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Filter: Year of 1950-1959
| Date: | 08 1959 |
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| Description: | Madeline Island Sign (Wisconsin Official Marker) depicting the history of the island and how it recieved its name. This sign was erected in 1956. |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | The Madeline Island Historical Museum behind a "pencil" designed fence. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Constructing the Madeline Island Historical Museum in La Pointe which consists of four separate buildings. L-to-r: jail; American Fur Trade storage buildin... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | This was the first boat & sled-type wind sled built on Madeline Island. Built by Elmer Nelson for Howard Russell between 1950-1951. Had a 9-cylinder R-680-... |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | This was the first boat & sled-type windsled built on Madeline Island. Built by Elmer Nelson for Howard Russell between 1950-1951. Had a 9-cylinder R-680-E... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a rowboat moored in a small cove on Madeline Island in the Apostle Islands. |
| Date: | 05 1954 |
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| Description: | Windsled used to transport passengers and goods between Madeline Island and Bayfield. This image was in Ross' book, "La Pointe: Village Outpost". |
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