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Memorial and Eagle Bay

Date: 1940
Description: Memorial to the Moravians who arrived in Eagle Bay in 1853.
Photograph

Door County Museum

Date: 1940
Description: Exterior view of the Door County Museum, featuring a display of a sculpted man in Native American dress.
Postcard

Scene on the Canal

Date: 1940
Description: Canal scene with a tugboat featured in the foreground and buildings on the opposite shoreline. Caption reads: "Scene on the Canal — Sturgeon Bay, Door Coun...
Photograph

Caves at Peninsula State Park

Date: 1940
Description: A view of some caves at Peninsula State Park.
Photograph

Eagle Harbor Lighthouse, Peninsula State Park

Date: 1940
Description: A rear view of the Eagle Harbor Lighthouse at Peninsula State Park.
Map or Atlas

Door County : Tourist Map of Door County, Wisconsin, with Directory of Summer Resorts

Date: 1940
Description: This tourist map of Door County, Wisconsin, lists the points of interest and tourist hotels, cabins and cottages in the area. Ferry schedules to Washington...
Postcard

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.
Postcard

Scene at the Pier, Death's Door

Date: 1940
Description: Black and white photographic postcard of people on the shoreline and on the pier at Death's Door. Signs on a tree near a snack stand on the right read: "Sm...
Postcard

Along the Shore at Northport, Death's Door

Date: 1940
Description: Black and white photographic postcard view along the shoreline of Lake Michigan at Northport.
Postcard

Fisherman's Shacks in Door County

Date: 1940
Description: Color enhanced postcard view of fisherman's shacks on the outlet of Logan's creek on the shore of Lake Michigan.
Postcard

Cherry Orchards in Door County

Date: 1940
Description: Color enhanced aerial postcard view of cherry orchards in Door County.
Photograph

Crowd at the Pier, Regatta Day

Date: 1940
Description: View of a crowd gathered along a pier for Regatta Day. Boats are docked alongside the pier on the left.
Photograph

Peninsula State Park

Date: 1940
Description: View from pier towards a young couple sitting in the back of a wooden boat tied to a pier in Peninsula State Park. Fish Creek Harbor is in the background, ...
Photograph

Camping in Bradley Park near Sturgeon Bay

Date: 1940
Description: A woman wearing a bandana on her head is sitting at a picnic table talking with another woman who is standing in front of a tent-style camping trailer. Bot...
Photograph

Golf with a View

Date: 1940
Description: View down hill towards a man and a woman posing in the act of putting on a green of the golf course in Peninsula State Park. Eagle Harbor and the village o...
Photograph

Potawatomi State Park

Date: 1940
Description: A young woman smiles as she enjoys the view from the Potawatomi Tower in Potawatomi State Park. There is a house on a small island in Sawyer Harbor, with ...
Photograph

View of Ephraim

Date: 1940
Description: A split rail fence in the foreground frames a view of Eagle Harbor and Ephraim from Peninsula State Park.
Postcard

Kellstrom's Dock

Date: 1940
Description: Text on front reads: "Scene at Kellstrom's Dock, Sister Bay, Wis." View of Sister Bay from a boathouse and dock, the sign reads: "Kellstrom's Fishing Trips...
Postcard

Sawyer Harbor and Cabot's Point

Date: 1940
Description: Text on front reads: "Sawyer Harbor and Cabot's Point from Tower, Potowatomi State Park, Door County, Wis." Elevated view across Sawyer Harbor towards Stur...
Postcard

World War Memorial and School

Date: 1940
Description: Text on front reads: "World War Memorial and School, Washington Island, Wis." The school is on the left and the memorial is on the right, among trees.

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