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Kohler Amphibian

Date: 1929
Description: A Loening Amphibian, one of three such airplanes in which the Kohler Aviation Company provided passenger service from Milwaukee across Lake Michigan.
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U.S. Lighthouse in Fish Creek

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Description: U.S. Lighthouse with people standing in the yard next to it. Caption reads: "U. S. Lighthouse, Fish Creek Wis."
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Canal Lighthouse, Sturgeon Bay

Date: 1953
Description: View across water towards the Sturgeon Bay Canal Lighthouse, with a group of people in a motorboat in the foreground.
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Coast Guard Station

Date: 1900
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...
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South Entrance of Lake Park

Date: 1905
Description: South Entrance; in the background is a lighthouse. In the center is a bridge flanked by carved stone lions. A man on a motor car is crossing the bridge.
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South Entrance of Lake Park

Date: 1905
Description: South entrance; an open car with two people is crossing the bridge. Stone lions flank the bridge on each corner. A lighthouse is in the background. Caption...
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Peck's Ledge Lighthouse

Date: 1906
Description: View across water toward six men standing on a deck with railings on Peck Ledge Lighthouse in Norwalk Harbor, put into operation in 1906. Caption reads: "P...
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Old Lighthouse

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Description: View toward a man standing in front of the Barcelona Lighthouse, believed to be the oldest existing structure of its kind on the Great Lakes. The lighthous...
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Montauk Lighthouse

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Description: View across water toward the Montauk Lighthouse, in Montauk Point State Park, a U.S. Government Reservation on Long Island. Several people are playing on t...
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Lighthouse

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Description: View toward the Cape May lighthouse and a few nearby buildings. Several people are standing on a platform near the top of the lighthouse. At the base of th...
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Greetings from Green Bay, Wisconsin

Date: 1957
Description: Large Letter style postcard for Green Bay depicting various scenes in the letters that spell the name of the city. Caption reads: "Greetings from Green Bay...
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Baileys Harbor Lighthouse

Date: 1915
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...
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Chambers Island Lighthouse

Date: 1920
Description: View from water of a man with a beard standing on a pier near a small boathouse. In the background is a lighthouse with keeper's house and outbuilding.
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Life Saving Crew Entering Boat

Date: 1908
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...
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North Pier Lighthouse

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Description: Three men pose standing on ice around North Pier lighthouse. In the background is the town along the shoreline.
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Winter Scene at Port Washington

Date: 1910
Description: Postcard view of three men on an elevated walk on an icy pier near the shoreline. A women and young boy stand on the pier below the walk. There is a lighth...
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Kenosha Harbor

Date: 1871
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...
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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...

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Inside Eagle Bluff Lighthouse

Date: 1967
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.
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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...

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