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Bayfield & Ashland Counties Including the Apostle Islands

Date: 1880
Description: This copy of an 1834 map in the American Fur Company's papers held by the New-York Historical Society shows an outline of Chequamegon Bay and Madeline Isla...
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Old Mission Inn

Date: 1910
Description: View from water of the Old Mission Inn on the shore of Lake Superior in La Pointe on Madeline Island. Dwelling to the left is a portion of the lower dormit...
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Baker's Fireplace

Date: 1915
Description: Living room interior of Madeline Island vacation house showing stone fireplace and furniture. The house belonged to the Baker family and later became the h...
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Sailboat "Alpha"

Date: 1900
Description: Group of people on sailboat "Alpha" at dock on Madeline Island. Captain Daniel Angus is at the tiller.
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W.H. Ferguson Summer Home

Date: 1938
Description: Bavarian style cedar shake-sided summer home built in 1916 on Nebraska Row on Madeline Island. W.H. Ferguson was from Beatrice, Nebraska and was co-founder...
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Nebraska Row

Date: 1937
Description: Sidewalk in front of four houses along Nebraska Row at Madeline Island. Nebraska Row was started by Col. Frederick Woods in 1899 on the bluff at the wester...
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Woods Manor on Madeline Island

Date: 1938
Description: View of the two-story, wood shingle, lake shore home, Woods Manor, a part of Nebraska Row on Madeline Island. In the foreground is a swimming pool surround...
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Mission Landing

Date: 1910
Description: Steamboat "Skater" and two sailboats at end of the mission dock on Madeline Island.
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Elizabeth Baker and Anne Ashley

Date: 1913
Description: Two girls and a girl sit on the wooden stoop near a door. Grant's Point farm, Madeline Island.
Postcard

St. Joseph Catholic Church

Date: 
Description: View down sidewalk towards the front of a small wooden church. Text on back reads: "Franciscan Fathers, Madeline Island."
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Snug Harbor

Date: 1956
Description: Elevated view of a rowboat moored in a small cove on Madeline Island in the Apostle Islands.
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Picnic on Apostle Island Beach

Date: 1914
Description: Group of people on an Apostle Island log-strewn beach. Outing included Johnie Webb, Mrs. Webb, Herbert Turman and Herbert Rogers.
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Village of La Pointe

Date: 1910
Description: Looking down La Pointe's main street on Madeline Island. A man is walking on the board sidewalk on the left, and another person is driving a horse-drawn ve...
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Treaty Hall

Date: 1910
Description: George F. Thomas is holding a child and standing next to Edward F. Hansen in front of Treaty Hall in La Pointe on Madeline Island.
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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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South Shore Farm

Date: 1910
Description: Three young men and a girl standing at South Shore Farm located on an Apostle Island.
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Jean Baptiste Cadotte

Date: 1910
Description: Jean Baptiste "Johnny" Cadotte as a young child on porch on Madeline Island, with unidentified man. A woman is standing inside the screendoor behind them.
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A Summer Home on Madeline Island

Date: 1937
Description: Two-story cedar shake-sided house with two porches.
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Elizabeth Baker and Anne Ashley at Grant's Point Farm

Date: 1913
Description: Elizabeth Baker and Anne Ashley waiting for milk at Grant's Point Farm, Madeline Island. The dog is "Dandy," born in Munich, Germany.
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House on Nebraska Row, Madeline Island

Date: 1938
Description: View of a house on Nebraska Row on Madeline Island. In the foreground is a flag pole, bench, path, lawn and trees. On the left are docks from the lake shor...

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