Skip to main content

click zoom to display a high-res image
Photographs

Winter Scene

Image

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 birch trees form the foreground.

Date Created:
1915
Creator:
Hotz, Ferdinand

Publication Information

Creator Hotz, Ferdinand
Date Created 1915

Physical Description

Format Image
Extent 1 photograph

Collection Information

Source Collection Ferdinand Hotz photographs, 1900-1998
Call Number 1129000277
Catalog Record https://search.library.wisc.edu/catalog/9911126539302121

Copyright Information

Copyright Status NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
Rights Holder Wisconsin Historical Society
Unique ID
W012GZZ
Legacy ID
WHi 97318

Image

Digital Collections

Explore more than 100,000 collection items online through the Society’s digital collections. For over two decades, we’ve been scanning, photographing, and digitizing materials from our collections, creating a rich and growing digital archive that brings history closer to you.
 
The Wisconsin Historical Society offers an ever-growing digital collection. Digitized materials reflect the full range of items in the collections including photographs, letters, newsletters, films, posters, architectural drawings, menus, and ephemera.

View Our Curated Collections

Attribution

For a credit line: Wisconsin Historical Society, Creator, Title, Unique Identifier. 

The Unique Identifier can be found at the top or bottom of the page for each item. The name of a downloaded file is NOT the unique identifier.

For bibliographic citations please consult the UW-Madison Libraries Citation Research Guide to ensure compliance with appropriate style guidelines.

 

 

Accessing Collections

The vast majority of the items in our collections are not online. The Society owns thousands of archival collections viewable in our Archives reading room. To view and conduct research in our collections, visit us in person.

Plan Your Visit

Photographs
Fish Creek Harbor

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...

View
Photographs
Hen Island

Hen Island

1915

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

View
Photographs
Hotz Family Cottages

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.

View
Photographs
Fish Creek

Fish Creek

1915

Winter scene from Egg Harbor Road (Highway 42) in Fish Creek looking north toward frozen Fish Creek Harbor with the bluffs in Peninsula State Park beyond. Evergreens and houses line the snow-covere...

View
Photographs
Hen Island

Hen Island

1915

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 in the background. At far left is the Hotz ...

View
Photographs
Bridge over Fish Creek

Bridge over Fish Creek

1915

View from the Vits property, looking east, across a rustic foot bridge over Fish Creek leading to Peninsula State Park. A dachshund rests in the middle of the bridge.

View
Go to top
Wisconsin Historical Society
Search Dropdown