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Fishing On Breakwater

Date: 1910
Description: Long row of men in suits and hats fishing on the breakwater.
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Harvester Company Catalog

Date: 1886
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the Milwaukee Harvester Company featuring a color chromolithograph illustration of a farmer in a field operating a hor...
Map or Atlas

View of the City of Two Rivers, Wis.

Date: 1879
Description: Bird's-eye map of Two Rivers.
Photograph

Sawyer Harbor

Date: 1910
Description: View of Sawyer Harbor as seen from Government Bluff.
Postcard

Peninsula State Park

Date: 1954
Description: View looking west from Eagle Bluff toward Nicolet Bay, the Strawberry Islands, and Chambers Island. Three people are sitting on the stone wall of the overl...
Postcard

Eagle Bluff, Peninsula State Park

Date: 1960
Description: View across water towards the 180-foot high Eagle Bluff. The bluff received its name from the eagles which formerly nested there.
Photograph

Eagle Bluff, Peninsula State Park

Date: 1960
Description: View across water towards the 180-foot high Eagle Bluff. The bluff received its name from the eagles which formerly nested there.
Postcard

Juneau Park

Date: 
Description: Train station in the distance, with a man standing in the foreground on steps leading down to the lake, near a fenced-in pond. On the left are railroad tra...
Postcard

Statue of Leif Ericson

Date: 1910
Description: View along top of hill in the park toward a woman and child sitting on a bench near the monument. At the bottom of the hill on the left are railroad tracks...
Postcard

Lake Park Shoreline

Date: 1910
Description: Path along Lake Michigan beach. Below are people walking along the shoreline. Further down the path is a small group of people. Pilings are in the water in...
Postcard

Lake Park Terrace

Date: 
Description: View looking down toward a curving stairway leading down to a terrace with columns and ornate railings. In the background is a flagpole on the overlook to ...
Postcard

Railroad Tracks near Milwaukee Bay

Date: 1937
Description: View down the hill toward the U.S. Coast Guard Station on the left with two communications towers on the Lake Michigan shoreline. Railroad tracks are just ...
Postcard

Whitefish Bay Resort

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of people walking on a path by the Whitefish Bay Resort along the lake front. Caption reads: "Whitefish Bay Resort, Milwaukee."
Postcard

North Point Pumping Station

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view from hill toward the building which has two large smokestacks. The Lake Michigan shoreline is on the left. In front is a landscaped area with...
Postcard

Little Sister Bay

Date: 1957
Description: Elevated view of Little Sister Bay and the surrounding landscape.
Postcard

Beach Road, Ellison Bay

Date: 
Description: View of Beach Road and the beach at Ellison Bay. Buildings are across the bay, and a tree-lined ridge is in the far background. Caption reads: "Beach Road,...
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

Eagle Bluffs — Peninsula State Park, Door County, Wisconsin

Date: 08 30 1948
Description: Photographic postcard view across water towards Eagle Bluffs along the Lake Michigan shoreline. This postcard was mailed to Miss Harriet Shepherd, 1144 Rac...
Postcard

Shoreline from Svens Bluff, Peninsula State Park, Wis.

Date: 08 20 1951
Description: Elevated view through trees of the Lake Michigan shoreline. A birch tree with two trunks is in the foreground.
Postcard

Sherwood Point Lighthouse

Date: 1963
Description: Text on front reads: "Sherwood Point Lighthouse, Door County, Wisconsin." On reverse: "Sherwood Point Lighthouse is near Potawatomi State Park, north of St...

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