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Wayside Shrine

Date: 1930
Description: One-room building out in a field, with a cross above the doorway. Trees stand to the left and right of the shrine, and a fence and gate surround it.
Postcard

U.S. Lighthouse in Fish Creek

Date: 
Description: U.S. Lighthouse with people standing in the yard next to it. Caption reads: "U. S. Lighthouse, Fish Creek Wis."
Book or Pamphlet

Pottawatomie Lighthouse

Date: 
Description: Exterior view of the "Pottawatomie" lighthouse in snowy expanse of land, with the lake in the background.
Photograph

Thordarson Garden Entrance

Date: 
Description: The entrance to the garden framed by a decorative wooden gate.
Photograph

Woods and Barn

Date: 05 07 1963
Description: A landscape view from field of a small wooded area and a nearby barn.
Photograph

Stone Tower

Date: 1924
Description: The stone tower and garage at the Hotz compound. There is also a flag pole and rustic fence. A ladder was used to access the lookout atop the tower, with v...
Photograph

Fish Creek Harbor

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view of Fish Creek from the east; the bluff rises on the left, the harbor is on the right. The cottage in the foreground with pergola and lattice ...
Photograph

Spring Flood

Date: 05 1916
Description: The Thorp house and barn are seen beyond a flooded low-lying area at the rear of the Vorous/Apfelbach farm at Fish Creek. The stone tower and buildings of ...
Photograph

Fish Creek

Date: 06 1916
Description: The barn and other outbuildings of the Vorous/Apfelbach farm stand along a rocky lane, now Highway 42. There is a row of poplar trees along a picket fence...
Photograph

Mrs. Ch. Harris

Date: 1925
Description: A woman stands by the gate beside a wooden house, possibly at Newport. The house's downspout drains into a rain barrel. Lake Michigan is in the background...
Photograph

Wetlands

Date: 1920
Description: Trees are reflected in shallow water in the wetlands in Fish Creek Valley near the Thorp and Vorous farms in spring. The tower and other buildings of the H...
Photograph

Egg Harbor Road

Date: 04 1920
Description: A late snow covers the trees and a rustic fence along Egg Harbor Road, now Highway 42, near the Hotz cottages outside of Fish Creek.
Photograph

Egg Harbor Road

Date: 04 1920
Description: Snow clings to trees and fences along Egg Harbor Road near the Hotz cottages.
Photograph

Entrance to Cherry Camp

Date: 05 27 1919
Description: Cherry trees in full bloom frame the entrance to the cherry camp buildings, which include a wood frame camp house with shuttered porch and windows on the l...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Above Juddville

Date: 1915
Description: A view, from above Juddville, looking north across a rocky meadow toward wooded bluffs near Fish Creek. A fence crosses the meadow and there is a saltbox-s...
Postcard

Summer Resort

Date: 
Description: The Hillside Resort in Ephraim. There is a church in the background on the left. Caption reads: "Summer Resort, Ephraim, Wis."

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