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Memorial and Eagle Bay

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

Eagle Bay

Date: 1915
Description: View from hill across Eagle Bay with buildings and trees in the foreground. Caption reads: "Across Eagle Bay, Ephraim, Wis."
Postcard

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."
Photograph

Downtown Fish Creek

Date: 1910
Description: View from hill towards downtown Fish Creek, with the buildings and ground covered in snow. There is a road in the foreground leading off to the left. The b...
Photograph

Ferryboat Landing

Date: 1929
Description: Ferryboat landing, with the boats providing service between Gills Rock and Washington Island.
Postcard

Peninsula State Park

Date: 1954
Description: View looking west from Eagle Bluff toward Nicolet Bay, the Strawberry Islands, and Chambers Island. Three people are sitting on the stone wall of the overl...
Map or Atlas

Peninsula State Park, Door County, Wisconsin

Date: 1916
Description: This Wisconsin Conservation Commission map from 1916 shows Peninsula State Park in the Town of Gibraltar, Door County, Wisconsin. Depicted are open and pla...
Map or Atlas

Peninsula State Park, Door County, Wisconsin

Date: 1916
Description: This version of a 1916 Wisconsin Conservation Commission map shows Peninsula State Park in the Town of Gibraltar, Door County, Wisconsin. Depicted are open...
Map or Atlas

Map of a Part of Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Showing the Proposed Location of the Route for a Ship Canal

Date: 1872
Description: This 1872 map shows the proposed route of a canal between Sturgeon Bay, on the Green Bay side of the Door Peninsula, and Lake Michigan. Depths in both Stur...
Map or Atlas

Portion of Liberty Grove

Date: 1924
Description: Plat map showing a portion of Liberty Grove, T32-33N R29E. The land is bordered on the south by Rowley's Bay, on the east by Lake Michigan and Europe Bay, ...
Drawing

Old Sturgeon Bay

Date: 1941
Description: Elevated view of Sturgeon Bay in 1900. Sturgeon Bay Bridge spans the bay and several boats are on the water. A lighthouse sits on a small island in the bay...
Photograph

Cana Island

Date: 1920
Description: View from beach across Spike Horn Bay towards Cana Island and the Cana Island Light.
Postcard

Door County

Date: 1966
Description: A colored map depiction of Door County, Wisconsin, with pictorial highlights, titled: "Door County — Wisconsin's Air Conditioned Peninsula Playground."
Photograph

Ahnapee & Western Railway Bridge

Date: 01 06 1958
Description: Ahnapee & Western Railway Bridge construction. View is from Highway Bridge. There are ships on the right side beyond the bridge. The forested shoreline cur...
Photograph

Ahnapee & Western Railway Bridge

Date: 01 06 1958
Description: Ahnapee & Western Railway Bridge from north side of frozen Sturgeon Bay. The bridge is made of wood (and steel supports???). There is a dock in the foregro...
Photograph

Sturgeon Bay

Date: 
Description: Aerial view of harbors and bridge. Farm fields are on either side of the bridge. The city of Sturgeon Bay is in the distance. There are docks along the sho...
Map or Atlas

Map of Peninsula State Park & Ephraim: Door County, Wisconsin

Date: 1936
Description: This map shows campsites, trails, auto roads, surrounding townships, and points of interest, by including pictorial illustrations. Includes an inserted map...
Postcard

Little Strawberry Island

Date: 
Description: View across water towards Little Strawberry Island in Green Bay. The beach on the left side of the island is sandy, and a house can be seen among the trees...
Postcard

Shore Scene, Door County

Date: 
Description: View across water towards the bluffs at the northern end of Door County.
Postcard

Little Sister Bay

Date: 1957
Description: Elevated view of Little Sister Bay and the surrounding landscape.

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