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| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored postcard showing the lighthouse and fog signal at Devil's Island in the Apostle Islands. Caption reads: "Apostle Islands, Wis. Devil's Island,... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored postcard view of a pier and lighthouse at night. The moon shines through clouds, and light shines in two directions from the beacon on top of ... |
| 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: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored postcard view of a pier and lighthouse at the entrance to Milwaukee's harbor. Two people sail in a small boat to the right of the lighthouse, ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Postcard view of three men on an elevated walk on an icy pier near the shoreline. A women and young boy stand on the pier below the walk. There is a lighth... |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | Color postcard of a small, tower-like building on the side of a road. |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | A colored map depiction of Door County, Wisconsin, with pictorial highlights, titled: "Door County — Wisconsin's Air Conditioned Peninsula Playground." |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Color photographic postcard view of the Cana Island U.S. Lighthouse surrounded by a green lawn. There is a hand pump near the building. |
| 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: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Tinted postcard of the lighthouse and a light tower at the end of a pier. A small boat with two passengers is on the water. This would be the Racine North ... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View of a Lake Michigan lighthouse, and a house with a man standing on the porch. Caption reads: "Light House, Manitowoc, Wis." |
| Date: | 12 22 1908 |
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| Description: | Text reads: "Views of Racine, Wis." A collage of 12 postcards with views of buildings, landmarks and ships. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Life Saving Station, Racine, Wis." Located at the mouth of the Root River, the Life Saving Station is the white structure. It was add... |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Wisconsin's North Coast." A man is standing on the side deck of a boat, and in the distance is the Raspberry Island Lighthouse with a... |
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