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Rocky Shoreline

Date: 08 23 1964
Description: View from a rocky shoreline of a tree-lined peninsula in the distance.
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Shanty Bay at Peninsula State Park

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Description: Elevated view of Shanty Bay at Peninsula State Park, established in 1910.
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Eagle Cliff at Peninsula State Park

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Description: View across water towards Eagle Cliff at Peninsula State Park, established in 1910.
Photograph

Door County Landscape

Date: 1920
Description: A well-dressed man identified as Uncle Rudolph Schenck takes in the view from a bluff overlooking the Fish Creek valley and harbor. There are houses and ou...
Map or Atlas

Door County

Date: 1899
Description: Map of Door County with inset photograph of Sturgeon Bay City.
Photograph

Fish Creek Harbor

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view, looking north, from the Hotz family compound near the bluff entrance to Fish Creek. Evergreens and bare birch trees stand in the foreground,...
Photograph

Winter Scene

Date: 1915
Description: View looking north over Fish Creek Bay, with Hen Island and Peninsula State Park in the background. There is snow on the ground, and evergreens and bare bi...
Photograph

Hen Island

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view over a heavily wooded area to Fish Creek Harbor and Hen Island, with Peninsula State Park in the background.
Photograph

Shoreline at Dr. Gordon's Cottage

Date: 1915
Description: A dense stand of evergreens and birch trees line the rocky shore near Dr. Gordon's cottage on North Bay.
Photograph

Dr. Gordon's Cottage

Date: 1915
Description: View across rocky shoreline of Dr. Gordon standing in front of his cottage on the rocky North Bay shore. The cottage is partially obscured in a dense stand...
Photograph

Hen Island

Date: 1915
Description: Hen Island is reflected in the water of Fish Creek Bay in this view from Nelson Point in Peninsula State Park. The homes and businesses of Fish Creek are i...
Photograph

View of Fish Creek

Date: 1915
Description: View down hill towards a man fishing from the pier at Nelson Point in Peninsula State Park. Fish Creek is seen across the bay. Dr. Welcker's Casino is the ...
Postcard

Totem Pole in Peninsula State Park

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Description: The totem pole has a carved wooden bear clinging to the top. The totem pole was erected in 1927 in honor of the aboriginal inhabitants of Wisconsin. Potawa...
Photograph

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...

Photograph

Midwest State Park Association Meeting

Date: 05 19 1957
Description: Group portrait of men standing on a lawn in front of a building. C.L. (Neal) Harrington is in the third row on the right end. The meeting was held in Penin...
Photograph

Chaudoir Dock

Date: 04 16 1963
Description: Chaudoir Dock in Brussels. The shoreline is on the left and has rocks along its edge. In the background is Lake Michigan.
Photograph

Egg Harbor Pier

Date: 04 17 1963
Description: Egg Harbor pier. The shoreline and trees are on the right. There is a cottage area along the shoreline along with a small beach.
Photograph

Ahnapee & Western Railway Bridge

Date: 01 06 1958
Description: Ahnapee & Western Railway Bridge construction. View is from Highway Bridge. There are ships on the right side beyond the bridge. The forested shoreline cur...
Photograph

Ahnapee & Western Railway Bridge

Date: 01 06 1958
Description: Ahnapee & Western Railway Bridge from north side of frozen Sturgeon Bay. The bridge is made of wood (and steel supports???). There is a dock in the foregro...
Photograph

Peninsula State Park

Date: 09 26 1945
Description: Elevated view of Peninsula State Park.

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