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Boating Scene

Date: 1909
Description: View of a boating scene off of the shore of Marinette and Menominee. Two boys are walking on the pier on the left, and a crowd of people are gathered at th...
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Marinette Fisheries

Date: 1912
Description: View across water toward buildings on the right, with men standing on a platform at the shoreline in front of a large building. Three more smaller building...
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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...
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Group Portrait of People Standing on a Pier

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Description: View across water towards a group of people, men, woman, and young girls and boys, posing on a pier in front of a building on the shoreline of Sister Bay. ...
Map or Atlas

Canada ou Nouvelle France

Date: 1683
Description: Map of the north east coast of North America showing islands, regions, Native American land, bays, and a few European settlements. The Great Lakes appear i...
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Bathing Beach, Ellison Bay

Date: 1919
Description: View towards shoreline with a group of people gathered at a bathing beach. Some people are in the water; other people are standing on the shore fully dress...
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The Bathing Beach

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Description: View from shoreline looking out towards the public beach with several bathers. Diving platforms are out in the bay. Caption reads: "Fish Creek, Wis. The Ba...
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Pavilion and Bath House, Bay View Beach

Date: 1918
Description: The pavilion and bath house at Bay View Beach. Bathers are walking in the shallow water in the foreground. Caption reads: "Pavilion and Bath House, Bay Vie...
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Steamer "Harriet A. Hart"

Date: 1901
Description: View across water towards the Steamer "Harriet A. Hart," with many passengers on board, and smoke coming out of the smokestack. Caption reads: "Steamer Har...
Photograph

Sailboat on Chequamegon Bay

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Description: Three people are sitting in a small wooden sailboat with a red sail. Trees are covering the shoreline in the background.
Photograph

Havana Bay

Date: 03 1913
Description: View across water towards a two-masted sailboat and a launch plying the waters of Havana Bay. Other boats are tied to the wharf in the background, with bui...
Photograph

In St. Thomas

Date: 03 1913
Description: George F. Brumder and his wife, Thekla Wollaeger Brumder, center, are joined by an unidentified woman sitting on a stone wall. All of them are wearing hats...
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Donges Bay

Date: 07 25 19011
Description: Text on front reads: "John Schuchs, The only natural Pine Grove within a 100 Miles of this City. The Grandest and Finest Ravines, at Donges Bay, and Fairy ...
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John Schuch's Donges Bay Resort

Date: 08 05 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "John Schuch's Donges Bay Resort." A man stands on a trail, gazing over shrubs at a bay on Lake Michigan. The shoreline is surrounded ...

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