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Filter: Year of 1900-1999
| 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: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Colorized view of the Sherwood Point Lighthouse. Caption reads: "Sherwood Point Light House, Sturgeon Bay, 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: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View of the coast guard station from the water with multiple sailors lined up near the shore. Caption reads: "Coast Guard Station, Sturgeon Bay, Door Count... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | View of the Sturgeon Bay ship canal. Caption reads: "Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal." |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | View of the canal. Caption reads: "The Canal, Stugeon[sic] Bay, Wis." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of the main pier and harbor lighthouse from the Lake Michigan shoreline. Caption reads: "Bay and Pier, Racine, Wis." |
| 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: | 1915 |
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| Description: | View across water toward Fort Sumter. Caption reads: "Fort Sumter, Charleston, S. C." |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Large Letter style postcard for Green Bay depicting various scenes in the letters that spell the name of the city. Caption reads: "Greetings from Green Bay... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Group of men on a life saving crew launching a rowboat into Lake Michigan. A long pier with a lighthouse at the end bisects the horizon. Caption reads: "Li... |
| 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... |
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