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Log Cabin at Star Lake Lodge

Date: 1935
Description: Exterior view of a log cabin at the Star Lake Lodge. There is a front porch on the left and trees surround the cabin.
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Hotz Cottage

Date: 1918
Description: The Hotz cottage, garage, and stone tower are seen through a stand of birch trees from the base of the bluff in Fish Creek. There is snow on the ground.
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Ferdinand Hotz

Date: 1918
Description: Ferdinand Hotz poses on snowshoes at the base of a bluff. The Hotz cottage complex, built in 1912-3, is seen atop the bluff. The complex included three co...
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Porch in the Woods

Date: 1921
Description: The porch of the Hotz cottage at Europe Lake, furnished with a rustic table, chairs and benches; the table has been set for a meal. The cottage and porch a...
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Garage at Europe Lake

Date: 1921
Description: A vertical log-sided garage with lean-to porch stands on the side of a hill in the woods. There is a rustic table on the porch. This building was located ...
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Garage at Europe Lake

Date: 1921
Description: The garage, with vertical log siding, near the Hotz family cottage at Europe Lake. There is a pump on the front porch, and a bell with a rope on the peak o...
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Europe Lake Cottage

Date: 1921
Description: The lake side of the Hotz cottage on Europe Lake, showing the porch with rustic lattice work, and steps. A central dormer is flanked by chimneys.
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Mr. Kincaid on Stairs

Date: 02 1924
Description: The caretaker, carrying a lantern, poses on stairs leading up from the log outhouse at the Hotz Europe Lake compound. There is hoar frost on the trees and ...
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Newport

Date: 02 1924
Description: Three men pose on logs as a fourth walks toward them; there are axes and snowshoes on the ground. A large log barn, outhouse, and other buildings are in th...
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Miniature Log Cabin

Date: 1912
Description: An architectural model of a log cabin with rustic details and stone chimneys rests on a lawn. There are trees and a rustic railing in the background. The ...
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Dachshund

Date: 1922
Description: A dachshund, a Hotz family pet, poses near the cottage at Europe Lake. A boy looks on; two others rest against the rustic railing along the side of the cot...
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Group at Europe Lake

Date: 1922
Description: A group poses on the steps leading from the lake path to the porch of the Hotz cottage at Europe Lake. The photographer's daughter, Margaret Hotz, third fr...
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Cottage at Europe Lake

Date: 1922
Description: Three-quarter view of the Hotz cottage showing a side and the large porch which faced Europe Lake. The stone foundation is visible on the side; the porch h...
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Cottage at Europe Lake

Date: 1922
Description: View of the rear of the Hotz cottage, showing a stone chimney which divides a dormer. There are large pine trees around the cottage.
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Cottage at Europe Lake

Date: 1922
Description: Three-quarter view of the Hotz cottage showing a side and the large porch which faced Europe Lake. The stone foundation is visible on the side; the porch h...
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Winter Lane

Date: 02 1924
Description: A small log sided building with roof ventilator, among other buildings, stands near the Wilms house along Cottage Row Road outside of Fish Creek. A low sto...
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Europe Lake Cottage

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view of the log Hotz cottage on Europe Lake, seen in the background. The photographer climbed a tree to capture this view. A dirt road leads to th...
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Europe Lake Cottage

Date: 1924
Description: The Hotz family cottage, sited on a hill overlooking Europe Lake, features a large stone chimney, porch, and rustic lattice railing.
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Europe Lake Cottage

Date: 1924
Description: A stone lined driveway leads to the Hotz family cottage on Europe Lake.
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Picking Cherries

Date: 07 15 1919
Description: Young men and woman pose with baskets and pails, and a girl stands by her bicycle at the Hotz cherry orchard. There are baskets, lids, and boxes of cherrie...

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