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Map or Atlas

Map of Douglas County, Wisconsin

Date: 1929
Description: "Compliments of the Douglas County Highway Department"--Top margin. Shows state-trunk highways, county highways, town roads, trails, boundaries, and concr...
Map or Atlas

Map of Douglas County, Wisconsin

Date: 1953
Description: "Compliments of the Douglas County Highway Department"--Top margin. Shows federal highways, state trunk highways, county highways, town roads, unimproved ...
Photograph

Oat Harvest

Date: 09 1929
Description: Harvested bundles of oats in a field on the Dean farm.
Photograph

Canoeing

Date: 1967
Description: Three people paddling down the Brule River in a canoe.
Photograph

Buck in Velvet

Date: 1935
Description: A flash photograph of a large whitetail buck standing in shallow water of the Brule River.
Photograph

Rustic Footbridge

Date: 1940
Description: A rustic log footbridge crosses the Bois Brule River at the Superior Brule Club.
Postcard

Superior Harbor

Date: 
Description: Aerial view of harbor, with shipyards in the foreground and Superior in the background. Caption reads: "Aerial View of Harbor, Superior, Wisconsin."
Photograph

Canoeing on the Brule River

Date: 1967
Description: View from shoreline of a family canoeing down the Brule River.
Photograph

Grain Elevators on Lake Superior

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Description: View across water towards a cargo ship at dock in front of large grain elevators.
Photograph

River Fishing

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Description: View across water towards an elderly man standing calf-deep in the Bois Brule River holding fly rod.
Photograph

Little Manitou Falls, Pattison State Park

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Description: View from below towards two waterfalls along a rock formation. A person is sitting on the rock outcropping between the falls.
Photograph

After the Fire

Date: 1935
Description: Two logging roads diverge in a stand of burned jack pine trees, dividing the scene into three parts. In the background, near the left branch of the road, t...
Photograph

Bong Bridge, Duluth-Superior Bridge

Date: 1985
Description: Aerial view of the Duluth-Superior Bridge, officially named in honor of Richard I. Bong, World War II's Ace of Aces, who hailed from nearby Poplar, Wiscons...
Photograph

Brule Portage Trail

Date: 1967
Description: A family of three are portaging their canoe through the brush and trees on the Brule Portage Trail.
Photograph

Cargo Ship "Henry LaLiberte"

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Description: View across water towards the cargo ship "Henry LaLiberte" sitting in a loading dock under a cargo crane.
Photograph

Boy Looking at St. Croix Lake

Date: 1967
Description: Elevated view of St. Croix Lake. In the foreground is a boy sitting in the grass looking at the view.
Photograph

Poling a Canoe

Date: 1935
Description: The description on the negative envelope reads: "David Sample, guide at Brule, Wisconsin, taking a tourist down the fast moving waters of the Brule River."...
Photograph

Brule River

Date: 1967
Description: A family of three are canoeing down the Brule River. Bushes and tall grass are along the shoreline, and trees are in the background.
Photograph

Calvin Coolidge Fishing

Date: 1928
Description: President Calvin Coolidge fishing at Cedar Island Lodge, rustic lodge of Henry C. Pierce, 35 miles from Superior, Wisconsin, on the Brule River. This lodge...
Photograph

Trout Fishing

Date: 
Description: View across river towards a man wearing waders standing knee-deep in the Bois Brule River near the shoreline. He is holding a fishing pole in his right han...

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