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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...
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Totem Pole in Peninsula State Park

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Description: The totem pole has a carved wooden bear clinging to the top. The totem pole was erected in 1927 in honor of the aboriginal inhabitants of Wisconsin. Potawa...
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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.
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The Pine Resort

Date: 1939
Description: View from pier across water towards the Pine Resort, which is a three-story building with screened-in porches on the shore of Egg Harbor. Street lamps line...
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The Clearing

Date: 1968
Description: Color view of The Clearing, a folk art school in Ellison Bay. A stone building and a log building are under a grove of trees.
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Fire House

Date: 1938
Description: Black and white photographic postcard view of the Ephraim Fire House, which is a stone building with stone turrets and walls. Caption reads: "Fire House, E...
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Moravian Church

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Description: Color postcard of the Moravian Church, established 1853. It is a large, white wooden building with a steeple over the entrance.
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Home 8, Scandinavian Peasant Craft Shop

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Description: Hand-colored black and white photographic postcard with an elevated view of the three-story log structure and attached buildings with shrubs in the yard, a...
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Hotel du Nord

Date: 1963
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Hotel du Nord, Sister Bay (Door County) Wisconsin. The giant fireplace, reaching two stories high, is located in the lobby where ma...

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