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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...
Map or Atlas

Map of Sheboygan Wisconsin

Date: 1914
Description: This map shows Sheboygan in 1914. The top of the map has the date of "NOV 17 1916" stamped in red ink. The map shows numbered plots and labeled streets, an...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Aerial View of Green Bay

Date: 1912
Description: Aerial View of Green Bay shoreline.
Postcard

Harbor Entrance

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of the harbor entrance. Caption reads: "Harbor Entrance, Green Bay, Wis."
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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.
Postcard

Eichelman Park

Date: 1918
Description: The Lake Michigan shoreline from Eichelman Park. In the distance is a smokestack and industrial buildings. Caption reads: "Scene on Lake Michigan from Eich...
Photograph

Cadillac

Date: 1914
Description: A 1914 Cadillac sitting near Lake Michigan. Its body was produced by the W.S. Seaman Company.
Photograph

View of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

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

Sherwood Point Lighthouse

Date: 1915
Description: Colorized view of the Sherwood Point Lighthouse. Caption reads: "Sherwood Point Light House, Sturgeon Bay, Wis."
Photograph

Sawyer Harbor

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

Lover's Leap

Date: 1910
Description: View of Lover's Leap, with a group of people posing on the rocks and sailboats in the background. Caption reads: "Lover's Leap, Sturgeon Bay, Wis."
Postcard

Sturgeon Bay Harbor

Date: 1910
Description: A springtime harbor scene from Sturgeon Bay. Chunks of ice are floating on the surface of the water. Caption reads: "Harbor scene at springtime. Sturgeon B...
Postcard

Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal

Date: 1915
Description: View of the Sturgeon Bay ship canal. Caption reads: "Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal."
Postcard

The Canal, Sturgeon Bay

Date: 1913
Description: View of the canal. Caption reads: "The Canal, Stugeon[sic] Bay, Wis."

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