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Labor Day at Bayfield

Date: 1912
Description: Boats and people at the Bayfield dock on Labor Day 1912. Boats include Thelma; Lusitania; which later became a U.S. Mail boat; Captain Angus'...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Bayfield

Date: 1886
Description: Bird's-eye view of Bayfield, county seat of Bayfield County. On the lower left side is an inset for Bayfield and the Apostle Islands.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Washburn, Wis. Bayfield County

Date: 1886
Description: Bird's-eye map of Washburn on Lake Superior. There is an inset of Washburn, Chequamagon and the Apostle Islands.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Washburn

Date: 1896
Description: Bird's-eye view of Washburn, with twenty vignettes around side, water in foreground with docks and lumber corral. Thirty-three locations identified in key ...
Photograph

Gifford's Home on East Lake

Date: 
Description: People on the shore of East Lake (now called Lake Tahkodah) by the Gifford residence, with tipis in the distance.
Photograph

Brower Park

Date: 1904
Description: View across water towards Brower Park near Houghton Point.
Photograph

City Dock at Bayfield

Date: 1910
Description: View towards shoreline of an automobile being driven on the Bayfield City Dock. Colonel Woods' boat, "Nebraska" is at the dock. Sam Fifields' "Stella" is a...
Photograph

Elevator and Coal Dock

Date: 
Description: Elevator and coal dock in Washburn.
Photograph

Elevator and Coal Docks

Date: 
Description: Elevator and coal docks, including ships.
Photograph

Wharf Buildings

Date: 1969
Description: View from water of the sides of three wharf buildings in a bay of Lake Superior.
Photograph

The Landing at Brookside Resort

Date: 1935
Description: Numerous boat docks along shoreline of one of the Eau Claire Lakes.
Photograph

Cabins at Lyndale Bay Resort

Date: 1938
Description: Cabins on shoreline of Upper Eau Claire Lake at Lyndale Bay Resort.
Photograph

Path to Lyndale Bay Resort Cabins

Date: 1938
Description: Cabins around clearing in the woods at Lyndale Bay Resort on Upper Eau Claire Lake.
Photograph

Sitting on a Bench at Lyndale Bay Resort

Date: 1938
Description: View from water of two men sitting on a bench near the shoreline of Upper Eau Claire Lake.
Photograph

Gazing at Lyndale Bay

Date: 1938
Description: Two men standing near cabins looking at Upper Eau Claire Lake.
Photograph

Big Eau Claire Lake from Taylor's Cabins

Date: 1937
Description: Canoes and lawn chairs at the shore of Upper Eau Claire Lake. Caption reads: "Big Eau Claire Lake From Taylors Cabins, Drummond, Wis."
Photograph

Lee Cottage on Cable Lake

Date: 1936
Description: View from water of a two-story cottage on shore of Cable Lake.
Photograph

Gifford's on East Lake

Date: 1936
Description: View from water of people sitting in a canoe next to a boat dock where more people are standing. A boathouse is on shore and a cottage is up a slight hill ...
Photograph

Boats at Les Crandall's

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of people on boat dock on Namakagon Lake. Some of them are holding stringers of recently caught fish, and wooden rowboats are tied to the doc...
Photograph

The Landing at Private Slack's Beautyrest Resort

Date: 1936
Description: Point of land in lake with lawn chairs in the shade of trees and wooden boats tied to boat dock on Lake Owen. Caption reads: "The Landing at Private Slack'...

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