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| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Captain F.A. Bishoff and engineer Dan Cook on board the ferry "Plowboy." |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Ole Christinson, Dick Hanson, Fred Hanson, and Herman Johnson, Sr., onboard sailboat "Louis Moe" along the shore of Sand Island. |
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| Description: | Two men standing in wooden rowboat along shore of Madeline Island. There are sailboats in the background. Behind them is a large rock just off the shoreli... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of the steamboat "Plowboy" approaching the Mission Dock at La Pointe. The Plowboy was the first steam ferry to go to Madeline Island. T... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Group of people on board the steamboat "Byng I" sometime prior to 1930. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Elizabeth Lathrop, Post Mistress, stands with a dog and other people in front of the Post Office. There is a shoreline on the left. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Lakeside view of Nebraska Row, showing Treaty Hall, La Pointe, Madeline Island. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| 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'... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Mary L. Eldridge, Dick Eldridge, Barney Johnson, and two other people kneeling in front of dog sled on Lake Superior. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Group of people standing on board a passenger ferry bound for a New Year's trip to Ashland. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Three men power boating on Lake Superior. Two of the men are smoking cigarettes. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Three men posed on the "Madeline." This is a Canadian trip hosted by Henry Woods. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Large group of fishermen standing on ice with catch of fish displayed on airplane wing near La Pointe, Madeline Island. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Manuscript map of the Chequamegon Bay area on Lake Superior drawn by Warren W. Witmer and illustrated with sketches by Mary L. Wright Witmer in ink and wat... |
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| Description: | View down pier crowded with people next to the steamboat "Plowboy," which is docked and filled with passengers. |
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| Description: | View across water towards the "Plowboy" ferrying passengers across the lake. The far shoreline is in the distance. |
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