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Mission and Mission Dock

Date: 1920
Description: View from the water of the Mission, dock, Mission cottages, and Congregational Church on Madeline Island.
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Mission Inn

Date: 1920
Description: View across lawn of the Mission Inn on Madeline Island, with a shoreline on the left.
Photograph

La Pointe Dock

Date: 1912
Description: Elevated view of La Pointe dock taken from the water.
Photograph

Nebraska Row

Date: 1910
Description: Lakeside view of Nebraska Row, showing Treaty Hall, La Pointe, Madeline Island.
Postcard

Main Lodge at Old Mission Inn

Date: 1937
Description: Old Mission Inn on shoreline of Lake Superior, taken from end of dock. The Old Mission Inn was razed in 1965.
Photograph

Old Mission Inn

Date: 1910
Description: View from water of the Old Mission Inn on the shore of Lake Superior in La Pointe on Madeline Island. Dwelling to the left is a portion of the lower dormit...
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Old Mission Cottages

Date: 1910
Description: View from water of Mission cottages along shoreline of Lake Superior in La Pointe, Madeline Island.
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Buildings on a Hillside

Date: 1875
Description: Stereograph of buildings on a hillside.
Postcard

The Old Standby

Date: 1930
Description: Caption reads: "'The Old Standby' First Lighthouse Built at the Head of Lake Superior—Superior Entry — 1854 Keepers, Com. Saxton and Samuel Palmer."
Painting

View of La Pointe, Madeline, Wisconsin

Date: 1842
Description: American Fur Company with both Mission churches. Sketch purportedly by a Native American youth. Probably an overpainted photographic copy enlargement. Pape...
Photograph

Sand Island Lighthouse

Date: 1915
Description: Sand Island Lighthouse on Apostle Island, Lake Superior. Lighthouse keeper and family are posing in the front of the building.
Photograph

Michigan Island Lighthouse

Date: 
Description: Michigan Island Lighthouse, Apostle Islands, Lake Superior.
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Mrs. Lathrop Pushing Wheelbarrow

Date: 1910
Description: Mrs. Lathrop, the town post mistress, pushing her wheelbarrow down a long wooden dock at La Pointe. She is on her way to haul merchandise for her store.
Photograph

H.L. Gary Summer Home

Date: 1940
Description: Lakeside view from pier of large two-story house and grounds on Madeline Island.
Photograph

C.D. O'Brien Summer Home

Date: 1937
Description: Two-story house with an enclosed front porch, built in 1929 on the northwest shore of Madeline Island.
Photograph

Aerial View of Nebraska Row

Date: 1937
Description: Aerial view of Nebraska Row on the lakeshore of the west side of La Pointe, showing houses, roads and piers. Nebraska Row was started in 1899 when summer r...
Photograph

Nebraska Row Summer Homes

Date: 1937
Description: View from lake of the summer homes on Nebraska Row along the shoreline 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...
Photograph

Summer Homes on Nebraska Row

Date: 1937
Description: View from the lake of the summer homes on Nebraska Row along the shoreline of Lake Superior. The water tower and church steeple are visible on the far righ...
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Aerial View of Ashland

Date: 
Description: Aerial view of town, showing the shoreline of Lake Superior, ore docks, roads, houses, buildings, trees, and smokestacks. Text describing this photograph s...

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