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Stubby Sentinel

Date: 1954
Description: View down road towards the Fond du Lac lighthouse, built in 1933. There are cumulus clouds in the sky, and pine trees are lining the shore.
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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.
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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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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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Lake Michigan Entrance to Ship Canal

Date: 01 06 1958
Description: View from jetty out towards Lake Michigan entrance to Ship Canal. A large tank, streetlamp and buildings are on the left. On the opposite jetty is a lighth...
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View from 8th Street Bridge

Date: 01 08 1958
Description: Elevated view from 8th Street Bridge over the Manitowoc River towards Lake Michigan. There is a lighthouse in the distance. Ice is floating on the water. A...
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Ahnapee River

Date: 01 07 1958
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...
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Two Rivers Harbor Entrance

Date: 01 08 1958
Description: View of Two Rivers Harbor from shoreline towards Lake Michigan. Snow is on the ground, and a fence made of thick posts and cable is along the shoreline on ...
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Port Washington Harbor

Date: 01 09 1958
Description: Elevated view from bluff of the harbor towards the southeast. At the end of a jetty is a lighthouse on the left. The water is frozen along the shoreline. T...
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Port Washington Harbor

Date: 07 27 1960
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...
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Racine Harbor

Date: 12 10 1957
Description: View of harbor with pilings in the right foreground. There is a lighthouse on breakwaters in the distance.
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Harbor Light

Date: 1951
Description: The Manitowoc Breakwater Lighthouse entered service in 1918, was automated in 1971 and sold in 2009. The lighthouse is located on the end of a 400 foot bre...
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Lonely Lighthouse

Date: 1952
Description: Rawley Point Lighthouse, located in the Point Beach State Forest. It is 111 feet tall.
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Lighthouse

Date: 03 1969
Description: The Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal Pierhead Lighthouse silhouetted against the sun shining through the clouds. Snow covers the pier, and ice is floating on the la...

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