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Eagle Bluff Lighthouse

Date: 03 30 1953
Description: External view of the Eagle Bluff Lighthouse (also called the Eagle Bluff Light), which is located in Peninsula State Park near Ephraim.
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View of Ephraim

Date: 1940
Description: A split rail fence in the foreground frames a view of Eagle Harbor and Ephraim from Peninsula State Park.
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Peninsula State Park

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

Date: 1935
Description: Cherry trees in full bloom line an unpaved narrow lane.
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Sturgeon Bay

Date: 1945
Description: People on observation tower looking at Sturgeon Bay.
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Potawatomi State Park

Date: 1940
Description: A young woman smiles as she enjoys the view from the Potawatomi Tower in Potawatomi State Park. There is a house on a small island in Sawyer Harbor, with ...
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Caves at Peninsula State Park

Date: 1940
Description: A view of some caves at Peninsula State Park.
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Peninsula State Park

Date: 1940
Description: View from pier towards a young couple sitting in the back of a wooden boat tied to a pier in Peninsula State Park. Fish Creek Harbor is in the background, ...
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Golf with a View

Date: 1940
Description: View down hill towards a man and a woman posing in the act of putting on a green of the golf course in Peninsula State Park. Eagle Harbor and the village o...
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Ephraim from Peninsula State Park

Date: 1950
Description: Downtown Ephraim from Peninsula State Park, directly across the bay.
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The "Ann Arbor No. 7"

Date: 
Description: View from shoreline towards the screw ferry, "Ann Arbor No. 7." The ferry was later named "Viking," then "Viking I."
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Bald Eagle

Date: 1935
Description: An adult bald eagle roosting on a branch near its nest in a mature pine tree in Peninsula State Park.
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Peninsula State Park from Sven's Tower

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of the park and the Lake Michigan shoreline. Description on the photograph record reads: "Looking Northeast from Sven's Tower."
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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.
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Camping in Bradley Park near Sturgeon Bay

Date: 1940
Description: A woman wearing a bandana on her head is sitting at a picnic table talking with another woman who is standing in front of a tent-style camping trailer. Bot...
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Fox

Date: 09 1930
Description: An adult gray fox looking directly at the photographer. Foliage has been painted in the background, possibly to obscure a chicken wire fence.
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Observation Tower

Date: 09 06 1937
Description: View looking up towards people enjoying the view from the top of the wooden observation tower at Potawatomi State Park. Two women are standing in the parki...
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Fishing Wharf

Date: 1935
Description: Canoes and small sailboats are pulled up on the shore or tied up to the piers extending from the wharf at Ellison Bay. There is a small warehouse on the wh...
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Sister Bay

Date: 1941
Description: Three boats, including the Sea Skipper, are tied to a wooden pier near the beach at Sister Bay. Another craft, the Flussheim of Sister Bay, i...
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Wharf at Fish Creek

Date: 1935
Description: View from shoreline towards fishing boats of various sizes, and sailboats docked at the wharf at Fish Creek. Two persons are carrying gear toward the pier....

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