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Boating Scene

Date: 1909
Description: View of a boating scene off of the shore of Marinette and Menominee. Two boys are walking on the pier on the left, and a crowd of people are gathered at th...
Postcard

Marinette Fisheries

Date: 1912
Description: View across water toward buildings on the right, with men standing on a platform at the shoreline in front of a large building. Three more smaller building...
Map or Atlas

Chart of Harbor at Duluth, Minn. and Superior, Wis.

Date: 1914
Description: This map shows streets, industrial buildings, a portion of Lake Superior and other lakes, bays, and rivers in portions of Duluth and Superior. Relief is sh...
Map or Atlas

Chart of Harbor at Duluth, Minn. and Superior, Wisconsin

Date: 1908
Description: This map shows streets, industrial buildings, a portion of Lake Superior and other lakes, bays, and rivers in portions of Duluth and Superior. Relief is sh...
Map or Atlas

Top O' the Thumb, Door County, Wisconsin

Date: 1960
Description: This map shows public boat ramps, parks, highways, beaches, bluffs, Green Bay, Garrett Bay, Europe Bay and Lake, Rowley's Bay and Ellison Bay. The map incl...
Postcard

Harbor Scene - Alpine Resort

Date: 1932
Description: Colorized postcard of Green Bay from Egg Harbor. A long pier with a rowboat at the side and a sailboat at the end. Caption reads: "Harbor Scene - Alpine Re...
Postcard

Ephraim, Wisconsin

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Description: Aerial view of Ephraim and Eagle Bay. A two-lane highway runs along the coastline. Caption reads: "Ephraim, Wisconsin."
Postcard

Fish Creek

Date: 1911
Description: Hand-colored view of Fish Creek from the bay. A boathouse and main dock are in the center. A bluff is in the background. Caption reads: "Fish Creek, Wis."
Postcard

Boat Dock

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Description: Color photographic postcard view of the Fish Creek Marina.
Postcard

Green Bay

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Description: Aerial view of Green Bay from the bay. Commercial and industrial buildings are in the foreground. Waterfront businesses include F. Hurlbut Cement and W.W. ...
Postcard

Bird's Eye View of Green Bay

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Description: Bird's-eye view of Green Bay from the waterfront, with commercial buildings and factories. Caption reads: "Bird's Eye View, Green Bay, Wis."
Postcard

Old Fort Howard at Cross Fox River

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Description: Hand-colored postcard elevated view of buildings along the Fox River. Boats moored in the foreground. A train is passing by across the river. Old Fort Howa...
Book or Pamphlet

Brittingham Bay Panorama

Date: 1914
Description: Panoramic view of Brittingham Bay taken from the north west shore of Brittingham Park. The boathouse is on the left. On the right the railroad tracks cross...
Postcard

Sister Bay, near Sturgeon Bay

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Description: Color postcard view towards the shoreline, with a pier and three boats moored to it. On the far right is a portion of what may be a boathouse. There are bu...
Postcard

Panel of the Brown County Court House

Date: 1851
Description: Elevated view across water towards Fort Howard. In the foreground is a man standing on a pier, and in the water nearby are five men rowing in a boat. Capti...
Postcard

Lake Michigan Shoreline

Date: 1975
Description: Text on reverse: "Magnificent view of Lake Michigan shoreline from Racine Harbor to Wind Point Lighthouse. Photo Courtesy RAMAC." Aerial view of Racine Har...
Postcard

Sister Bay

Date: 1915
Description: Caption reads: "Sister Bay, near Sturgeon Bay, Wis." and "In Door County 'Cherryland,' the Nation's Largest Cherry Producer." Sister Bay from a rocky beach...
Postcard

Cedar Point

Date: 08 10 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Cedar Point, Lake Kegonsa." Cottages, docks and trees on the shore of a bay, with the shoreline curving to the right and a point of l...
Postcard

Picture Rock at the Ledges

Date: 1935
Description: Text on front reads: "Picture Rock at the Ledges, Potowatomi State Park, Door County, Wisconsin." A sailboat on Sturgeon Bay seen between a rock formation ...
Postcard

The Seamen's Memorial Statue

Date: 1978
Description: Text on reverse reads: "The Seamen's Memorial Statue, Barker's Island, Superior, WI. Facing the harbor holding a massive cable is the 10 foot tall Seamen's...

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