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Postcard

Downtown Fish Creek

Date: 1905
Description: View across field and fence downhill towards the town of Fish Creek and the bay. Caption reads: "Greetings from Fish Creek, Wis."
Photograph

Ferryboat Landing

Date: 1929
Description: Ferryboat landing, with the boats providing service between Gills Rock and Washington Island.
Photograph

Two Men in front of Lodge

Date: 
Description: Exterior view of a lodge, probably on Rock Island in Door County. Two men pose in front of the building.
Book or Pamphlet

Pottawatomie Lighthouse

Date: 
Description: Exterior view of the "Pottawatomie" lighthouse in snowy expanse of land, with the lake in the background.
Photograph

Washington Island

Date: 1925
Description: Washington Island, including field and fence, with buildings, automobiles, and a large ship in the distance.
Photograph

School and Memorial, Washington Island

Date: 1929
Description: School and war memorial on Washington Island.
Photograph

Elementary School

Date: 1925
Description: Elementary school on Washington Island.
Photograph

Harbor, Washington Island

Date: 1929
Description: One of the four harbors on Washington Island. There is a man on a pier or dock in the foreground, and a boat approaching on the left. A tree-lined shorelin...
Photograph

Anderson's Dock

Date: 
Description: Anderson's Dock, Detroit Harbor in Washington Island.
Photograph

Sawyer Harbor

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

Plum Island Light House

Date: 1907
Description: The Ruins of the old Light House on Plum Island near Sturgeon Bay. Caption at bottom reads: "Ruins of Old Light House on Plum Island," "Made expressly for ...
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...
Photograph

Thordarson Estate

Date: 
Description: Hand-colored view of the Thordarson estate including the boathouse and a stone-paved path with benches.
Photograph

First Girls Party on Beach

Date: 09 07 1927
Description: Women employees of Thordarson? in bathing suits on the beach during the First Girls Party to Rock Island.
Photograph

Lighthouse Stairs and Dock

Date: 
Description: The stairs and dock at the lighthouse on Rock Island.
Photograph

Log Cabin

Date: 1914
Description: Log cabin known as the "haunted house" on Rock Island, remodeled by Chester Thordarson. There are three people sitting on the porch.
Photograph

Thordarson Garden Entrance

Date: 
Description: The entrance to the garden framed by a decorative wooden gate.
Photograph

Thordarson Garden Fish Pond

Date: 
Description: Chester Thordarson stands in his garden with a friend near the fish pond, which has a fountain.
Map or Atlas

Plum Island Range Light Station

Date: 1900
Description: This blue line print map shows land use, cables, U.S.L.S.S. walk and clearing, and front and rear range lights on the Porte des Morts Passage. Tree types a...
Map or Atlas

Map of Peninsula State Park & Ephraim: Door County, Wisconsin

Date: 1936
Description: This map shows campsites, trails, auto roads, surrounding townships, and points of interest, by including pictorial illustrations. Includes an inserted map...

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