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"Wisconsin" Docked at Washington Island

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Description: The screw ferry, "Wisconsin," docked at Washington Island. Twenty-one metal drums line the edge of the dock in the foreground. Original is in scrapbook on ...
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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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Fish Creek

Date: 08 11 1950
Description: Aerial view of Eagle Harbor.
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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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Jackson Harbor

Date: 1964
Description: Jackson Harbor on Washington Island.
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Anderson's Dock

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Description: Anderson's Dock, Detroit Harbor in Washington Island.
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Sawyer Harbor

Date: 1910
Description: View of Sawyer Harbor as seen from Government Bluff.
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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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Sturgeon Bay

Date: 1945
Description: People on observation tower looking at Sturgeon Bay.
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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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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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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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Rock Formation

Date: 08 23 1964
Description: A large rock outcropping covered with trees and plants on a rocky beach of Lake Michigan.
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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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