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Chandler Mine, Ely Minnesota, 1885
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Pioneer Hotel building built by Robert Whiteside, Ely Minnesota, 1887
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Early Ely Minnesota; buildings and street through trees and stumps, 1888
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James R. Cormack and Company store on Chapman Street, Ely Minnesota, 1888
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Second Street, Ely Minnesota, 1880's
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Indian family beside birch-bark wigwam and forest-side encampment near Ely Minnesota, 1890's
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View of Eagles Nest Lake near Ely Minnesota, 1898
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Ely Boat House, Ely Minnesota, 1900
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Burntside Lake, Ely Minnesota, 1900
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General view of Ely Minnesota, 1903
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Sibley Mine headframe, Ely Minnesota, 1906
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School children and teacher, third grade, Central School; Ely Minnesota 1906
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First inspection trip of iron ranges by the Tax Commission; posed in front of Hotel Exchange, Ely; Frank Wildes, Frank McVey, Samuel Lord, O.M. Hall, Richard Hurd, 1907
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Lincoln School, Ely Minnesota, 1908
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Pattison Island, Burntside Lake, Ely Minnesota, 1908
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Ely and Winton Road, 1908
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Memorial School, Ely Minnesota, 1910
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Pioneer Mine, Ely Minnesota, 1910's
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Birds eye view, Ely Minnesota, 1910's
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Grade school, Ely Minnesota, 1912
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Pioneer "A" shaft, Ely; showing cantilever after sheathing of shaft house, 1913
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Pioneer Mine shaft B and power house, Ely; Oliver Iron Mining Company, 1915
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Burntside Lodge near Ely Minnesota, 1915
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Stores, Ely Minnesota, 1915
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Shipman Hospital, Ely Minnesota, 1915
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Burntside Road near Ely Minnesota, 1920
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Tourist Grounds, Ely Minnesota, 1920?
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General view, Ely Minnesota, 1920
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High School, Ely Minnesota, 1920
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Shipman Hospital, Ely Minnesota. 1920's?
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Street scene, Ely Minnesota, 1920's
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Echo Trail, Ely Minnesota, 1920's
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Washington School, Ely Minnesota, 1920's
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Merry-go-round at Oliver Mining Company picnic, Ely Minnesota, 1923
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Chapman Street, Ely Minnesota, 1928
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City Hall, Ely Minnesota, 1930
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White Iron Beach, Ely Minnesota, 1930's
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Tourist park, Ely Minnesota, 1935
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Rothman Cabins Bear Island Lake, Ely Minnesota, 1939
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Canoeing on White Iron Lake, Ely Minnesota, 1939
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Burley's Furnished Log Cabins, near Ely Minnesota, 1940
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The road to Sunset View Cabins near Ely Minnesota, 1940
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Street scenes, Ely Minnesota, 1940's
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Sheridan Avenue, Ely Minnesota, 1940's
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Sibley Mine, Ely Minnesota, 1944
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City Hall, Ely Minnesota, 1945
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Basswood Lake near Ely Minnesota, 1946
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Basswood Lake Fishing Lodge, Ely Minnesota, 1946
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Trading Post on Burntside Lake near Ely Minnesota, 1947
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Street scene, Ely Minnesota, 1947
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Sheridan Street, Ely Minnesota, 1948
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First Presbyterian Church, Ely Minnesota, 1950
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Aerial view of Ely Minnesota, 1950
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Dee's Bar and Lounge, Ely Minnesota, 1950
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Seaplane base on Shaqawa Lake, Ely Minnesota, 1950
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Forest Hotel, Ely Minnesota, 1953
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A Cabin at Snowbank Beach, Ely Minnesota, 1954
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Lounge at Balsam Bay Resort near Ely Minnesota, 1955
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Canoe Country Outfitters, 629 East Sheridan Street, Ely Minnesota, 1958
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St. Anthony de Padua Church, Ely Minnesota, 1970
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Northern Lights outside of Ely Minnesota, 2003
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Entering Ely Minnesota from the west, 2005
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Entering Ely Minnesota from the east, 2005
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Babe's Bait and Tackle, Ely Minnesota, 2005
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Street scene, Ely Minnesota, 2005
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Westgate Motel (now Canoe On Inn), Ely Minnesota, 2005
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Motel Ely, Ely Minnesota, 2005
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Super 8 Motel, Ely Minnesota, 2005
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Sculpture, Ely Minnesota, 2005
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City Hall, Ely Minnesota, 2005
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US Post Office, Ely Minnesota, 2005
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Street scene, Ely Minnesota, 2005
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Abandoned building, Ely Minnesota, 2006
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Aerial view, Vermilion Community College, Ely Minnesota, 2006
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Moose in lake near Ely Minnesota, 2006
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Welcome Sign, Ely Minnesota, 2007
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Upper creek of Dry Lake Falls, Ely Minnesota, 2007
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Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCAW), 2008
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Little Long Lake, from Shig-Wak Resort dock, Ely Minnesota, 2008
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A morning run in the kayak. Superior National Forest near Ely Minnesota, 2008
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Big Northern caught in Burntside Lake, Ely Minnesota, 2008
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