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Farm on Washington Island

Date: 07 1929
Description: View of a farm taken from a field. Barn, farmhouse, and a windmill are visible behind trees, perhaps an orchard.
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Saloon Interior

Date: 1900
Description: Interior of a saloon. A bartender stands behind the bar, and another man wearing a hat stands in front of the bar. The back of the carved wood bar is mirro...
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Peninsula State Park Shoreline

Date: 06 1950
Description: View of the Lake Michigan shoreline at Peninsula State Park. Several birch trees line the shore.
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Peninsula State Park Beach

Date: 05 26 1947
Description: View across beach towards three children squatting along the shoreline. A grove of trees is on a peninsula in the distance.
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Cut Rock, Peninsula State Park

Date: 05 26 1947
Description: View of rock face along a trail. The rock has been cut, and there is graffiti on the rock.
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View from Bluffs, Peninsula State Park

Date: 05 26 1947
Description: View of Lake Michigan from top of the bluffs. Below the bluffs is a boat with two people in it on the lake.
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Peninsula State Park

Date: 09 26 1945
Description: Elevated view of Peninsula State Park.
Postcard

Forest Drive, Peninsula State Park, Wisconsin

Date: 09 14 1920
Description: Chromolithographic postcard of a car driving along a curving dirt road in a forest. The postcard has been mailed to Mrs. John Donald, Prospect St. Madison,...
Postcard

Eagle Bluffs — Peninsula State Park, Door County, Wisconsin

Date: 08 30 1948
Description: Photographic postcard view across water towards Eagle Bluffs along the Lake Michigan shoreline. This postcard was mailed to Miss Harriet Shepherd, 1144 Rac...
Postcard

In the State Park

Date: 07 19 1917
Description: View of a small foot bridge over a stream. This postcard was sent to a Miss M.S. Fester at the State Historical Library, who donated it on May 2, 1918. On ...
Postcard

Shoreline from Svens Bluff, Peninsula State Park, Wis.

Date: 08 20 1951
Description: Elevated view through trees of the Lake Michigan shoreline. A birch tree with two trunks is in the foreground.
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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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Cherry Harvest

Date: 1963
Description: Cherry picking on the Door Peninsula. A man is pouring cherries into boxes from a bucket.
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Ephraim Centennial Celebration

Date: 05 18 1953
Description: Two women in historical dress posing with a man. Caption reads: "Left to right: Dorothy Sohns an Ephraim Wis school teacher Hjalmar Holand * and Mrs. Olga ...
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Rio Family Harvesting Cherries

Date: 1963
Description: Migrant workers from Mexico, Joe Rio, his wife, and six of their eleven children, pose for a photo during a cherry harvest.
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Alberto Herrera and Baby Brother

Date: 07 1970
Description: Alberto Herrera watching his baby brother who is in a cradle suspended between bunk beds in a migrant worker cabin near Sister Bay. Two baby bottles sit on...
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Linda Luna Washing Clothes at Migrant Worker Camp

Date: 07 1970
Description: Linda Luna of Auraura, Illinois washes clothes at a basin outside a cabin in a migrant worker camp in Door County. Several articles of clothing are lying i...

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