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Cows at Sister Bay

Date: 1919
Description: A child and an adult follow a small herd of cattle walking up the dirt road, now Highway 42, north out of Sister Bay. The bell tower of Zion Lutheran Churc...
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Lunch in the Woods North of Lake Europe

Date: 1919
Description: Three men enjoy a picnic; the man on the right smokes a cigar.
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Two Men in front of Barn

Date: 1921
Description: Two men pose in front of a large barn at Newport Village. The barn was used to store lumber.
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Truck on the Ice

Date: 1925
Description: Two men stand in the open back of a pickup truck. The truck, equipped with chains on the rear tires, has driven down a wooden ramp onto the ice. There is...
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Truck on the Ice

Date: 1925
Description: Two men stand in the open bed of a pickup truck as a third person walks away. The truck, equipped with snow tires, is parked on the ice just offshore.
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Truck on the Ice

Date: 1925
Description: Two men stand in the open bed of a pickup truck parked on the ice. There is a rudimentary plank ramp in the foreground. Buildings are faintly visible on t...
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Tree Planting Crew

Date: 05 1911
Description: A pickup truck carrying a crew of 12 men is parked between two automobiles in front of a barn. The truck is identified as "Bingham & Lawrence Fruit and Nur...
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Planting Trees at Gibraltar Orchards

Date: 05 1911
Description: Stone walls line a tilled field where workers carry shovels and bundles of small trees to plant an orchard.
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Hotz Family

Date: 1915
Description: Ferdinand Hotz poses with his wife Clothilde (with glasses), son Ferdinand Leonard (Fedy) and one of his daughters on Champagne Rock on Cottage Row.
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Men Hiking

Date: 1924
Description: Two men walk away from the camera, down a narrow country road. Both are wearing knickers and knee socks; the man on the left wears a hat and carries a walk...
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Meal on Porch

Date: 1924
Description: A group poses on the rustic porch of the Hotz family cottage on Europe Lake. There are dishes and food on the tables. The photographer's wife, Clothilde, w...
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Fish Creek Harbor

Date: 1924
Description: Elevated view of the photographer's son, Ferdinand Leonard (Fedy) sitting on the bluff overlooking Fish Creek Harbor. The old warehouses are seen on the pi...
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Cherry Blossoms

Date: 05 1919
Description: The author's wife Clothilde admires a cherry tree in full bloom at Gibraltar Orchard.
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Picking Cherries

Date: 1922
Description: Four girls with sun bonnets pose in a cherry orchard with empty trugs.
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Cherries in Bloom

Date: 05 25 1919
Description: The photographer's wife Clothilde admires the view of the Gibraltar Orchard in full bloom. The is a pile of lumber on the left; stones are piled under tree...
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Birch Woods

Date: 1922
Description: A woman and girl pose near a wooden fence that separates a field from a stand of birch trees.
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Birch Woods

Date: 1922
Description: A woman and girl pose near an old wooden gate at the edge of a stand of birch trees.
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Dauphin Island

Date: 1920
Description: A car is parked in front of "The Olive Dining Room." Several men sit or stand on the porch steps. There is a Coca-Cola sign on a small building in the back...
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View of Fayette

Date: 02 1925
Description: An unidentified man looks across Snail Shell Harbor at the remains of the Jackson Iron Company works. The large furnace complex is visible through the tree...
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Fayette Tourists Lodge

Date: 02 1925
Description: Four men with their collars turned up against the cold stand beside the Fayette Tourists Lodge. The Fayette post office was housed in the building. On the ...

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