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| Date: | 1954 |
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| 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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| Description: | Exterior view of the "Pottawatomie" lighthouse in snowy expanse of land, with the lake in the background. |
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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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| 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... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored postcard view of a pier and lighthouse at night. The moon shines through clouds, and light shines in two directions from the beacon on top of ... |
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| Description: | Three men pose standing on ice around North Pier lighthouse. In the background is the town along the shoreline. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored postcard view of Lover's Leap in Sturgeon Bay during winter. The view is from the frozen lake looking toward a lighthouse on shore. Caption re... |
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| Description: | View of ice coated pier and lighthouse along the shore of Lake Michigan. Caption reads: "Winter Scene at Port Washington, Wis." |
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| Description: | Postcard view along icy shoreline of the pier and lighthouse on Lake Michigan at Port Washington in winter. |
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| Description: | Winter postcard view of the pier and lighthouse at Port Washington seen from the icy shore of Lake Michigan. Caption reads: "Light House." |
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| Description: | Winter view of the lighthouse at Port Washington from the icy shore of Lake Michigan. Two people can be seen standing on a pier in the distance. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 01 06 1958 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 01 08 1958 |
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| 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... |
| 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: | 01 08 1958 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 01 09 1958 |
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| 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... |
| 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: | 12 10 1957 |
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| Description: | View of harbor with pilings in the right foreground. There is a lighthouse on breakwaters in the distance. |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| 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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