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Three Elizabeths

Date: 1912
Description: Elizabeth Hull, Elizabeth Baker, and Elizabeth Nisbet standing at the tennis court net at Coole Park Manor.
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Tennis Friends

Date: 1914
Description: Four men and three women posing on Hull's tennis court.
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Haecker House

Date: 1910
Description: The Woods family sitting in yard outside house on Nebraska Row, La Pointe, Madeline Island. The house was built in 1904. Left to right: Twins Tom & Henry W...
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St. Joseph's Catholic Church

Date: 1910
Description: People gathered around picket fence in front of a decorated St. Joseph's Catholic Church in La Pointe on Madeline Island.
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Centennial Celebration for Madeline Island Mission

Date: 1935
Description: Father Gumbly and Sisters, with three Native Americans in ceremonial dress, standing outdoors in front of altar.
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Our Cottage

Date: 1910
Description: A family sits on a porch of a two-story cedar shake house with Lake Superior in background.
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Great Divide, or Watershed Marker Unveiling Ceremony

Date: 08 14 1932
Description: Front row: W.E. Dillon, County Highway Commissioner of Ashland; Andrew Good of Gordon Lake at Glidden; Patsy Winter of Ashland and Leo Jerome Driscoll, unv...
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Great Divide, or Watershed Marker Unveiling Ceremony

Date: 08 14 1932
Description: Watershed sign unveiled with ceremony participants. The marker is 39 miles south of Ashland adjacent to Highway 13, 2 miles north of Gordon Lake.
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Panorama of Chippewa Indians at Odanah Fair

Date: 1912
Description: Panoramic image of Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians at a fair in northern Wisconsin. Caption under the image reads, "Souvenier [sic] of Odanah, Fair 1913."...
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Men in Women's Clothes

Date: 07 04 1913
Description: Three young men dressed in women's clothing stand on a tennis court during 4th of July celebration. William Baker, Ted Dwyer, and Herbert Rogers.
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Oliver Wilson, Leo Casper, and Jesse Stone

Date: 1918
Description: Oliver Wilson, Leo Capser, and Jesse Stone, all wearing hats, pose for a group portrait.
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Four Girls in Dresses

Date: 1913
Description: Four young girls posing in dresses. Louise Lock, Louise Baker, Elizabeth Baker, and Elizabith Nesbit (Mrs. S.C. Marty, SR.)
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Group on Basswood Island

Date: 1917
Description: Group of people sitting on sandstone on Basswood Island, Apostle Islands. People from l. to r.: E.H., Florence Baker, Dot Ross, Louise Baker, Harie Ross, a...
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Group on Devils Island

Date: 1913
Description: Group of men and women standing on a dock at Devils Island. From left to right are Nelson Angus, A.G. Hull, Elsie Tough (Kansas City), Anne Ashley, Mrs. Hu...
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Group on Basswood Island Dock

Date: 1917
Description: Group of men and women standing on Basswood Island Dock. Bill Baker, Elizabeth Hull, Florence Baker, Dorothy Stickney Ross, Louise Baker, Hamilton N. Ross ...
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Group of People on Old Mission Dock

Date: 1910
Description: Five ladies and one man standing on Old Mission Dock holding picnic baskets and umbrellas. The ladies with umbrellas are from left: Mrs. Ross, Mrs. Ervine,...
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Picnicking near Lake Superior

Date: 1914
Description: Four individuals, sitting in the shade near a table during a picnic on Madeline Island. Includes Elizabeth Nesbet (Mrs. S.C. Marty, Sr.), Gertrude Capser (...
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Superior Chippewa Indians

Date: 1935
Description: Four Odanah Ojibwa women standing outdoors at the edge of a blanket laying on the ground. The blanket has various ceremonial Ojibwa artifacts including a d...
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Lake Superior Chippewas

Date: 1938
Description: Three Bad River Ojibwa women standing outdoors on a blanket. The women are all wearing dresses with beadwork. The woman in the middle is wearing a headband...
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Touring Project ELF

Date: 12 15 1981
Description: Captain Charles Biele (right) and John A. Lavine (next to Biele), Wisconsin newspaper publisher, before Lavine toured the controversial U.S. Navy facility ...

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