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Dugout Canoe

Date: 1925
Description: A Native American dugout canoe rests on the shore of Europe Lake.
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Dugout Canoe

Date: 1925
Description: A Native American dugout canoe resting on the shore of Europe Lake.
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Dugout Canoe

Date: 1925
Description: A Native American dugout canoe resting on the shore of Europe Lake.
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Ferdinand Leonard Hotz Sitting on Shoreline

Date: 1920
Description: Ferdinand Leonard Hotz (Fedy, son of Ferdinand) is sitting on the shoreline of Europe Bay on Lake Michigan near a log. There is a section of a shipwreck on...
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Portion of Liberty Grove

Date: 1924
Description: Plat map showing a portion of Liberty Grove, T32-33N R29E. The land is bordered on the south by Rowley's Bay, on the east by Lake Michigan and Europe Bay, ...
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Europe Bay

Date: 1930
Description: Aerial view, looking north, across the beach and pier on Europe Bay to Europe Lake and beyond to Washington Island. The land south (to the right) of Europe...
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Europe Lake

Date: 1930
Description: Aerial view over northern Door County, looking northeast across Europe Lake and Europe Bay toward Plum and Washington Islands. Farm fields and orchards con...
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Northern Door County

Date: 1930
Description: Aerial view looking northeast, with Rowley's Bay in the foreground. Europe Lake is to the left, with Europe Bay and Newport Bay separated by a narrow peni...
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Europe Lake

Date: 1930
Description: Aerial view of the northern tip of the Door Peninsula, looking north. Europe Lake is in the center, with Europe Bay to the right. Plum Island and Washingto...
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Europe Bay

Date: 1930
Description: Aerial view looking north across the wooded peninsula separating Europe Bay (top) from Newport Bay. This area is now part of Newport State Park.
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Men Hiking

Date: 1924
Description: Two men walk away from the camera, down a narrow country road. Both are wearing knickers and knee socks; the man on the left wears a hat and carries a walk...
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Abandoned Farm

Date: 1921
Description: View across snowy field of a shingled house, barn and other outbuildings standing empty near the shore of Lake Michigan at Newport Village.
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Europe Lake Boathouse

Date: 1923
Description: The Hotz boathouse and pier are reflected in the still waters of Europe Lake.
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Rowboat

Date: 1920
Description: A rowboat is moored alongside the rustic boardwalk to the boathouse at the Hotz family cottage at Europe Lake.
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Sawing Logs

Date: 01 1928
Description: Two men use a crosscut saw to cut a hemlock log while a third watches. A splitting maul and a splitting wedge rest on a tree stump in the foreground. Smoke...
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Dragging Logs

Date: 01 1928
Description: A man drives a horse which is harnessed with a chain to a hemlock log.
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Hemlock Logging

Date: 01 1928
Description: A man sits on a load of logs on a sled while driving a team of two horses through the woods.
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Snowshoeing

Date: 1924
Description: A man, likely Ferdinand Hotz, on short snowshoes carrying a long walking stick and his coat. A camera case and pair of ice skates hang from straps around h...
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Man on Snowshoes

Date: 1924
Description: A man poses on snowshoes, using a long walking stick in a wooded, snow-covered landscape.
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Mrs. Ch. Harris

Date: 1925
Description: A woman stands by the gate beside a wooden house, possibly at Newport. The house's downspout drains into a rain barrel. Lake Michigan is in the background...

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