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Peninsula State Park

Date: 1954
Description: View looking west from Eagle Bluff toward Nicolet Bay, the Strawberry Islands, and Chambers Island. Three people are sitting on the stone wall of the overl...
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Totem Pole in Peninsula State Park

Date: 1930
Description: A totem pole erected in 1927 in honor of the aboriginal inhabitants of Wisconsin. Potawatomi chief Simon Onanguisse Kahquados (1851-November 27, 1930), an ...
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Eagle Bluff, Peninsula State Park

Date: 1910
Description: View of the steps leading to Eagle Cave on Eagle Bluff. The bluff received its name from the eagles which formerly nested there. Caption reads: "Scene at E...
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Eagle Tower

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Description: View of Eagle Tower, located in Peninsula State Park, which opened in 1909. A group of women look down from the top deck while others look on from below. A...
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Door County Landscape

Date: 1920
Description: A well-dressed man identified as Uncle Rudolph Schenck takes in the view from a bluff overlooking the Fish Creek valley and harbor. There are houses and ou...
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View of Fish Creek

Date: 1915
Description: View down hill towards a man fishing from the pier at Nelson Point in Peninsula State Park. Fish Creek is seen across the bay. Dr. Welcker's Casino is the ...
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Eagle Light Lighthouse

Date: 07 04 1947
Description: Group of people standing in the yard in front of the lighthouse. The verso has this annotation:

"'Eagle Light' Lighthouse, Peninsula Park, Fish Creek, Wi...

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Midwest State Park Association Meeting

Date: 05 19 1957
Description: Group portrait of men standing on a lawn in front of a building. C.L. (Neal) Harrington is in the third row on the right end. The meeting was held in Penin...
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Family Bike Ride

Date: 1967
Description: View from behind of a family of three biking down a paved road in Peninsula State Park. The child is riding a tandem bicycle with the father.
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Family Riding Bikes

Date: 1967
Description: A family of three is biking down a paved road in Peninsula State Park. The child is riding a tandem bike with the father.
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Tandem Bicycle Ride

Date: 1967
Description: Close-up view of a father riding a tandem bike with his child.
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Riding Bikes at Peninsula State Park

Date: 1967
Description: A family of three is biking down a paved road in Peninsula State Park. The child is riding a tandem bike with her father.
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Peninsula State Park Golf Course

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Description: A man and woman are on the putting green of a golf course, with a golf cart in the foreground on the right, and in the background a view of the bay. The wo...
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Peninsula State Park Golf Course

Date: 1969
Description: A woman getting ready to putt on the green at the Peninsula State Park Golf Course. A man stands on the left watching, and parked behind him is a golf cart...
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Peninsula State Park

Date: 1940
Description: View from pier towards a young couple sitting in the back of a wooden boat tied to a pier in Peninsula State Park. Fish Creek Harbor is in the background, ...
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On Sturgeon Bay

Date: 1938
Description: View from shoreline of boats pulled up onto a low ridge of gravel at Potawatomi State Park. Behind the boats is a young woman wearing a bathing suit and ca...
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Observation Tower

Date: 09 06 1937
Description: View looking up towards people enjoying the view from the top of the wooden observation tower at Potawatomi State Park. Two women are standing in the parki...
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Golf with a View

Date: 1940
Description: View down hill towards a man and a woman posing in the act of putting on a green of the golf course in Peninsula State Park. Eagle Harbor and the village o...

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