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Lake Michigan Freighter

Date: 1910
Description: Lake Michigan freighter with smoke billowing from smokestack. View from from bow looking back toward stern.
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Milwaukee Bathing Beach

Date: 1910
Description: Popular bathing beaches like this one on Lake Michigan offered relief from the heat as well as the opportunity to be seen in the latest fashions of the 191...
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Fishing On Breakwater

Date: 1910
Description: Long row of men in suits and hats fishing on the breakwater.
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Sunrise Over Frozen Lake

Date: 1912
Description: Sunrise over a frozen cliff on Lake Michigan.
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Vilas Flying Boat

Date: 07 01 1913
Description: The Curtiss flying boat in which Jack Vilas made the first flight across Lake Michigan. Vilas, a Chicago businessman, was greeted by a crowd of aerial enth...
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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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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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Aerial View of Green Bay

Date: 1912
Description: Aerial View of Green Bay shoreline.
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George Malone on Lake Michigan

Date: 1910
Description: George Malone and his camera in front of an ice formation on the Milwaukee (Bayview) shoreline of Lake Michigan.
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Cadillac

Date: 1914
Description: A 1914 Cadillac sitting near Lake Michigan. Its body was produced by the W.S. Seaman Company.
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View of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

Date: 1914
Description: View of Sturgeon Bay with the Teweles & Brandeis flour mill across the water on the left.
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Sawyer Harbor

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

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of various buildings with Sturgeon Bay in the background.
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Town and Lake Michigan

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of Sturgeon Bay with multiple buildings in the foreground.
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Railroad Depot

Date: 08 06 1917
Description: Chicago and North Western Railrod depot at the east end of Wisconsin Avenue. Caption on glass plate reads: "South end of Juneau Park extention [sic]...
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Railroad Depot from Juneau Park Bluff

Date: 08 06 1917
Description: Overlooking the Chicago and North Western railroad depot from Juneau Park bluff. Caption on glass plate reads: "Extention [sic] of Juneau Park, show...
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Juneau Park

Date: 05 30 1914
Description: Juneau Park looking north from approximately E. Mason Street, with the Chicago and North Western railroad tracks on the right. The Lake Michigan shoreline ...
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Whaleback Steamer "Christopher Columbus"

Date: 1912
Description: Large crowd of passengers on the whaleback excursion steamer "Christopher Columbus".
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U.S. Government and War Exposition

Date: 09 1918
Description: Elevated view of the U.S. Government War Exposition grounds at Grant Park.
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Pabst Whitefish Bay Resort

Date: 1914
Description: Elevated view of Pabst Whitefish Bay Resort on the shores of Lake Michigan, with crowds of individuals walking up the numerous paths that lead to the resor...

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