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Title: Hen Island
Description: Hen Island is reflected in the water of Fish Creek Bay in this view from Nelson Point in Peninsula State Park. The homes and businesses of Fish Creek are in the background. At far left is the Hotz boathouse, with white door, and the bathhouse behind. The white two-story building seen just to the right of the island is the Nook Hotel; the Fish Creek dock with its warehouse is in front of the hotel. Dr. Welcker's casino is the large building with gabled roof and porch at far right. Gus Papke's house is near the shore at the far right.
Image ID: 97679
Creation
Date: 		1915 ca.
Creator
Name: 		Hotz, Ferdinand
City, State: Fish Creek, Wisconsin
Collection
Name: 		Hotz, Ferdinand
Genre: Photographs
Additional
Information: 		This image forms the left half of a panorama view when combined with Image ID: 97681. The tinted, mounted prints are from an album loaned for scanning by G. Leonard Apfelbach, M.D.
Subjects: Plants
State parks and reserves
Trees
Architecture, Domestic
Porches
Peninsulas
Commercial buildings
Gambling
Hotels
Outdoor photography
Boathouses
Shorelines
Islands
Michigan, Lake
Hills
 

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