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Summer Relaxation

Date: 1901
Description: Aunt Helen lounging on a hammock slung between two trees. Her son, Syl, is sitting nearby on a cane rocking chair.
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Thordarson Library with Fireplace

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Description: Interior view of the Thordarson library featuring a massive fireplace with two men posing on either side of it. The building is of stone, with arched windo...
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Sturgeon Bay Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the Sturgeon Bay Public Library. Prominent elements are reading tables, librarian's desk, bookshelves.
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New Year's Dinner

Date: 01 01 1900
Description: A group of family members sitting at a table laden with food for a New Year's dinner.
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Family Group Indoors

Date: 10 29 1899
Description: A large group of relatives, including men, women and children, are gathered together indoors.
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Aunt Helen Seated on Arm of Willie's Chair

Date: 01 01 1900
Description: Aunt Helen seated on the arm of Willie's chair. Framed pictures are on the wall behind them.
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Mrs. Woshbun with Group at Table

Date: 06 15 1901
Description: View from across lawn of Mrs. Woshbun with other women sitting around a table on a deck built on the edge of a hill overlooking a river. There are also roc...
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Two Men Posed Playing Chess

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Description: Two men pose playing a game of chess in front of a cloth backdrop in Dankoler's photography studio. The man on the right is standing and is holding what ap...
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Dankoler with Group under Tent

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Description: Men posing under tent on deck in backyard. Harry Dankoler is the gentleman standing directly next to the tent pole, and Syl, his son, is the young boy in t...
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Performing Dog Jumping through Hoop

Date: 1903
Description: A performing dog jumping through a hoop held by a man while a small group of children and adults watch.
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Staged Scene

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Description: A scene staged in front of a backdrop. A man on his knees is leaning over the seat of a chair that has been turned sideways. Syl hangs on his back while th...
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Large Group Seated in Photography Studio

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Description: A large group of people posed in chairs at Harry Dankoler's photography studio. Syl is the youngest child on the front row near the center aisle on the rig...
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Group Posed in Photography Studio

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Description: A posed photograph in front of a backdrop with two men standing to the left near a board resting on a book in the foreground. A woman and three other men a...
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Woman with Two Men

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Description: A woman who appears to be Aunt Helen shakes hands with a man in a room while another man looks on. The room appears to be a studio as it has a large painte...
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Boating

Date: 07 26 1924
Description: Ferdinand L. (Fedy) Hotz steers the powerboat "Oweene" with 6 women passengers. His mother, Clothilde, sits closest to him. Door Bluff is in the backgroun...
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Saloon Interior

Date: 1900
Description: Interior of a saloon. A bartender stands behind the bar, and another man wearing a hat stands in front of the bar. The back of the carved wood bar is mirro...
Postcard

Ridge-Birchwood Cottages — Kangaroo Lake

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Description: Photographic postcard view of a cottage surrounded by trees and a lawn. A man and woman are sitting in lawn chairs near an oval-shaped stone bordered group...
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Lunch at the Town Club

Date: 1957
Description: Mrs. Philip G. Kuehn and two of her children lunching at the Town Club (a country club).
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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.
Postcard

Egg Harbor Lodge

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Description: Two views of Egg Harbor Lodge — with the view of the lodge, and of Green Bay.

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