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Thordarson Estate

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

Date: 1914
Description: Log cabin known as the "haunted house" on Rock Island, remodeled by Chester Thordarson. There are three people sitting on the porch.
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Thordarson Garden Fish Pond

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Description: Chester Thordarson stands in his garden with a friend near the fish pond, which has a fountain.
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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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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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Fish Creek Harbor

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view of Fish Creek from the east; the bluff rises on the left, the harbor is on the right. The cottage in the foreground with pergola and lattice ...
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Door County

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view of Fish Creek from the east. The photographer's first Fish Creek cottage, with a standing seam metal roof, is in the foreground; in the yard ...
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Nelson Bay and Point

Date: 1925
Description: Rocky shoreline at Nelson Point, now in Peninsula State Park.
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Nelson Point

Date: 1923
Description: A small cottage is barely visible through the trees on the rocky shore at Nelson Point, now part of Peninsula State Park.
Postcard

Pabst Whitefish Bay Summer Resort

Date: 1900
Description: Text on front reads: "Telephone Lake 136. Pabst Whitefish Bay Summer Resort. H. Konopka, Lessee." Elevated view of Pabst Whitefish Bay Resort on the shores...

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