Skip to main content

click zoom to display a high-res image
Postcards

Rocky Island

Image

Color postcard of rocks and driftwood along Rocky Island's shoreline, part of the Apostle Islands.

Date Created:
circa 1920-1929
Creator:
Gallagher's Studio of Photography, Duluth, Minnesota

Publication Information

Creator Gallagher's Studio of Photography, Duluth, Minnesota
Date Created circa 1920-1929

Physical Description

Format Image
Extent 1 postcard
Dimensions 9 x 14 cm

Collection Information

Digital Collection History Center
Source Collection Wisconsin postcard collection, circa 1860s?-circa 1990s
Call Number PH 2744
Catalog Record https://search.library.wisc.edu/catalog/999465793002121
Finding Aid https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-ph02744

Copyright Information

Copyright Status COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED
Unique ID
W013W69
Legacy ID
WHi 85121

Image

Digital Collections

Explore more than 100,000 collection items online through the Society’s digital collections. For over two decades, we’ve been scanning, photographing, and digitizing materials from our collections, creating a rich and growing digital archive that brings history closer to you.
 
The Wisconsin Historical Society offers an ever-growing digital collection. Digitized materials reflect the full range of items in the collections including photographs, letters, newsletters, films, posters, architectural drawings, menus, and ephemera.

View Our Curated Collections

Attribution

For a credit line: Wisconsin Historical Society, Creator, Title, Unique Identifier. 

The Unique Identifier can be found at the top or bottom of the page for each item. The name of a downloaded file is NOT the unique identifier.

For bibliographic citations please consult the UW-Madison Libraries Citation Research Guide to ensure compliance with appropriate style guidelines.

 

 

Accessing Collections

The vast majority of the items in our collections are not online. The Society owns thousands of archival collections viewable in our Archives reading room. To view and conduct research in our collections, visit us in person.

Plan Your Visit

Postcards
Devil's Island

Devil's Island

circa 1920-1929

Color postcard of a rocky shoreline on Devil's Island, part of the Apostle Islands of Lake Superior.

View
Postcards
Singing Sands

Singing Sands

circa 1920-1929

Color postcard of a sandy shoreline on one of the Apostle Islands. Caption reads: "Apostle Island Scene."

View
Postcards
Excursion Boat to the Apostle Islands

Excursion Boat to the Apostle Islands

circa 1950-1959

Postcard of the excursion boat the "Chippewa" docked in Bayfield, before taking passengers to the Apostle Islands. Two ducks can be seen swimming in the foreground.

View
Postcards
The Devil's Kitchen

The Devil's Kitchen

circa 1920-1929

Colorized postcard of the arches and rocks comprising the Devil's Kitchen, a geological formation on Presque Isle or Stockton Island, part of the Apostle Islands. Two sailboats are on the far right...

View
Postcards
Rembrandt Arch

Rembrandt Arch

circa 1920-1929

Colorized postcard of Rembrandt Arch, a geological formation on the Apostle Islands. Caption reads: "Rembrandt Arch, Apostle Islands, Lake Superior."

View
Postcards
Rugged Shore of Stockton Island

Rugged Shore of Stockton Island

circa 1910-1919

Photographic postcard of the rock formations on the shore of Stockton Island, one of the twenty-one islands comprising the Apostle Islands in Lake Superior.

View
Go to top
Wisconsin Historical Society
Search Dropdown