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Fishermen on Pier

Date: 1898
Description: Fishermen fishing off of a long pier. Industrial buildings are across the water in the background.
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Aunt Helen Walking Along Shoreline

Date: 03 03 1899
Description: Aunt Helen leaning into the wind while holding a hat in her left hand and walking barefoot on the shore of a lake.
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Syl Fishing at Sturgeon Bay

Date: 07 1899
Description: Syl with two women and a man, all wearing hats, fishing off of a dock in Sturgeon Bay. Behind them is a small wooden structure.
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Syl and Aunt Helen on Gully Bridge

Date: 12 1901
Description: Syl and aunt Helen lean on a wooden hand rail on Gully bridge. Behind them is a lake with ice and snow. A large factory-like building is visible in the dis...
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Syl Fishing from Pier

Date: 08 10 1902
Description: View from shoreline of Syl wearing a short cape fishing from a small pier on a lake or river. A rowboat is tied to the dock. A small stretch of beach leads...
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Syl Chopping a Boat with Axe

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Description: Syl chopping the hull of an overturned row boat which is leaning against a tree. Behind him is a steep cliff with a river or lake below, and on the right i...
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Syl Sawing Wood

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Description: Syl sawing wood from the hull of an overturned rowboat on a small sawhorse. Behind him is a deck overhanging a steep cliff with a river or lake below. A ho...
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Snow and Ice Along Shoreline

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated winter scene with Sylvester Dankoler (b. 1895) standing on ice and mounds of snow near a broken pier along a shoreline. The shadow of the photogra...
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View of Sturgeon Bay

Date: 07 07 1898
Description: View across water of Sturgeon Bay. In the far distance are lighthouses, buildings, and barges along the shoreline.
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Rowboats in Small Lake

Date: 06 09 1901
Description: View across water of rowboats and canoes on small lake, perhaps Lake Park. On the far shoreline a large crowd is gathered, and on a hill behind them a buil...
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Four Men Seated on Shoreline of Bay

Date: 11 07 1909
Description: Four men seated on rocky shoreline of a lake in front of D.S. Crandall's house. Left to right: E.A. Corneille, D.S. Crandall, Harry E. Dankoler, and Joe Le...
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Aunt Helen and Will Shaking Hands

Date: 10 1900
Description: Aunt Helen and Will shaking hands in a clearing near the edge of a small lake at the Garden Place.
Map or Atlas

Door County Tourist Map Folder : "Wisconsin's Outdoor Living Room," 250 miles of Scenic Shoreline

Date: 1938
Description: This tourist map of Door County, Wisconsin, lists the points of interest and resorts in the area. An inset location map is included.

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