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Fishing on Rogers Lake
1923
View down hill of Fedy (Ferdinand Leonard) Hotz fishing while another man sits with him in a small boat with outboard motor. An oar rests in its lock.
Two Men on Shore
1923
Two men, including Ferdinand L. (Fedy) Hotz, left, stand on the west shore of Spider Island off Door County. There is a small boat with an outboard motor in the foreground.
Boating
July 26, 1924
Ferdinand L. (Fedy) Hotz steers the powerboat "Oweene" with 6 women passengers. His mother, Clothilde, sits closest to him. Door Bluff is in the background.
Mink River
1923
An unidentified man poses near a makeshift pier on the Mink River. A small boat with outboard motor is tied to the pier. The photographer's son Fedy (Ferdinand Leonard), identified by his white ha...
Boat on Europe Lake
1923
David Kincaid hauls a row boat onto shore with a rope. Kincaid was the caretaker of the Hotz Europe Lake estate.
Baileys Harbor Lighthouse
1915
Ferdinand Leonard (Fedy) Hotz, far left, sisters Helen, left, and Alice, sit with Thomas Toft on the rocky shore near the Baileys Harbor lighthouse. A rowboat is moored in the background.
