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Map or Atlas

View of the City of Milwaukee

Date: 1856
Description: View looking west from Lake Michigan with several steam ships and sailing vessels in harbor. There is a lighthouse to left of center, along shoreline.
Photograph

"South American" near Lighthouse

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Description: The screw passenger cruise vessel, "South American," in a channel. Shore and lighthouse in foreground.
Photograph

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.
Painting

Ludemann's Farm near Milwaukee

Date: 1856
Description: The Ludemann's [also spelled Lueddemann] farm had been cultivated since the early 1850s by Mr. Ludemann, "a very pleasant Saxon with his very pleasant wife...
Postcard

Delavan Lake

Date: 1910
Description: View of the north shore of Delavan Lake with a lighthouse in the background. Also known as "Red Top" and "L.P. Sutter's." Caption reads: North Shore, Delav...
Photograph

Lakeside Park Shoreline

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Description: View across water towards the shoreline on the right, with a lighthouse in the distance.
Postcard

Grassy Island Lighthouse

Date: 1920
Description: View across water toward the lighthouse. Caption reads: "Grassy Island Lighthouse, Green Bay, Wis."
Book or Pamphlet

Pottawatomie Lighthouse

Date: 
Description: Exterior view of the "Pottawatomie" lighthouse in snowy expanse of land, with the lake in the background.
Photograph

U.S. Lighthouse, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

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Description: View of a U.S. lighthouse and Coast Guard station.
Photograph

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.
Postcard

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...
Postcard

Lake Michigan Shoreline

Date: 1910
Description: View of the main pier and harbor lighthouse from the Lake Michigan shoreline. Caption reads: "Bay and Pier, Racine, Wis."
Photograph

Lake Okauchee Lighthouse

Date: 1935
Description: Lake Okauchee lighthouse. Buildings are in the background along a tree-covered shoreline.
Postcard

Lake Park and Drive

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Description: Elevated view with the lake on the right, with a number of boats near the shoreline. There is a long winding road through the park, including bridges, a fo...
Photograph

Milwaukee Breakwater Light in Storm

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Description: A large wave is breaking against the side of the Milwaukee breakwater lighthouse. There is a ship on the left, in the distance beyond the jetty.
Photograph

General View for the Lake

Date: 1893
Description: View of the Columbian Exposition grounds from Lake Michigan.
Poster

New York Central Lines New England Poster

Date: 1947
Description: An original lithograph promoting New York Central Lines railway and the area of New England, deemed "America's Historic Summerland" in the poster. Featurin...
Photograph

View of Sturgeon Bay

Date: 07 07 1898
Description: View across water of Sturgeon Bay. In the far distance are lighthouses, buildings, and barges along the shoreline.
Photograph

Lighthouse and Homes on Rocky Point

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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.
Postcard

Picturesque Fisherman's Docks

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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...

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