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Downtown Fish Creek

Date: 1905
Description: View across field and fence downhill towards the town of Fish Creek and the bay. Caption reads: "Greetings from Fish Creek, Wis."
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Bay View Beach

Date: 1905
Description: View across water towards Bay View Beach, with several boats in the foreground, and buildings behind them. Caption reads: "Bay View Beach, Green Bay, Wis."
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Yacht Club

Date: 1914
Description: View down pier towards the Yacht Club on shoreline of Lake Winnebago. There is a widow's walk on the roof. Caption reads: "Oshkosh Yacht Club, Oshkosh, Wis...
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Bathing Beach, Near Tourist Camping Site, Devil's Lake State Park

Date: 07 07 1928
Description: Colorized postcard of the bathing beach near the tourist camping site in Devil's Lake State Park. A diving tower is on the right with a woman diving from t...
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Pier Landing, From Tourist Campsite, Devil's Lake State Park

Date: 1917
Description: Colorized postcard of the pier landing as seen from the tourist camp site in Devil's Lake State Park. People are strolling on the dock, a boat is docked, w...
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Bathing Beach at Devil's Lake State Park

Date: 1965
Description: Color postcard of the bathing beach at Devil's Lake State Park with a view of the East Bluff. The lake, bluffs and sky are in the background. Many visitor...
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Tip Top Dance Pavillion

Date: 1945
Description: Photographic postcard of the Tip Top Dance Pavillion on Anderson Lake. The view from the lake shows several automobiles parked outside the pavillion. The s...
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Summer White House on the Brule

Date: 1926
Description: Black and white postcard view of Cedar Island Lodge, located on the Brule River, owned by Henry Clay Pierce, businessman and financier. It was dubbed the S...
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Fisherman's Home, Bear Island

Date: 09 24 1910
Description: View of several fisherman's homes on Bear Island, one of the islands that make up the Apostle Islands. An American flag is flying between buildings and a d...
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Life Saving Crew Entering Boat

Date: 1908
Description: Group of men on a life saving crew launching a rowboat into Lake Michigan. A long pier with a lighthouse at the end bisects the horizon. Caption reads: "Li...
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Light House at Entrance to Harbor

Date: 1910
Description: Hand-colored postcard view of a pier and lighthouse at the entrance to Milwaukee's harbor. Two people sail in a small boat to the right of the lighthouse, ...
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Winter Scene at Port Washington

Date: 1910
Description: Postcard view of three men on an elevated walk on an icy pier near the shoreline. A women and young boy stand on the pier below the walk. There is a lighth...
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Along the Shore — Gordon's Lodge

Date: 1934
Description: Photographic postcard view along the rocky shoreline of Lake Michigan towards a long pier that jutts out behind the rocky point. Caption reads: "Along the ...
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Baileys Harbor

Date: 1972
Description: Aerial view of commercial buildings and dwellings along the shore of Lake Michigan. Caption reads: "Baileys Harbor, Wisc."
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City Dock

Date: 1949
Description: Photographic postcard view of the City Dock on Lake Superior. There are four boats, and people and cars are on the dock. A sign in the foreground reads: "N...
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Lake Cemelia, Clayton, Wis.

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated black and white photographic postcard of Lake Cemelia, with boathouse and pier.
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Green Lake at Pleasant Point, Dartford, Wis.

Date: 1910
Description: Scenic view along shoreline of Green Lake at Pleasant Point.
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Logs in Chippewa River, above the Falls

Date: 1910
Description: Colorized postcard of logs floating in river, looking east between falls and railroad bridge. In the upper right corner is a large number of logging pylons...
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Kirkland Landing, Devils [sic] Lake

Date: 1910
Description: View from shoreline of boats, including an excursion boat, on the shoreline and along both sides of a pier. There are three men on the pier at Kirkland Lan...
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Northport Pier in Door County Wisconsin

Date: 1940
Description: Photographic postcard view looking out at people standing, and some fishing, on the Northport pier at Death's Door, with the bay in the background.

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