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Cemetery View

Date: 1890
Description: People in a cemetery. Includes a view of the Scofield family monument.
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Sturgeon Bay Townscape in Winter

Date: 1890
Description: A winter scene showing the courthouse, schoolhouse, and Congregational Church, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.
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A Picnic

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Description: Men and women on an outing.
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Family Camping

Date: 1890
Description: A family campsite with a woman and three boys standing next to a canvass wall tent. In front of the tent is a campfire with pots, and a log with a hatchet ...
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The "Ann Arbor No. 7"

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Description: View from shoreline towards the screw ferry, "Ann Arbor No. 7." The ferry was later named "Viking," then "Viking I."
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Summer Relaxation

Date: 1901
Description: Aunt Helen lounging on a hammock slung between two trees. Her son, Syl, is sitting nearby on a cane rocking chair.
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The Bird House at Bird Park

Date: 1933
Description: House built by Albert Zahn, Sr. He carved figures of angels, animals, and birds, and after his wife painted them, he mounted them on pillars in the yard. A...
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Boynton Chapel

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Description: Privately built chapel, decorated in Norwegian style by Mr. and Mrs. Boynton.
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Baileys Harbor

Date: 1905
Description: View down road. There is a long fence and a sidewalk on the right side. Houses and trees are on both sides of the road. Caption reads: "Baileys Harbor Wis"...
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Wayside Shrine

Date: 1930
Description: One-room building out in a field, with a cross above the doorway. Trees stand to the left and right of the shrine, and a fence and gate surround it.
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Anderson Dock

Date: 1935
Description: View down road towards boats docked at the fishing wharf at Ephraim in Door County. The bluff on the horizon is in Peninsula State Park.
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Street Scene, Ellison Bay

Date: 1910
Description: Street scene in Ellison Bay. On the far left is a building with a bell tower on the roof. Caption reads: "St. Scene, Ellison Bay, Wis."
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Eagle Inn

Date: 1910
Description: Eagle Inn and grounds.
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Eagle Harbor

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Description: Eagle Harbor, looking west, with boats anchored in the harbor. In the foreground are the stone pillars of the village fire station.
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Memorial and Eagle Bay

Date: 1940
Description: Memorial to the Moravians who arrived in Eagle Bay in 1853.
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Moravian Church

Date: 1930
Description: Exterior view of the front of a Moravian Church with a steeple.
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Ephraim, Wisconsin

Date: 1951
Description: View down road curving towards Ephraim. Trees are along a lawn on the right near water. Caption reads: "Ephraim, Wisconsin".
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Fence along Road

Date: 1900
Description: Fence along road, with house in background. Caption reads: "Greetings from Ephraim, Wis."
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Eagle Bay

Date: 1915
Description: View from hill across Eagle Bay with buildings and trees in the foreground. Caption reads: "Across Eagle Bay, Ephraim, Wis."
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Lane near Ephraim

Date: 1905
Description: A lane in Ephraim with power lines lining the road. There is a body of water in the distance with houses on the far shoreline.

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