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| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | A dense stand of evergreens and birch trees line the rocky shore near Dr. Gordon's cottage on North Bay. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Water depths shown by bathymetric tints and soundings. Relief shown by contours. "Depths in feet." "Aids to navigation corrected to May 4, 1951." On verso:... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | A switchback path leading to Cap Carbon and the lighthouse perched near the summit of the peninsula. The lighthouse is built on top of a giant rock that pr... |
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| Description: | Exterior of the menu for Paul's Cafe, with a bird's-eye view map of "Washburn's Natural Deep Water Land Locked Harbor," Chequamegon Bay, and the Apostle Is... |
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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... |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Potawatomi State Park, with the Sturgeon Bay shoreline in the background. |
| Date: | 07 04 1947 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 05 19 1957 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 07 1899 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from hill of Picnic Point, located on the south shore of Lake Mendota. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Color photograph of an aerial view of Lake Wissota looking east on Highway 29. Many resorts are in the area. Lake Wissota is one of the largest man-made la... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Aerial view, looking northwest, three miles east of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. Big Lake Wissota is seen across from Highway 29 in this color postcard, with... |
| Date: | 04 16 1963 |
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| Description: | Chaudoir Dock in Brussels. The shoreline is on the left and has rocks along its edge. In the background is Lake Michigan. |
| Date: | 04 17 1963 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 01 06 1958 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 01 06 1958 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | This map shows townships, villages, Indian villages, railroads, roads, mills, prairies, swamps, and canals. An inset map shows a plat of the copper distric... |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | This map shows bays, lakes, and roads. Relief is shown by contours; depths are shown by isolines. Lake Michigan and Lake Winnebago are labeled. An explana... |
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