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Thordarson Library with Chandelier

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Description: Interior view of the Thordarson library with bookcases and a spectacular chandelier with buffalo horns. The building is of stone, with arched windows.
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Thordarson's Workshop

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Description: Interior view of Chester Thordarson's workshop.
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Hotz Cottage

Date: 1918
Description: The entrance and gabled front of the main Hotz cottage at Fish Creek, seen after a snowfall. There are rustic branch details under the gables.
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Winter Scene

Date: 1918
Description: Snowy landscape with evergreens and birches below the bluff at Fish Creek.
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Girl with Dog

Date: 1921
Description: The photographer's daughter Margaret poses with a dachshund on the path in front of the Hotz family cottage on Europe Lake. Two flights of steps on a steep...
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Road in Winter

Date: 1924
Description: Winter scene with a snow-covered road bordered by stone walls and pillars on Cottage Row Road. Birches and evergreens line the road.
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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...
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Beach Pine

Date: 1925
Description: View looking north on the shore of Europe bay. A picturesque old pine stands near the site of the old pier.
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Men at Europe Lake

Date: 1925
Description: Two men pose alongside the Hotz Cottage at Europe Lake. The man in the background is David Kincaid, the caretaker.
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Lake Europe Cabin

Date: 1923
Description: A narrow stone-lined lane leads to the Hotz family cottage on Europe Lake, where two men stand on the porch. The man on the right is David Kincaid, the ca...
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Apfelbach Summer Home

Date: 1915
Description: Birch and other trees frame the view of a distant house and barn with poplars behind, lining the road (now Highway 42) at Fish Creek.
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Man on Porch

Date: 1923
Description: David Kincaid sits on the front porch of his rustic cabin in the woods, at the entrance gate to "Hotz Trail" Road near Europe Lake. He holds an axe over hi...
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Hotz Cottage in Winter

Date: 1923
Description: A man stands on the rustic porch of the Hotz cottage on Europe Lake. There is a single set of tire tracks in the snow on the drive.
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Calves in Orchard

Date: 1916
Description: Two calves lying under blooming cherry trees in a Door County orchard.
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Europe Lake

Date: 1925
Description: The trees on the far shore are mirrored in the still waters of Europe Lake.
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Dugout Canoe

Date: 1925
Description: A Native American dugout canoe resting on the shore of Europe Lake.
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Fish Creek Cottage

Date: 1920
Description: The Hotz cottage is seen from the base of the bluff. Snow covers the birch and conifer trees.
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Sawing Logs

Date: 01 1928
Description: Two men use a crosscut saw to cut a hemlock log while a third watches. A splitting maul and a splitting wedge rest on a tree stump in the foreground. Smoke...
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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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Rowboat

Date: 1920
Description: A rowboat is moored alongside the rustic boardwalk to the boathouse at the Hotz family cottage at Europe Lake.

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