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Sanborn Map of Ashland

Date: 06 1923
Description: A Sanborn map of Ashland.
Map or Atlas

Maps of Trude Lake

Date: 1925
Description: Shows buildings, piers, winter and summer levels, and resort lands. Depths shown by isolines. Relief shown by contours. From the E.P. Sherry papers relatin...
Postcard

Dells, Dam and Paper Mills, Eau Claire, Wis.

Date: 1908
Description: Colorized photograph of the dells, the dam and the paper mills on the Eau Claire River. A man is standing on a wooden pier along the shoreline on the left.
Photograph

Fishing Boats at Dock

Date: 05 05 1963
Description: View across water towards two fishing boats moored at a dock.
Photograph

Unloading Barrels

Date: 
Description: Two men unload barrels from a boat at a boathouse.
Photograph

Large Sailing Ship in Milwaukee Harbor

Date: 1898
Description: A large sailing ship docked in Milwaukee Harbor.
Photograph

Ontario Fire Ranger

Date: 1910
Description: Canadian Fire Ranger J.B. MacDonald standing on the dock by Fall Lake.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Superior

Date: 1883
Description: Bird's-eye map of Superior, county seat of Douglas County, on the shores of Lake Superior, with insets of points of interest.
Photograph

Wharf Buildings

Date: 1969
Description: View from water of the sides of three wharf buildings in a bay of Lake Superior.
Photograph

Fishermen on Pier

Date: 1898
Description: Fishermen fishing off of a long pier. Industrial buildings are across the water in the background.
Photograph

Green Bay Harbor

Date: 1938
Description: View from railroad bridge of the harbor at Green Bay. On the other side of the harbor, there are many industrial buildings, including Northern Paper Mills,...
Photograph

Floating Drydocks in Ice

Date: 1918
Description: View over pier made of pilings towards a floating drydock, now embedded in the ice, near Solombola, Russia. There are tall buildings behind it on the oppos...
Photograph

Boat Leaving Milwaukee Harbor

Date: 07 1899
Description: A boat leaving Milwaukee Harbor between two breakwaters, steaming into Milwaukee Bay and onward out into Lake Michigan.
Photograph

Tank Car Wreck

Date: 08 1946
Description: Tank car wreck at the Grand Trunk Western Railroad car ferry docks. A man wearing a hat is in the right foreground.
Photograph

Buildings along Milwaukee River

Date: 1898
Description: View from pier or dock of buildings along the Milwaukee River, including a building with a clock tower. Signage on brick exteriors reads "J.C. Iverson Co. ...
Photograph

Logging Camp at Big Bay

Date: 1910
Description: Logging Camp dock and buildings made of logs. Madeline Island shoreline on the bank of Lake Superior.
Photograph

Seaside Amusements

Date: 1924
Description: View of developed beachfront, including roller-coaster, hotels, pier and seagulls.
Photograph

Steamboat on Rainy Lake

Date: 08 1915
Description: An elevated view of a steamboat on Rainy Lake near Kettle Falls. In the background is borrow pit for construction of Kettle Falls Dam.
Photograph

Boat Landing from State Highway 12

Date: 1927
Description: A man stands on a wooden dock near a tour boat. The sign on top of the boat advertises "Summer Homesites."
Photograph

Public Landing with Bridge

Date: 
Description: Elevated view over the Ohio River of a boat landing with a bridge in the background.

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