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Painting

Chequamagon Point

Date: 1898
Description: Watercolor painting of Chequamegon Point.
Drawing

Radisson Cabin

Date: 1655
Description: Front view of the Radisson cabin, the first house built by a white man in Wisconsin. It was built between 1650 and 1660 on Chequamegon Bay, in the vicinity...
Photograph

Ferryboat Landing

Date: 1929
Description: Ferryboat landing, with the boats providing service between Gills Rock and Washington Island.
Postcard

Boating Scene

Date: 1909
Description: View of a boating scene off of the shore of Marinette and Menominee. Two boys are walking on the pier on the left, and a crowd of people are gathered at th...
Postcard

Marinette Fisheries

Date: 1912
Description: View across water toward buildings on the right, with men standing on a platform at the shoreline in front of a large building. Three more smaller building...
Photograph

Bay, Shoreline, and Town

Date: 
Description: A bay with sailboats and other small craft, and a view of the shoreline and town beyond.
Photograph

West Shore of Turville Bay

Date: 1900
Description: Slightly elevated view of the west shore of Turville Bay. Two men sit in a rowboat near the shore surrounded by water lilies. There is a fence in the foreg...
Map or Atlas

Chart of Harbor at Duluth, Minn. and Superior, Wis.

Date: 1914
Description: This map shows streets, industrial buildings, a portion of Lake Superior and other lakes, bays, and rivers in portions of Duluth and Superior. Relief is sh...
Map or Atlas

Chart of Harbor at Duluth, Minn. and Superior, Wisconsin

Date: 1919
Description: This map shows details of the harbor, proposed route and bridge changes, railroads, streets, selected buildings, a portion of Lake Superior and other lakes...
Map or Atlas

Chart of Harbor at Duluth, Minn. and Superior, Wisconsin

Date: 1908
Description: This map shows streets, industrial buildings, a portion of Lake Superior and other lakes, bays, and rivers in portions of Duluth and Superior. Relief is sh...
Photograph

Mooring Basin

Date: 01 06 1958
Description: View from snowy shoreline of Mooring Basin at bay end of Ship Canal. The boat moored in the foreground is named "Allie." It is tethered to a post on the sh...
Photograph

Highway Bridge

Date: 01 06 1958
Description: View from snowy shoreline of Highway Bridge, the east approach. The lake is frozen. Just beyond the shoreline a boat is moored at a landing, and an automob...
Photograph

Sturgeon Bay

Date: 
Description: Aerial view of harbors and bridge. Farm fields are on either side of the bridge. The city of Sturgeon Bay is in the distance. There are docks along the sho...
Map or Atlas

Map of Forest Lodge on Lake Namakagon

Date: 1930
Description: Original map made with watercolor and inkwash. Includes a legend of buildings, roads, natural features and other details of the lodge. Inset at bottom has ...
Photograph

Map of the Birth Place of W. Wright Witmer at Washburn Located on Chequamegon Bay in the State of Wisconsin

Date: 1918
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...
Map or Atlas

Top O' the Thumb, Door County, Wisconsin

Date: 1960
Description: This map shows public boat ramps, parks, highways, beaches, bluffs, Green Bay, Garrett Bay, Europe Bay and Lake, Rowley's Bay and Ellison Bay. The map incl...
Photograph

Crowd at the Pier, Regatta Day

Date: 1940
Description: View of a crowd gathered along a pier for Regatta Day. Boats are docked alongside the pier on the left.
Photograph

Howard Side of Green Bay

Date: 
Description: Stereograph of an elevated view of Howard Side of Green Bay. View looks over roofs of long, industrial buildings near railroad tracks that run over the wat...
Photograph

Looking North from Green Bay

Date: 
Description: Stereograph of an elevated view looking north from Green Bay. In the foreground logs are floating in the water near boat moored near a pier or jetty. Anoth...
Postcard

Harbor Scene - Alpine Resort

Date: 1932
Description: Colorized postcard of Green Bay from Egg Harbor. A long pier with a rowboat at the side and a sailboat at the end. Caption reads: "Harbor Scene - Alpine Re...

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