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The Bird House at Bird Park

Date: 1933
Description: House built by Albert Zahn, Sr. He carved figures of angels, animals, and birds, and after his wife painted them, he mounted them on pillars in the yard. A...
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Boynton Chapel

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Description: Privately built chapel, decorated in Norwegian style by Mr. and Mrs. Boynton.
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Baileys Harbor

Date: 1905
Description: View down road. There is a long fence and a sidewalk on the right side. Houses and trees are on both sides of the road. Caption reads: "Baileys Harbor Wis"...
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Boynton Chapel

Date: 1945
Description: A privately built and decorated chapel in the Norwegian style.
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Gordon Cottage

Date: 1915
Description: A boat with an outboard motor is tied to the rustic log pier; a second boat is overturned on an extension of the pier. There is a fish net hanging over the...
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Baileys Harbor

Date: 1915
Description: The Baileys Harbor Coast Guard Life Saving Station viewed from between a fishing boat and a pier warehouse. The station's pier extends into the harbor and ...
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Coast Guard Station at Baileys Harbor

Date: 1915
Description: View from shoreline over water towards the Coast Guard Station and houses at Baileys Harbor. The long pier extending from the station's boathouse is easily...
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Baileys Harbor Coast Guard Station

Date: 1915
Description: Winter view of the Coast Guard Life Saving Station at Baileys Harbor. Snow has drifted on the shore, where a small boat rests.
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Cana Island Lighthouse

Date: 1912
Description: The Cana Island lighthouse and keeper's house with the rocky shore in the foreground.
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Field of Flowers

Date: 1920
Description: A car, left, is parked beside a field of blooming daisies. There is an old log cabin in the background.
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Cana Island Lighthouse

Date: 1920
Description: The Cana Island Lighthouse and keeper's house as seen across the rocky shoreline.
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Baileys Harbor

Date: 1915
Description: View from shoreline over water towards a three-masted sailing vessel docked at Baileys Harbor pier. Houses and commercial buildings line the shore.
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Albert Zahn Farm House

Date: 1915
Description: The photographer's son, Ferdinand Leonard (Fedy) Hotz winds film in a camera in front of the farmhouse of artist Albert Zahn (1864-1953), also known as the...
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Dr. Gordon's Cottage

Date: 1915
Description: View across rocky shoreline of Dr. Gordon standing in front of his cottage on the rocky North Bay shore. The cottage is partially obscured in a dense stand...
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Greetings from Bailey's Harbor

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Description: Colorized panoramic view of businesses and dwellings along the shore of Lake Michigan. A rock formation and a tree in the lower right. Caption reads: "Gree...
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Bailey's Harbor

Date: 1910
Description: Photographic postcard view across rocky field of dwellings and other buildings along Lake Michigan. Along the left is a rocky ledge. The shoreline of the h...
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The Lobby, Gordon Lodge

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Description: Interior view of the lobby of Gordon Lodge. There is a deer head trophy mounted above the mantle of the stone fireplace, and a large spinning wheel between...
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Recreation Pavilion, Gordon Lodge on North Bay

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Description: Photographic postcard view across large manicured lawn of the stone building on Lake Michigan. The tree-lined far shoreline is in the background. Caption r...
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Town Hall and McArdle Library

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Description: Photographic postcard view of the long stone building that houses the town hall on the right, and the library on the left. On the roof is a small cupola wi...
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Panter Hotel

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Description: View from road of the Panter Hotel and Sandwich Shoppe, which has a wrap-around porch with bushes planted in front. There are plants in a stone planter in ...

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