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Sturgeon Bay Harbor

Date: 1910
Description: A springtime harbor scene from Sturgeon Bay. Chunks of ice are floating on the surface of the water. Caption reads: "Harbor scene at springtime. Sturgeon B...
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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...
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Sleigh on Door County Harbor

Date: 02 1924
Description: A single horse pulls an enclosed sleigh across a frozen Door County harbor. Houses and a church are visible onshore.
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Ice on Shore

Date: 04 1920
Description: Ice and driftwood, including large tree trunks, piled on the shore near Egg Harbor.
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Furnace Complex

Date: 02 11 1925
Description: View of the large abandoned furnace complex, left, company store, far right, and blacksmith shop behind the company store, on the site of the Jackson Iron ...
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Company Store

Date: 02 1925
Description: There is smoke damage to the bricks evident above the windows of the company store in this view of the ghost town of Fayette. To the right, with dormers, i...
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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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Abandoned Town

Date: 02 1925
Description: Elevated view of the abandoned town of Fayette. Snail Shell Harbor is in the foreground, with a low warehouse along the boat dock and empty buildings on th...
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Furnace Complex

Date: 02 1925
Description: Elevated view of the abandoned Jackson Iron Company furnace complex at Fayette, on the shore of Snail Shell Harbor. Lake Michigan is in the background.
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Dolomite Cliffs

Date: 02 1925
Description: Dolomite cliffs along Snail Shell Harbor are seen in the background between the ruined buildings of the company store, left, and the machine shop on the gr...
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Fish Creek

Date: 1915
Description: Winter scene from Egg Harbor Road (Highway 42) in Fish Creek looking north toward frozen Fish Creek Harbor with the bluffs in Peninsula State Park beyond. ...
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Ships In a Harbor

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Description: Ships crowded into an icy harbor, possibly in Green Bay.
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Ahnapee & Western Railway Bridge

Date: 01 06 1958
Description: Ahnapee & Western Railway Bridge from north side of frozen Sturgeon Bay. The bridge is made of wood (and steel supports???). There is a dock in the foregro...
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View from 8th Street Bridge

Date: 01 08 1958
Description: Elevated view from 8th Street Bridge over the Manitowoc River towards Lake Michigan. There is a lighthouse in the distance. Ice is floating on the water. A...
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Manitowoc Shipyard & Manitowoc Portland Cement Company

Date: 01 08 1958
Description: Elevated view over icy water towards ships in the shipyard on the left, and the cement company in the background. Cranes and industrial buildings are in th...
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Ahnapee River

Date: 01 07 1958
Description: View from the Second Street bridge over the icy Ahnapee River towards Lake Michigan. A lighthouse is at the end of a jetty in the far background. Boats are...
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Oconto Harbor

Date: 12 17 1957
Description: View across icy water towards shipping boats in harbor. Trees are along the right shoreline, houses and buildings are along the left shoreline.
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Port Washington Harbor

Date: 01 09 1958
Description: Elevated view from bluff of the harbor towards the southeast. At the end of a jetty is a lighthouse on the left. The water is frozen along the shoreline. T...
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End of a Cold Journey

Date: 02 18 1958
Description: The SS Meteor, a Great Lakes cargo steamship of whaleback design, coming into harbor. The ship is covered with snow and ice and the surface of the l...
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Ice-Covered Ship

Date: 01 1969
Description: Spray from the lake has built up as thick ice on a ship, creating interesting shapes. A man is standing on the deck.

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