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Seven Girls on a Dock

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Description: Seven teenage girls posing on a dock on on one of the Apostle Islands.
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Fishing Dock

Date: 1938
Description: View from water of fishing dock and structure alongside; log buildings in background on shore. Possibly on shoreline of one of the Apostle Islands or on Ch...
Postcard

Old Mission

Date: 1910
Description: View from pier towards the Old Mission in La Pointe on Madeline Island. Men are sitting at the shoreline. Caption reads: "Apostle Islands, Wis. Madeline Is...
Photograph

Group on Basswood Island

Date: 1917
Description: Group of people sitting on sandstone on Basswood Island, Apostle Islands. People from l. to r.: E.H., Florence Baker, Dot Ross, Louise Baker, Harie Ross, a...
Photograph

Camp Stella

Date: 1913
Description: Camp Stella on Sand Island of the Apostle Islands. View includes tents, lamp post, bridge and flag pole.
Photograph

Lake Superior Shoreline

Date: 1934
Description: View across water of sandstone cliff shoreline along Lake Superior at the Apostle Islands. On the far right a boat is pulled up onshore, and painted on the...
Photograph

The Steamship Barker

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Description: Three women stand on the shore in front of the steamer Barker at Devils Island natural dock.
Postcard

"Invader II" Chateau Madeleine

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Description: Text on reverse reads: "Chateau Madeleine La Pointe, Wisconsin Summer and Fall Resort on Madeline Island (Apostle Islands) in Lake Superior. The Chateau's...
Photograph

Sand Island Lighthouse

Date: 1915
Description: Sand Island Lighthouse on Apostle Island, Lake Superior. Lighthouse keeper and family are posing in the front of the building.
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin Map

Date: 1884
Description: A detailed, hand-colored map of Wisconsin and the western portion of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, which also includes an inset of Isle Royale in Lake Superi...
Map or Atlas

Chart of Apostle Islands Including the South Coast of Lake Superior : From Little Girl Point, Michigan to Sand Point, Wisconsin

Date: 1909
Description: This 1909 chart of the Apostle Islands, Chequamegon Bay, and the Lake Superior shoreline shows relief by contours and spot heights and depths by contours, ...
Photograph

Family Gathering on Basswood Island

Date: 1916
Description: Picnic on the shores of Basswood Island, Apostle Islands. Those picnicking include Harriet Webb, C.A. Hull, H.W. Rodgers, Mrs. J. Austin, Elizabeth Baker, ...
Photograph

Camp Stella

Date: 1915
Description: Women standing at General Fifield's Camp Stella at Sand Island, Apostle Island, Lake Superior.
Photograph

Picnic on Bear Island

Date: 1916
Description: Group of people gathered for a rustic picnic on Bear Island, Apostle Islands, Lake Superior. Image includes Mrs. J.L. Abernathy, Cora A. Hull, Mrs F.B. Chu...
Photograph

Bear Island Picnic

Date: 1916
Description: Group having a picnic on Bear Island of the Apostle Islands. Group includes Cora A. Hull, Mrs. Chute, John Webb, Bob Webb, Mrs. Webb, Mrs. Austin, and Mr. ...
Photograph

Picnic at Bear Island

Date: 08 22 1916
Description: Group setting up for a picnic at the shoreline on Bear Island of the Apostle Islands. Image includes A.G. Hull, Elizabeth Nisbet (Mrs. S.C. Marty Sr.), Eli...
Print

Paul's Cafe Menu Exterior

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Description: Exterior of the menu for Paul's Cafe, with a bird's-eye view map of "Washburn's Natural Deep Water Land Locked Harbor," Chequamegon Bay, and the Apostle Is...
Print

Apostle Islands Visit

Date: 07 2001
Description: David Obey poses with Park Ranger Geoffrey Smith on the left and Martin Hanson on the right. They are standing on the beach with water and land in the back...
Postcard

O-Sho-Ga Monument

Date: 1918
Description: The O-Sho-Ga monument near the Indian burial grounds. Caption reads: "Apostle Islands, Wis. Madeline Island, La Pointe, O-Sho-Ga Monument near the old Indi...
Historical Essay

A Summer Place - Image Gallery Essay

Photographs from the Apostle Islands
Learn about the history of the Apostle Islands in the northnmost part of Wisconsin, a popular summer refuge for tourists and residents.

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