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| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of the north shore of Delavan Lake with a lighthouse in the background. Also known as "Red Top" and "L.P. Sutter's." Caption reads: North Shore, Delav... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View across water toward the lighthouse. Caption reads: "Grassy Island Lighthouse, Green Bay, Wis." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Old Light House at Long Tail Point, Green Bay, Wis." Built in 1859. A marshy area is in the foreground, and a long pier leads to the new li... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "'The Old Standby' First Lighthouse Built at the Head of Lake Superior—Superior Entry — 1854 Keepers, Com. Saxton and Samuel Palmer." |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Old Light House, Wisconsin Point, Superior, Wis." |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | The Ruins of the old Light House on Plum Island near Sturgeon Bay. Caption at bottom reads: "Ruins of Old Light House on Plum Island," "Made expressly for ... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | South entrance to park. The bridge has stone lion sculptures on each of its corners, as well as ornate street lamps. A lighthouse and attached buildings ar... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | South entrance; an open car with two people is crossing the bridge. Stone lions flank the bridge on each corner. A lighthouse is in the background. Caption... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View across lawn toward the bridge on the right. The lighthouse is in the background, as well as several other buildings in the distance. The bridge is fla... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Old Government Lighthouse at Lake Park. The lighthouse is connected to a house, surrounded by shrubs. Caption reads: "The Old Government Lighthouse, Lake P... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Tinted postcard view of the lighthouse at Port Washington. A U.S. flag flies above the roof at the upper left. Caption reads: "Light House, Port Washington... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored postcard view of Lover's Leap in Sturgeon Bay during winter. The view is from the frozen lake looking toward a lighthouse on shore. Caption re... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Postcard view of the tower. Caption reads: "Sturgeon Bay Canal Light Tower." |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | Color postcard of a small, tower-like building on the side of a road. |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Color photographic postcard view of the Eagle Lighthouse in Peninsula State Park. |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | Color photograph of a range light built in 1870 to guide ships into the harbor at The Ridges Sanctuary, north of Bailey's Harbor, Door County. The Ridges S... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of Cana Island Lighthouse, built in 1869, located between Moonlight Bay and North Bay, Door County, Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the steep shoreline and lighthouse at Eagle Harbor. |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Sherwood Point Lighthouse, Door County, Wisconsin." On reverse: "Sherwood Point Lighthouse is near Potawatomi State Park, north of St... |
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