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Postcard

Lover's Leap in Midwinter

Date: 1908
Description: Hand-colored postcard view of Lover's Leap in Sturgeon Bay during winter. The view is from the frozen lake looking toward a lighthouse on shore. Caption re...
Postcard

Sturgeon Bay Canal Light Tower

Date: 1908
Description: Postcard view of the tower. Caption reads: "Sturgeon Bay Canal Light Tower."
Photograph

Cana Island

Date: 1915
Description: Birch and evergreen trees line the rocky shore of Toft Point, with Cana Island and its lighthouse in the background.
Map or Atlas

Travel Map of Door County, Wisconsin

Date: 1915
Description: This map of Door County, Wisconsin, from the early 20th century shows roads, schools, churches, creameries and cheese factories, orchards, docks, quarries,...
Postcard

The Range Lights

Date: 1962
Description: Color postcard of a small, tower-like building on the side of a road.
Photograph

Eagle Light Lighthouse

Date: 07 04 1947
Description: Group of people standing in the yard in front of the lighthouse. The verso has this annotation:

"'Eagle Light' Lighthouse, Peninsula Park, Fish Creek, Wi...

Photograph

Cana Island

Date: 1920
Description: View from beach across Spike Horn Bay towards Cana Island and the Cana Island Light.
Postcard

Cana Island U.S. Light House

Date: 1960
Description: Color photographic postcard view of the Cana Island U.S. Lighthouse surrounded by a green lawn. There is a hand pump near the building.
Postcard

Eagle Lighthouse, Peninsula State Park

Date: 1957
Description: Color photographic postcard view of the Eagle Lighthouse in Peninsula State Park.
Postcard

Lighthouse at The Ridges Sanctuary in Door County

Date: 1962
Description: Color photograph of a range light built in 1870 to guide ships into the harbor at The Ridges Sanctuary, north of Bailey's Harbor, Door County. The Ridges S...
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...
Postcard

Cana Island Lighthouse

Date: 1957
Description: Photographic postcard view of Cana Island Lighthouse, built in 1869, located between Moonlight Bay and North Bay, Door County, Wisconsin.
Postcard

Lighthouse at Eagle Harbor

Date: 1909
Description: View across water towards the steep shoreline and lighthouse at Eagle Harbor.
Photograph

Cana Island Lighthouse

Date: 1969
Description: Daisies are growing in a field near the Cana Island Lighthouse. The keeper's quarters is in front of the lighthouse.
Photograph

Eagle Bluff Lighthouse

Date: 1969
Description: Three children and two adults are stand and sitting around an elderly man wearing a ship captains hat. He is holding a wooden model of a ship. The group of...
Photograph

Eagle Bluff Lighthouse

Date: 03 30 1953
Description: External view of the Eagle Bluff Lighthouse (also called the Eagle Bluff Light), which is located in Peninsula State Park near Ephraim.
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...
Postcard

Sherwood Point Lighthouse

Date: 1963
Description: Text on front reads: "Sherwood Point Lighthouse, Door County." On reverse: "Built in 1883, the Sherwood Point Lighthouse marks the entrance into Sturgeon B...
Postcard

Coast Guard Station and Light House

Date: 1959
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Coast Guard Station and Light House at Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal, Door County, Wisconsin." The lighthouse was completed in 1898 but s...

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