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"Plowboy" Approaching the Mission Dock

Date: 1904
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...
Photograph

La Pointe from Mission Inn

Date: 1900
Description: View of La Pointe, Madeline Island, taken from the Mission Inn.
Photograph

Daniel Angus House

Date: 1900
Description: The house of Captain Angus on the shore of Lake Superior in La Pointe on Madeline Island sometime around 1900. The Angus family came to Madeline Island in ...
Drawing

Pic Island from Camp Porphyry

Date: 1850
Description: Pic Island on the north shore of Lake Superior.
Photograph

Milwaukee, South from Courthouse

Date: 
Description: Elevated view south from Courthouse of rooftops, with harbor and bay in distance.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Superior

Date: 1883
Description: Bird's-eye map of Superior, county seat of Douglas County, on the shores of Lake Superior, with insets of points of interest.
Map or Atlas

View of the City of Two Rivers, Wis.

Date: 1879
Description: Bird's-eye map of Two Rivers.
Postcard

Beach in Ephraim

Date: 1907
Description: View from water of beach and buildings in Ephraim. Caption reads: "Greetings from Ephraim, Wis."
Book or Pamphlet

Pottawatomie Lighthouse

Date: 
Description: Exterior view of the "Pottawatomie" lighthouse in snowy expanse of land, with the lake in the background.
Map or Atlas

Recreational Area Plan for Wisconsin

Date: 1939
Description: A color, pictorial map. Scale: 10 miles to the inch. Shows state parks and forests, proposed state parkways, proposed state monuments and memorials, nation...
Map or Atlas

Guide through Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin and Iowa

Date: 1839
Description: Shows locations of cities, towns, villages, post hamlets, canals, rail and stage roads. Includes table of steamboat routes and distances; vignette of "Maid...
Photograph

Thordarson Estate

Date: 
Description: Hand-colored view of the Thordarson estate including the boathouse and a stone-paved path with benches.
Photograph

First Girls Party on Beach

Date: 09 07 1927
Description: Women employees of Thordarson? in bathing suits on the beach during the First Girls Party to Rock Island.
Photograph

Lighthouse Stairs and Dock

Date: 
Description: The stairs and dock at the lighthouse on Rock Island.
Postcard

Boats at Fishing Wharf

Date: 
Description: View from shoreline of boats docked at the fishing wharf. People are fishing from the pier, and a group of people are in a rowboat near a ferry. There are ...
Photograph

Steamships Arriving at Fox's Dock

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of three steamships arriving at Fox's Dock, an island in Lake Erie. People are waiting on the docks. A smaller ship is in the dock area as we...
Print

First National Bank (Chippewa Falls) Letterhead

Date: 
Description: Numbered letterhead of the First National Bank, with a map of Wisconsin and a starred location marker for Chippewa Falls, a medallion, and a flowering stal...
Photograph

Young Aldo Leopold

Date: 1904
Description: A young Aldo Leopold is posing smiling, wearing a jacket and bow tie while sitting on a pier. He is vacationing in the Cheneaux Islands. A shoreline with b...
Map or Atlas

Commercial Map of Wisconsin and Portions of Adjoining States

Date: 1906
Description: A hand-colored commercial map of Wisconsin and portions of eastern Minnesota, Iowa, northern Illinois, and the Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The map shows ra...
Map or Atlas

Door County

Date: 1899
Description: Map of Door County with inset photograph of Sturgeon Bay City.

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