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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.
Painting

Gill's Rock

Date: 1938
Description: Boat and dock.
Photograph

Ferryboat Landing

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

Gills Rock Harbor

Date: 
Description: View of the harbor area.
Photograph

Washington Island

Date: 1925
Description: Washington Island, including field and fence, with buildings, automobiles, and a large ship in the distance.
Postcard

Coast Guard Station

Date: 1900
Description: View of the coast guard station from the water with multiple sailors lined up near the shore. Caption reads: "Coast Guard Station, Sturgeon Bay, Door Count...
Photograph

View of Dock on Lake Michigan

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

Thordarson Estate

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Description: Hand-colored view of the Thordarson estate including the boathouse and a stone-paved path with benches.
Photograph

Thordarson Boathouse Interior

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Description: View from balcony of the interior of the Chester Thordarson boathouse with several tables, upon which are numerous books.
Photograph

Fishing Nets in Door County

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Description: Fishing nets in Door County.
Photograph

Dock in Door County Harbor

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Description: Dock with two steamboats and fishing implements in harbor.
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 ...
Postcard

Group of People on Dock near Ferry

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Description: View across water towards a large ferry docked at the fishing wharf. A large group of people are standing on the pier, and passengers are standing at the r...
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

Syl Fishing at Sturgeon Bay

Date: 1899
Description: A young Syl fishing with three other adults off a pier using cane poles.
Photograph

City View

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

Winter Morning at Sister Bay

Date: 1949
Description: Holiday card of the Sister Bay lakeshore. Three figures are on the shore. Two boathouses, a covered boat, a pier, and two upright boats are in the backgrou...
Photograph

Boathouse at Europe Lake

Date: 1921
Description: A walkway with rustic railing leads to the Hotz family boathouse on Europe Lake. A well-worn path leads downhill to the water.
Photograph

Europe Lake Boathouse

Date: 1921
Description: View from shoreline of a boy rowing a small boat with a girl seated aft as a woman watches them from the walkway to a boathouse. The walkway, with its rust...
Photograph

Fish Creek Harbor

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view of Fish Creek from the east; the bluff rises on the left, the harbor is on the right. The cottage in the foreground with pergola and lattice ...

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