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Wind Point Lighthouse

Date: 1960
Description: View of the Wind Point lighthouse.
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Eagle Harbor Lighthouse, Peninsula State Park

Date: 1960
Description: A view of the Eagle Harbor Lighthouse.
Photograph

Plum Island

Date: 1927
Description: View of the Plum Island rear range lighthouse from the end of the pier. The brick house was home to the lighthouse keeper and the first and second assistan...
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Coast Guard Station

Date: 1927
Description: View from the water of the Plum Island U.S. Coast Guard station. There is a tower in the background. Long piers extend into the lake.
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Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal

Date: 1906
Description: Hand-colored postcard view of the Sturgeon Bay ship canal from the bay toward shore. A sailboat is on the left and a lighthouse is on shore on the right. C...
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Wind Point Lighthouse

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Description: Aerial view of Wind Point lighthouse on the shore of Lake Michigan. A few neighboring homes are in the foreground. Some of the trees are displaying fall co...
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Recreation Pavilion, Gordon Lodge on North Bay

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Description: Photographic postcard view across large manicured lawn of the stone building on Lake Michigan. The tree-lined far shoreline is in the background. Caption r...
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Windswept Point

Date: 1955
Description: Wind Point Lighthouse surrounded by outbuildings and framed by trees. Lake Michigan is in the distance.
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North Point Lighthouse

Date: 1952
Description: Text on front reads: "Racine, Wis.", "North Point Lighthouse". This is actually the Wind Point Lighthouse on Wind Point, located on the north end of Racine...
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Elk Monument and Railroad Depot

Date: 1915
Description: Text on front reads: "Elk Monument, Juneau Park and N. W. Depot, Milwaukee." Statue of an Elk on an elaborate plinth in a park with gardens, lawns and side...
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Coast Guard Station and Light House

Date: 1959
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Coast Guard Station and Light House at Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal, Door County, Wisconsin." The lighthouse was completed in 1898 but s...
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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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