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Fish Creek
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View along shoreline towards a rustic foot bridge which crosses the mouth of Fish Creek, which separates the village of Fish Creek from Peninsula State Park. In the far distance, the Hotz family compound with stone tower can be see on the bluff.
1920
Hotz, Ferdinand
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Bridge over Fish Creek
1915
A rustic foot bridge over Fish Creek connects Peninsula State Park (foreground) with the village of Fish Creek. The Vits house is at the right end of the bridge. The stone tower of the Hotz family ...
Fish Creek Harbor
1915
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, with Fish Creek Harbor and Hen Island bey...
Hotz Family Cottages
1914
View from below a bluff, through evergreens and birch trees, looking up at the Hotz Fish Creek compound. The stone garage and tower are on the left.
Fish Creek Harbor
1924
Elevated view of the photographer's son, Ferdinand Leonard (Fedy) sitting on the bluff overlooking Fish Creek Harbor. The old warehouses are seen on the pier; empty stone foundations stand near the...
Door County Landscape
1920
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 outbuildings in the middle distance; the blu...
