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Memorial and Eagle Bay

Date: 1940
Description: Memorial to the Moravians who arrived in Eagle Bay in 1853.
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Eagle Bay

Date: 1915
Description: View from hill across Eagle Bay with buildings and trees in the foreground. Caption reads: "Across Eagle Bay, Ephraim, Wis."
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Downtown Fish Creek

Date: 1910
Description: View from hill towards downtown Fish Creek, with the buildings and ground covered in snow. There is a road in the foreground leading off to the left. The b...
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Ferryboat Landing

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

Date: 1967
Description: Fishing nets drying along the shore of Lake Michigan.
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Lover's Leap

Date: 1910
Description: View of Lover's Leap, with a group of people posing on the rocks and sailboats in the background. Caption reads: "Lover's Leap, Sturgeon Bay, Wis."
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Lover's Leap

Date: 1906
Description: View of Lover's Leap with a group of people on the rocks near the shoreline under an overhang. Caption reads: "Lovers Leap, Sturgeon Bay, Wis."
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View of Dock on Lake Michigan

Date: 1900
Description: View across water of a dock and buildings on Lake Michigan.
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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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Eagle Bluff, Peninsula State Park

Date: 1960
Description: View across water towards the 180-foot high Eagle Bluff. The bluff received its name from the eagles which formerly nested there.
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Eagle Bluff, Peninsula State Park

Date: 1960
Description: View across water towards the 180-foot high Eagle Bluff. The bluff received its name from the eagles which formerly nested there.
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Lakefront View

Date: 08 23 1964
Description: View of Lake Michigan as seen from the lakefront property owned by Mr. Lloyd Lehman. Mrs. Lehman, and a neighbor, Patti O'Connell, attempt to set a dinner ...
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Rock Island

Date: 08 20 1964
Description: View over fishing boat of Rock Island, as seen from Jackson Harbor.
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Grove of Cedar Trees

Date: 08 22 1964
Description: A grove of cedar trees on Schoolhouse Beach. Lake Michigan is visible through the trees and a picnic table is placed near the shoreline.
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Ferry Boats

Date: 08 24 1964
Description: View from shoreline of two ferry boats in Lake Michigan. These two boats were once used as Mackinac Straits ferry boats and were later used as potato packi...
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Dilapidated Boat Dock

Date: 08 20 1964
Description: View towards horizon of old boat dock extending into Lake Michigan, as seen from the West Harbor of Washington Island. The dock is surrounded by plants and...
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Rocky Shoreline

Date: 08 23 1964
Description: View from a rocky shoreline of a tree-lined peninsula in the distance.
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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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Rocks at Cave Point

Date: 1936
Description: Elevated view of the Lake Michigan shoreline and the rocks at Cave Point.
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Leathem D. Smith Stone Company

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Description: View of Leathem D. Smith Stone Company, which expanded after 1918. A factory building is in the background, and a steam shovel is working in the foreground...

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