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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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View of Fayette

Date: 02 1925
Description: An unidentified man looks across Snail Shell Harbor at the remains of the Jackson Iron Company works. The large furnace complex is visible through the tree...
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View from Weborg Point

Date: 1915
Description: An unidentified child sits on the rocky shore at Weborg Point. Big Strawberry Island is seen center right, with Chambers Island on the horizon to the left.
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Sissy and Fedy

Date: 1913
Description: Two of the photographer's children, Margaret (Sissy), left, and Ferdinand Leonard (Fedy), right, on Weborg Point. Fish Creek Harbor is in the background; t...
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View of Fish Creek

Date: 1915
Description: View down hill towards a man fishing from the pier at Nelson Point in Peninsula State Park. Fish Creek is seen across the bay. Dr. Welcker's Casino is the ...
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Child at Terry Andrae State Park

Date: 1938
Description: Small child standing on the shoreline of a sandy beach, looking out at the waves, at Terry Andrae State Park on Lake Michigan.
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Terry Andrae State Park Recreational Grounds

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Description: Recreational grounds near the beach at Terry Andrae State Park. A woman and a child are on a swing set. There are teeter totters on the left.
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Terry Andrae State Park Beach

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Description: View along shoreline showing the wide sandy swimming beach along Lake Michigan at Terry Andrae State Park. Two people are on the shoreline.
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Bathing Beach

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Description: View from dunes towards a beach with bathers. The main dock and Peninsula State Park are in the distance. Caption reads: "Bathing Beach - Fish Creek, Wis."
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Point Beach State Forest

Date: 1939
Description: An unidentified man is standing on a boulder on the beach looking out at Lake Michigan.
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Boathouse

Date: 1940
Description: A man is standing and looking at the door of the boathouse on the beach near the Twin River (Rawley) Point Lighthouse. The boathouse has stone sides and a ...
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At the Shelter House

Date: 1940
Description: An unidentified woman is posing sitting on the sand and looking toward Lake Michigan. The newly built shelter house, with its large windowed bay and massiv...
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Peninsula State Park

Date: 1940
Description: View from pier towards a young couple sitting in the back of a wooden boat tied to a pier in Peninsula State Park. Fish Creek Harbor is in the background, ...
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On Sturgeon Bay

Date: 1938
Description: View from shoreline of boats pulled up onto a low ridge of gravel at Potawatomi State Park. Behind the boats is a young woman wearing a bathing suit and ca...
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On the Beach

Date: 1938
Description: A child wearing a bathing suit is standing with their feet in shallow water as waves approach the shore. On the reverse of the print is written: "A tiny to...
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Camping in Bradley Park near Sturgeon Bay

Date: 1940
Description: A woman wearing a bandana on her head is sitting at a picnic table talking with another woman who is standing in front of a tent-style camping trailer. Bot...
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Door County View

Date: 06 1938
Description: View looking down towards a woman wearing a plaid jacket sitting on the ground with her hand on a dog lying beside her in Peninsula State Park. There is a ...
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Golf with a View

Date: 1940
Description: View down hill towards a man and a woman posing in the act of putting on a green of the golf course in Peninsula State Park. Eagle Harbor and the village o...
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Potawatomi State Park

Date: 1940
Description: A young woman smiles as she enjoys the view from the Potawatomi Tower in Potawatomi State Park. There is a house on a small island in Sawyer Harbor, with ...

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