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| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Long view of the Minnesota Point lighthouse, built at the entrance to Superior Harbor. It is allegedly the first lighthouse at the head of Lake Superior. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of the north shore of Delavan Lake with a lighthouse in the background. Also known as "Red Top" and "L.P. Sutter's." Caption reads: North Shore, Delav... |
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| Description: | U.S. Lighthouse with people standing in the yard next to it. Caption reads: "U. S. Lighthouse, Fish Creek Wis." |
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| Description: | View across water towards the shoreline on the right, with a lighthouse in the distance. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View across water toward the lighthouse. Caption reads: "Grassy Island Lighthouse, Green Bay, Wis." |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | View across field towards the lighthouse and other buildings among trees. Caption reads: "Long Tail Point, Green Bay, Wis." |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Old Stone Tower and House, Long Tail Point, Green Bay, Wis." Water and a marshy area are in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Long Tail Lighthouse and surrounding buildings. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Old Light House at Long Tail Point, Green Bay, Wis." Built in 1859. A marshy area is in the foreground, and a long pier leads to the new li... |
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| Description: | View along rocky shoreline toward the lighthouse. Caption reads: "Split Rock Lighthouse on north shore of Lake Superior." |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "'The Old Standby' First Lighthouse Built at the Head of Lake Superior—Superior Entry — 1854 Keepers, Com. Saxton and Samuel Palmer." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of the remnants of the Minnesota Point Lighthouse. Faint caption at bottom reads: "Lighthouse". |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Old Light House, Wisconsin Point, Superior, Wis." |
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| Description: | View of a U.S. lighthouse and Coast Guard station. |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the Sturgeon Bay Canal Lighthouse, with a group of people in a motorboat in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Colorized view of the Sherwood Point Lighthouse. Caption reads: "Sherwood Point Light House, Sturgeon Bay, Wis." |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | The Ruins of the old Light House on Plum Island near Sturgeon Bay. Caption at bottom reads: "Ruins of Old Light House on Plum Island," "Made expressly for ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View of the coast guard station from the water with multiple sailors lined up near the shore. Caption reads: "Coast Guard Station, Sturgeon Bay, Door Count... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | View of the Sturgeon Bay ship canal. Caption reads: "Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal." |
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