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Gill's Rock

Date: 09 1947
Description: Slightly elevated view of people waiting for the ferry at the Gill's Rock landing in Door County. Caption reads: "Scene at Gill's Rock Landing, Door County...
Postcard

Toll Bridge

Date: 1920
Description: View of two automobiles crossing a toll bridge. There are cherries on branches at the top of the postcard. Caption reads: "In Door County 'Cherryland,' The...
Postcard

Group of People on Dock near Ferry

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Description: View across water towards a large ferry docked at the fishing wharf. A large group of people are standing on the pier, and passengers are standing at the r...
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Fishing Village

Date: 1936
Description: View from water of a fishing village at Gills Rock, at the tip of the Door County Peninsula. Two boats, many nets, and three men are visible, along with a ...
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Church Street and Eagle Harbor

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Description: View of Eagle Harbor and the area surrounding Church Street. On the right, Ephraim Moravian Church, completed in 1859, can be seen among residential buildi...
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Flood at Fish Creek

Date: 04 1922
Description: The photographer's wife Clothilde leans on a railing, looking at water rushing through a stone culvert on Fish Creek. Their car is parked on the roadway. A...
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At the Dock

Date: 07 1923
Description: Passengers lean on the railing of a boat at a dock as a well-dressed crowd waits below. There are two cars parked nearby. Fishing nets dry on net rollers a...
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Farmstead

Date: 1912
Description: View down dirt road leading to the Carlson farm at Nelson Bay in Peninsula State Park. A man stands in the background among the farm buildings near a parke...
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Coast Guard Station

Date: 1915
Description: Six Coastguardsmen pose with an officer on the shore at the Coast Guard Station at Baileys Harbor. The men are identified as (left to right) Reinhart Hicke...
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Door County Farmstead

Date: 1920
Description: A car is parked along a narrow dirt road with a house, barn and outbuildings in the background. A split-rail fence lines the left side of the road. There i...
Postcard

County Trunk E and Kangaroo Lake

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Description: Photographic postcard view of a county road crossing over a lake. Two automobiles are on the road. On the right is a boat at the shoreline behind a "Parkin...
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Washington Island Ferry "Eyrarbakki"

Date: 1950
Description: View from dock towards the Washington Island Ferry, "Eyrarbakki." There is a person sitting on a post on the dock.
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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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"Carolina" Steamer

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Description: View across water towards the "Carolina" steamer docked at Ephraim. Many people are standing on the pier. Caption reads: "Ephraim-Wis."
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Greetings . . . Gills Rock

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Description: A color aerial view of Gills Rock from Green Bay. Washington Island and Lake Michigan are along the horizon. An excursion boat is docked at the landing. Ca...
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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 Boat "Griffin"

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Description: Color postcard of a Washington Island ferry docked at Gills Rock, with an automobile in the hold and 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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