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Summer Homes on Madeline Island

Date: 1925
Description: Aerial view of Woods' Manor on shores of Madeline Island. The manor was built in 1900 for summer resident Colonel Frederick Woods from Nebraska.
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Duluth-Superior Bridge

Date: 1961
Description: Aerial view of the Duluth-Superior bridge.
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Aerial View of Madeline Island Tennis Courts

Date: 1935
Description: Aerial view of Madeline Island including the tennis courts, houses, and the Old Mission Inn.
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Big Bay on Madeline Island

Date: 1934
Description: Aerial view of Big Bay on Madeline Island. This area later became Big Bay State Park.
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Aerial View of Nebraska Row

Date: 1937
Description: Aerial view of Nebraska Row on the lakeshore of the west side of La Pointe, showing houses, roads and piers. Nebraska Row was started in 1899 when summer r...
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Aerial View of Woods Manor on Madeline Island

Date: 1938
Description: Aerial view looking down over the lawn and wood shingle lakeshore home, Woods Manor, a part of Nebraska Row on Madeline Island. In the distance is Lake Sup...
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Aerial View of Ashland

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Description: Aerial view of town, showing the shoreline of Lake Superior, ore docks, roads, houses, buildings, trees, and smokestacks. Text describing this photograph s...
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Ore Dock

Date: 08 1971
Description: Aerial view of an ore dock next to Hog Island. The town is in the distance. In the far background are the white storage buildings of the oil refinery.
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Madeline Island

Date: 08 1971
Description: Aerial view of Madeline Island, and a few of the Apostle Islands in the distance.
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Ore Boat

Date: 1935
Description: Aerial view of crew members standing and sitting on the deck of the ore boat Captain Thomas Wilson in Ashland harbor.
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Lucerne Bow and Stern

Date: 2004
Description: View of the bow and stern of the Lucerne at the bottom of Lake Superior.
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Lucerne Machinery

Date: 2004
Description: View of an archaeologist documenting the capstan and windlass from the wreckage of the schooner Lucerne at the bottom of Lake Superior.
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Lucerne Site Plan

Date: 
Description: Diagram of the wreckage of the schooner Lucerne at the bottom of Lake Superior.
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Pretoria Bilge

Date: 08 03 2004
Description: Bilge of the wrecked schooner-barge Pretoria on the bottom of Lake Superior.
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Pretoria Bow

Date: 08 03 2004
Description: View of the Bow of the schooner-barge Pretoria at the bottom of Lake Superior.
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Pretoria Fragments

Date: 08 03 2004
Description: View of fragments of the wrecked schooner-barge Pretoria at the bottom of Lake Superior.
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Sevona Frame

Date: 08 02 2004
Description: View of the bow and forward bulkhead of the wrecked steam screw Sevona at the bottom of Lake Superior.
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Sevona Remains

Date: 08 02 2004
Description: Valves and other parts of the wrecked steam screw Sevona at the bottom of Lake Superior.
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Documenting the Lucerne

Date: 2004
Description: View of an archaeologist documenting the capstan and windlass from the wreckage of the schooner Lucerne at the bottom of Lake Superior.
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Pretoria Windlass

Date: 
Description: The Pretoria was slowly torn apart by the storm while anchored. Lying upside down on top of the bilge near Pretoria's bow, the heavy anchor windlass remain...

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