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Downtown Fish Creek

Date: 1905
Description: View across field and fence downhill towards the town of Fish Creek and the bay. Caption reads: "Greetings from Fish Creek, Wis."
Photograph

Ferryboat Landing

Date: 1929
Description: Ferryboat landing, with the boats providing service between Gills Rock and Washington Island.
Photograph

Washington Island

Date: 1925
Description: Washington Island, including field and fence, with buildings, automobiles, and a large ship in the distance.
Photograph

South Twin Island Fishing Village

Date: 1915
Description: Building, boats, and fish net drying reels on South Twin Island in the Apostle Islands archipelago.
Photograph

Thordarson Estate

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Description: Hand-colored view of the Thordarson estate including the boathouse and a stone-paved path with benches.
Postcard

Jones Island

Date: 1902
Description: Elevated view of island with houses and boathouses and boats along the shoreline. Industrial buildings are in the background, and a sailboat is on the wate...
Photograph

Cedar Tree on Shoreline

Date: 10 19 1964
Description: Cedar tree on shoreline looking out to an old pier over pilings and rocks. There is a building or boathouse on it. This is a former fishing settlement west...
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Boats Docked on Jones Island

Date: 1898
Description: View from water of boats docked near houses on Jones Island. To the right two flags are strung up flagpoles near a building with a covered porch, perhaps a...
Photograph

Elevated City View

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Description: Elevated view showing the city, bridges, and boats.
Photograph

Summer Homes on Nebraska Row

Date: 1937
Description: View from the lake of the summer homes on Nebraska Row along the shoreline of Lake Superior. The water tower and church steeple are visible on the far righ...
Photograph

Elevated View of Jackson Lake Shoreline

Date: 
Description: Elevated view overlooking a road leading toward water, a boathouse, cabins, and a lake, most likely Jackson Lake. The shoreline on the far top right is ide...
Photograph

Cabin on the Shore

Date: 1926
Description: View of rustic cabin with a large stone chimney standing by the shore. There is another house or boathouse in the far background near the remains of a pier...
Photograph

Aldo Leopold as a Young Man

Date: 1904
Description: Aldo Leopold standing in a boat with a group of young people. He is wearing pants, a shirt and a bow tie. Buildings can be seen on the shoreline in the bac...
Photograph

Hen Island

Date: 1915
Description: Hen Island is reflected in the water of Fish Creek Bay in this view from Nelson Point in Peninsula State Park. The homes and businesses of Fish Creek are i...
Photograph

Ark Cottage, Ice House, Boathouse, and Bathing House on Archibald Lake

Date: 1906
Description: Elevated view from shoreline towards the tree-lined shore of the Island on Archibald Lake, and four buildings. From left to right the buildings are: Anna W...
Photograph

Tower View

Date: 1900
Description: Three photographs taped together form a panoramic view from the top of the wooden tower built by George Brumder in 1892. The tower was built on Brumder's s...
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Henry Rumsey's Boat House

Date: 08 1922
Description: View of Henry Rumsey's boat house, which is built of logs. An American flag is flying from the flagpole at the front of the boathouse.
Photograph

Fishing Party

Date: 1905
Description: Alfred Holt (center) is rowing the boat on Archibald Lake while Richard Rumsey (?) and James McClure are baiting hooks for fishing. The wild shoreline and ...
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Boats Heading Out

Date: 1916
Description: Three boats, each filled with people, are leaving the pier. Two household employees, wearing aprons and standing on the pier, are watching the boats depart...
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Mary Griggs (Burke) on Boathouse

Date: 1932
Description: Mary Griggs (Burke) is leaning against a pipe railing on the corner of the second story of the Forest Lodge boathouse. Mary is wearing a wide-legged jumpsu...

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