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Fish Boil Fire

Date: 1967
Description: Outdoor view of two pots used for a fish boil. One pot is engulfed in flames and children are running from the area.
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Fueling Fish Boil Fire

Date: 1967
Description: A man fueling a fire for a fish boil, as people look on.
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Syl and Friend with Dog

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Description: Syl, on the right, with another boy on the left holding a dog, sit on a deck outside the exterior of a building. There is a wooded yard behind them.
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Buck Sitting in Tall Grass

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Description: A buck is sitting in tall grass on the Aqualand Campgrounds. A doe is sitting in the grass in the background on the left. There is a building among trees o...
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Boynton Chapel

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Description: A wooden chapel with a stone walkway sitting among trees and bushes. Crosses are above the door and above a small window. A bell is hanging in the bell tow...
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Cana Island Lighthouse

Date: 1969
Description: Daisies are growing in a field near the Cana Island Lighthouse. The keeper's quarters is in front of the lighthouse.
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Selling Cherries

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Description: Two boys standing behind a wagon or truck bed loaded with buckets full of cherries. A woman wearing a hat is standing by a building in the background.
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Smoked Fish

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Description: A woman is standing outdoor in front of a smokehouse and holding up a wooden rod with smoked fish hanging from it. More fish are hanging from rods behind h...
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Commercial Fishing Nets Drying

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Description: Commercial fishing nets dry on a net reel at Gordon Lodge.
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Dead Fish Along the Shoreline

Date: 1967
Description: View along shoreline with a large amount of dead alewives floating in the water near large rocks. A man and children are standing on a stone fishing dock o...
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Inside Eagle Bluff Lighthouse

Date: 1967
Description: A family of five is climbing up the spiral stairs of the Eagle Bluff Lighthouse. The young boy in the lead is leaning down and offering a high five.
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Outside the Eagle Bluff Lighthouse

Date: 1967
Description: Three children sitting outdoors around an elderly man. The man is wearing a ship captains hat and is holding a wooden model of a ship in his lap. The group...
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Cana Island Lighthouse

Date: 1967
Description: Ground view of the Cana Island Lighthouse.
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Eagle Bluff Lighthouse

Date: 1969
Description: Three children and two adults are stand and sitting around an elderly man wearing a ship captains hat. He is holding a wooden model of a ship. The group of...
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Whitefish Bay

Date: 1967
Description: View across grass and sand towards a young couple, a man and woman, holding hands and walking along the shoreline of Whitefish Bay. Trees are along the cur...
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Boy Feeding a Deer

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Description: A young boy wearing a camera around his neck is feeding a doe from his hands.
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Stacking Rocks

Date: 1967
Description: Two children sit on a shingle beach with Lake Michigan in the background. The girl is watching as the boy is stacking stones on top of each other to make a...
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Fishing on a Pier

Date: 1967
Description: A young boy and girl are sitting on a pier looking out towards the lake. The boy is sitting on a post fishing with a fishing rod.
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Fishing as the Sun is Setting

Date: 1967
Description: Two children are sitting on a pier, silhouetted by the setting sun. The boy is holding a fishing pole in one hand, and pulling the fishing line in another ...
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Children Running Through Flowers

Date: 1967
Description: Three children are running through a field of yellow flowers.

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