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Boat House, The Morey Resort

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Description: View along shoreline through trees of a wet boathouse at The Morey Resort. Caption reads: "Boat House, The Morey Resort, Eagle River, Wis."
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County Trunk E and Kangaroo Lake

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Description: Photographic postcard view of a county road crossing over a lake. Two automobiles are on the road. On the right is a boat at the shoreline behind a "Parkin...
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"The Apostle Island" Booth Fisheries Boat

Date: 1950
Description: Photographic postcard view of a fishing boat in Lake Superior with tourists on board. There is an island on the horizon. Caption reads: "'The Apostle Isla...
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Upper Nemahbin Lake

Date: 1950
Description: Black and white photographic postcard of Upper Nemahbin Lake, with parked cars at the base of a hill in the foreground, and people boating and swimming. Ca...
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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...
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Peterson's Boat Works

Date: 1958
Description: View from pier of Peterson's Boat Works in Sturgeon Bay.
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Washington Island Ferry "Voyageur"

Date: 1961
Description: Color postcard view of the "Voyageur," a car and passenger ferry operating between mainland Door County and Washington Island. Two motorboats are moored on...
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Stubbs Cottages

Date: 1910
Description: Black and white photographic postcard of Stubbs Cottages on Eagle Springs Lake. People are standing on the lawn along the lakeshore. Caption reads: "Stubbs...
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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.
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Gulls — Door County, Wis.

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Description: View towards a flock of gulls flying along the rocky shoreline of Lake Michigan. A speed boat is traveling on the water on the left, and other boats are do...
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Pier at Death's Door

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Description: View from shoreline towards a boat docked at a pier at Death's Door, with Plum Island in the distance.
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Sand Beach, Egg Harbor

Date: 1949
Description: View across beach towards a small boy standing at the water's edge. Rowboats are resting on the shoreline in the background. Caption reads: "Sand Beach, Eg...
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Hotel Camp Brosius

Date: 1954
Description: Kodachrome print of a lakeside hotel. Text on reverse reads: "Hotel Camp Brosius on beautiful Elkhart Lake. Dining room, lounge, boat area, and round house...
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Camp Brosius

Date: 1954
Description: Elevated view towards dock, and a diving platform at Camp Brosius. A sailboat, rowboat and canoes are in the lake. Several people are swimming or standing ...
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East View of Dartford Bay

Date: 1960
Description: View from shoreline towards a marina in Green Lake.
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Greetings from Chippewa Falls

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Description: Photographic postcard view of a fish jumping out of the water to shake a lure in its mouth in the foreground, and a man sitting in a motorboat holding a fi...
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Wharf at Fish Creek

Date: 1935
Description: View from shoreline towards fishing boats of various sizes, and sailboats docked at the wharf at Fish Creek. Two persons are carrying gear toward the pier....
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Waterskiing on a Pretty Lake, Vacationland Scene

Date: 1959
Description: Elevated view from hill of a waterskier and motorboat on Rock Lake.
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Motor Boating

Date: 1940
Description: A motor boat carrying three people is leaving a small wake in the calm waters of Crawling Stone Lake as it heads toward an island. There is a worn wooden p...
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The Sayner Lodge

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of a tennis and a shuffleboard court, with Plum Lake in the background. Four men are playing doubles tennis, while other men are playing shuf...

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