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| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the steep shoreline and lighthouse at Eagle Harbor. |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Daisies are growing in a field near the Cana Island Lighthouse. The keeper's quarters is in front of the lighthouse. |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | A family of five is climbing up the spiral stairs of the Eagle Bluff Lighthouse. The young boy in the lead is leaning down and offering a high five. |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Ground view of the Cana Island Lighthouse. |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A man is standing and looking at the door of the boathouse on the beach near the Twin River (Rawley) Point Lighthouse. The boathouse has stone sides and a ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A log gate and log-framed sign mark the entrance to the Twin River (Rawley) Point lighthouse. The keeper's house is next to the light and has a turret and ... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Tinted postcard of the lighthouse and a light tower at the end of a pier. A small boat with two passengers is on the water. This would be the Racine North ... |
| Date: | 03 30 1953 |
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| Description: | External view of the Eagle Bluff Lighthouse (also called the Eagle Bluff Light), which is located in Peninsula State Park near Ephraim. |
| Date: | 07 21 1985 |
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| Description: | Portrait of a uniformed man leaning on a large lighthouse lens. Caption reads: "US National Park Ranger Jim Mack (above), leaning on a giant fresnel lens t... |
| Date: | 07 21 1985 |
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| Description: | View of a man and a woman looking over a railing, with binoculars and a telescopic lens at hand. Caption reads: "Light keeper John Foote and researcher Lau... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View of a Lake Michigan lighthouse, and a house with a man standing on the porch. Caption reads: "Light House, Manitowoc, Wis." |
| Date: | 03 1913 |
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| Description: | An unidentified man in light-colored uniform, on the far left just behind a column, is standing atop the near side of the Gatun Locks near Colon, Panama. O... |
| Date: | 03 1913 |
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| Description: | A view looking toward the Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal, over the Gatun Locks during construction. The entrance lighthouse is seen in the distance.... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | The Manitowoc Breakwater Lighthouse entered service in 1918, was automated in 1971 and sold in 2009. The lighthouse is located on the end of a 400 foot bre... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Rawley Point Lighthouse, located in the Point Beach State Forest. It is 111 feet tall. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Wind Point Lighthouse surrounded by outbuildings and framed by trees. Lake Michigan is in the distance. |
| Date: | 03 1969 |
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| Description: | The Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal Pierhead Lighthouse silhouetted against the sun shining through the clouds. Snow covers the pier, and ice is floating on the la... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | A Blue Heron is standing on a breakwater in Lake Michigan. The Sheboygan Breakwater Lighthouse is on the horizon. |
| Date: | 12 22 1908 |
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| Description: | Text reads: "Views of Racine, Wis." A collage of 12 postcards with views of buildings, landmarks and ships. |
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