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| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the Sturgeon Bay Canal Lighthouse, with a group of people in a motorboat in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View of the coast guard station from the water with multiple sailors lined up near the shore. Caption reads: "Coast Guard Station, Sturgeon Bay, Door Count... |
| Date: | 07 07 1898 |
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| Description: | View across water of Sturgeon Bay. In the far distance are lighthouses, buildings, and barges along the shoreline. |
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| Description: | View across water toward the Spring Point Lighthouse, established in 1897 and automated in 1934. There is a small boat near the base of the lighthouse, and... |
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| Description: | View along shoreline toward a lighthouse and homes standing on Rocky Point. There are several boats anchored at the shore and in the water. |
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| Description: | Barnegat Lighthouse was built in 1854 by the U.S. government. Oil-powered lights were originally installed in 1856 but were replaced by electric lights in ... |
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| Description: | Color photographic postcard of the fisherman's dock taken from the harbor walkway. White boats are moored on either side of the Ahnapee River as it flows i... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Ferdinand Leonard (Fedy) Hotz, far left, sisters Helen, left, and Alice, sit with Thomas Toft on the rocky shore near the Baileys Harbor lighthouse. A rowb... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Group of men on a life saving crew launching a rowboat into Lake Michigan. A long pier with a lighthouse at the end bisects the horizon. Caption reads: "Li... |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | Engraved view of Kenosha harbor. A group of men fish from a pier in the foreground while several boats float through the harbor. A tug is pulling a large s... |
| Date: | 01 07 1958 |
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| Description: | View from the Second Street bridge over the icy Ahnapee River towards Lake Michigan. A lighthouse is at the end of a jetty in the far background. Boats are... |
| Date: | 07 21 1960 |
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| Description: | View from Oconto looking out into Green Bay Channel, which is often too shallow between the log pilings and lighthouse. Boats and docks are docked along th... |
| Date: | 07 27 1960 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline at Port Washington south of two ramps within a breakwater. There is a lighthouse in the background. Boats are along a pier on the right... |
| 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: | 1963 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Wisconsin's North Coast." A man is standing on the side deck of a boat, and in the distance is the Raspberry Island Lighthouse with a... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "Yacht Basin on Lake Michigan. Sheboygan, Wisconsin." View from shore towards a long "L" shaped concrete dock with many boats moored... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Life Saving Crew Entering Boat, Two Rivers, Wis." A group of men launching a large rowboat into Lake Michigan. In the background is a... |
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