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Kenosha, Wis.

Date: 12 1882
Description: Bird's-eye map of Kenosha.
Photograph

View of Milwaukee, from Judge Smith Addition, 5th Ward

Date: 1857
Description: From Judge Smith Addition, 5th Ward, looking north, toward the city. Drawing is an elevated view of field and plank fence in foreground, road to the left a...
Photograph

Anderson Dock

Date: 1935
Description: View down road towards boats docked at the fishing wharf at Ephraim in Door County. The bluff on the horizon is in Peninsula State Park.
Photograph

Eagle Harbor

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Description: Eagle Harbor, looking west, with boats anchored in the harbor. In the foreground are the stone pillars of the village fire station.
Photograph

Gills Rock Harbor

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Description: View of the harbor area.
Postcard

The Old Standby

Date: 1930
Description: Caption reads: "'The Old Standby' First Lighthouse Built at the Head of Lake Superior—Superior Entry — 1854 Keepers, Com. Saxton and Samuel Palmer."
Photograph

Lighthouse, Superior, Wisconsin

Date: 1910
Description: View of the remnants of the Minnesota Point Lighthouse. Faint caption at bottom reads: "Lighthouse".
Photograph

View of Dock on Lake Michigan

Date: 1900
Description: View across water of a dock and buildings on Lake Michigan.
Postcard

Old Boat Yards

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Description: Old boat yards, with numerous steamboats, and buildings on the shoreline. Caption reads: "Old Boat Yards, La Crosse, Wis."
Photograph

Milwaukee Yacht Club

Date: 1940
Description: View from hill of the yacht club, with Lake Michigan behind. In the distance is the jetty, and the road along the shoreline is N. Lincoln Memorial Drive. T...
Postcard

Boats at Fishing Wharf

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Description: View from shoreline of boats docked at the fishing wharf. People are fishing from the pier, and a group of people are in a rowboat near a ferry. There are ...
Photograph

Cedar Tree on Shoreline

Date: 10 19 1964
Description: Cedar tree on shoreline looking out to an old pier over pilings and rocks. There is a building or boathouse on it. This is a former fishing settlement west...
Photograph

Coastal View of Waves and Rocks

Date: 1925
Description: View along rocky coastline with crashing waves. Buildings are along the shoreline in the distance. Caption reads: "View from Ye Headland Inn. Trefethen, Ma...
Photograph

Cottages

Date: 1920
Description: View across harbor filled with boats toward small wooden cottages along the far shoreline. A rock wall along the water's edge is in the foreground on the r...
Photograph

Fishing Boats

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of fishing boats moored in the harbor, with shacks along the shoreline in the foreground.
Photograph

Marblehead Bluff

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Description: Elevated view of village homes on the shores of the bay with docked fishing boats in the foreground. Caption reads, "Marblehead, Mass from Rockmere Point."
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Overlooking Marblehead

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Description: Elevated view looking down on the town with the bay and opposite shoreline in distance.
Photograph

Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial

Date: 1913
Description: Elevated view of shoreline, waterfront buildings, boat-dotted bay and Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial. The pink-marble, column-shaped monu...
Photograph

Church Street and Eagle Harbor

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Description: View of Eagle Harbor and the area surrounding Church Street. On the right, Ephraim Moravian Church, completed in 1859, can be seen among residential buildi...
Photograph

City View

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Description: View of a residential area of Fish Creek, looking out over Fish Creek Harbor.

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