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Docking Ferry Boat in December
December 1948
Two men docking a ferry boat at La Pointe in December. Ferry service closed two days after this photograph was taken.
Windsled near Pier
February 1948
Elevated view of the enclosed wind sled shaped like the Maybe, sitting on the ice with La Pointe dock on the left.
"Skater" and "Perhaps" at Mission Dock
1910
Ferry boat "Skater" and sailboat "Perhaps" near the Mission Dock. A group of people are waiting on the dock for the "Skater" to arrive. There is a boy carrying an Arco crate.
Ice-Breaking in Spring
April 1949
Two men standing on dock watching the "Penguine" and the "Apostle Island" breaking the ice around the La Pointe dock.
Arrival of "Woodrush"
1949
View from dock of the U.S. Coast Guard ship "Woodrush" arriving at the La Pointe dock to clear ice. Two trucks are on the dock, one with a piano.
John Pitt Dean on Mission Dock
1910
John Pitt Dean standing at the center of Mission Dock surrounded by people, some of them holding umbrellas. There is pile of luggage on the dock.
