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Sturgeon Bay Harbor

Date: 1910
Description: A springtime harbor scene from Sturgeon Bay. Chunks of ice are floating on the surface of the water. Caption reads: "Harbor scene at springtime. Sturgeon B...
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Scene on the Canal

Date: 1940
Description: Canal scene with a tugboat featured in the foreground and buildings on the opposite shoreline. Caption reads: "Scene on the Canal — Sturgeon Bay, Door Coun...
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The Canal, Sturgeon Bay

Date: 1913
Description: View of the canal. Caption reads: "The Canal, Stugeon[sic] Bay, Wis."
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Dock in Door County Harbor

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Description: Dock with two steamboats and fishing implements in harbor.
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View of Sturgeon Bay

Date: 07 07 1898
Description: View across water of Sturgeon Bay. In the far distance are lighthouses, buildings, and barges along the shoreline.
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Performing Dog Jumping through Hoop

Date: 1903
Description: A performing dog jumping through a hoop held by a man while a small group of children and adults watch.
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Leathem D. Smith Stone Company

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Description: View of Leathem D. Smith Stone Company, which expanded after 1918. A factory building is in the background, and a steam shovel is working in the foreground...
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Truck on the Ice

Date: 1925
Description: Two men stand in the open back of a pickup truck. The truck, equipped with chains on the rear tires, has driven down a wooden ramp onto the ice. There is...
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Lime Kiln

Date: 1915
Description: The lime kiln, at right, at Toft Point. Crushed limestone from the nearby quarry was heated in the kiln to make whitewash. Evergreen trees and birches form...
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Old Sturgeon Bay

Date: 1941
Description: Elevated view of Sturgeon Bay in 1900. Sturgeon Bay Bridge spans the bay and several boats are on the water. A lighthouse sits on a small island in the bay...
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Fisherman's Shacks in Door County

Date: 1940
Description: Color enhanced postcard view of fisherman's shacks on the outlet of Logan's creek on the shore of Lake Michigan.
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Door County Fishing Dock

Date: 1958
Description: View towards a fishing dock on an outlet along the shoreline of Lake Michigan.
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Highway Bridge

Date: 01 06 1958
Description: View from snowy shoreline of Highway Bridge, the east approach. The lake is frozen. Just beyond the shoreline a boat is moored at a landing, and an automob...
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Steve Hopkins and Two Men on a Charter Boat in the Baudhuin Yacht Harbor

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Description: Steve Hopkins and two men standing on a Bay Charter Service boat docked at the Baudhuin Yacht Harbor marina in Sturgeon Bay. The yacht club house stands be...
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Table Rock from Daisy Fields at Garrett Bay

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Description: Colored postcard view near the extreme northern point of Door County. There is a man standing on the left in a field of flowers looking at the bay. Fishing...
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The Dock; Gills Rock

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Description: View of the excursion boat dock from the parking lot. Several automobiles and trucks are parked in the foreground. An excursion boat with tourists on board...
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Ferry Dock

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Description: View down road towards the ferry dock at Gills Rock. A ferry is unloading cars. A line of cars and a group of people are waiting to get on the ferry.
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The Net Mender

Date: 07 1951
Description: A man repairing fishing nets wound on large reels at a fishery.

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