850
Description: Pastoral scene depicting a small bay on the Island of St. Ignace in Lake Superior with canoes on the rocky beach, two men conversing on a blanket in the fo...
Drawing

Pic Island from Camp Porphyry

Date: 1850
Description: Pic Island on the north shore of Lake Superior.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Superior

Date: 1883
Description: Bird's-eye map of Superior, county seat of Douglas County, on the shores of Lake Superior, with insets of points of interest.
Postcard

Old Mission Inn

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Description: The Old Mission Inn, originally built as a mission house in 1832 by the Congregational mission established by Frederick Ayer in 1830. In later years furthe...
Postcard

Aerial View of Superior

Date: 1960
Description: Aerial view with docks in the foreground. Caption reads: "Superior, Wisconsin."
Postcard

Rugged Shore of Stockton Island

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Description: Photographic postcard of the rock formations on the shore of Stockton Island, one of the twenty-one islands comprising the Apostle Islands in Lake Superio...
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...
Postcard

Excursion Boat to the Apostle Islands

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Description: Postcard of the excursion boat the "Chippewa" docked in Bayfield, before taking passengers to the Apostle Islands. Two ducks can be seen swimming in the fo...
Postcard

Presque Isle or Stockton

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Description: Postcard of the "Indian Head," or profile, a geological rock formation on the shorelinr. Caption reads: "Apostle Islands, Wis. Presque Isle or Stockton, In...
Postcard

Grand Arch

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Description: Colorized postcard of the Grand Arch geological formation on Sand Island, part of the Apostle Islands. Caption reads: "Grand Arch, Sand I., Apostle Is., La...
Postcard

Profile Rock

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Description: Colorized postcard of the Profile Rock geological formation among the Apostle Islands on Lake Superior. A sailboat is in the far background Caption reads: ...
Postcard

Rembrandt Arch

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Description: Colorized postcard of Rembrandt Arch, a geological formation on the Apostle Islands. Caption reads: "Rembrandt Arch, Apostle Islands, Lake Superior."
Postcard

Stella Cove

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Description: Colorized postcard of Stella Cove looking out on the lake near Presque Isle or Stockton Island, part of the Apostle Islands. A sailboat is on the right. Ca...
Postcard

Rocky Island

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Description: Color postcard of rocks and driftwood along Rocky Island's shoreline, part of the Apostle Islands.
Postcard

Devil's Island

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Description: Color postcard of a rocky shoreline on Devil's Island, part of the Apostle Islands of Lake Superior.
Postcard

Fisherman's Home, Bear Island

Date: 09 24 1910
Description: View of several fisherman's homes on Bear Island, one of the islands that make up the Apostle Islands. An American flag is flying between buildings and a d...
Postcard

Off Madeline Island

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Description: View across water towards two schooners off the shore of Madeline Island, one of the islands that comprise the Apostle Islands in Lake Superior. Two large ...
Map or Atlas

Stockton Island Cover Type Map

Date: 1956
Description: This map shows the types of upland and lowland forest vegetation on Stockton Island, one of the Apostle Islands in Lake Superior.

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