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Public Library

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Description: Exterior view of the Sturgeon Bay Public Library, which opened in 1913 after a Carnegie Grant. Above the arched main entrance a sign reads, "Free Library."
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Abandoned Cabin

Date: 1920
Description: A small abandoned log cabin stands among tall conifers and overgrown brush. There is very little chinking remaining and no glass in the window. The cabin h...
Postcard

Scandinavian Peasant Craft Shop

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Description: View of the stone building with a large wooden door. There is a driveway lined with a low stone wall with bushes. Caption reads: "Scandinavian Peasant Craf...
Postcard

Fire House

Date: 1938
Description: Black and white photographic postcard view of the Ephraim Fire House, which is a stone building with stone turrets and walls. Caption reads: "Fire House, E...
Postcard

Ephraim Bay

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Description: Photographic postcard view of Ephraim and bay from a grassy lot with trees, shrubs and a fence. Caption reads: "Ephraim Bay, Ephraim, Wis."
Postcard

Moravian Church

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Description: Color postcard of the Moravian Church, established 1853. It is a large, white wooden building with a steeple over the entrance.
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Village Hall and Post Office

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Description: View of the stone building that houses the city hall and post office. Caption reads: "Village Hall and Post Office - Ephraim, Door County, Wis."
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Home 8, Scandinavian Peasant Craft Shop

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Description: Hand-colored black and white photographic postcard with an elevated view of the three-story log structure and attached buildings with shrubs in the yard, a...
Postcard

Anderson Hotel

Date: 1935
Description: Exterior view of the Anderson Hotel. The building is a two-story wooden structure with a gabled roof, balcony and porch. Caption reads: "Anderson Hotel, Ep...
Postcard

Al Johnson's Swedish Restaurant and Butik

Date: 08 20 1981
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Al Johnson's Swedish Restaurant and Butik. Sister Bay, Door County, Wis. 54234." A goat is standing on the turf covered roof of a r...
Postcard

Trinity Lutheran Church

Date: 07 09 1974
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Trinity Lutheran Church, Washington Island, Wisc." A stone church with trees and shrubs.

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