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Boynton Chapel

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Description: Privately built chapel, decorated in Norwegian style by Mr. and Mrs. Boynton.
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Wayside Shrine

Date: 1930
Description: One-room building out in a field, with a cross above the doorway. Trees stand to the left and right of the shrine, and a fence and gate surround it.
Postcard

U.S. Lighthouse in Fish Creek

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Description: U.S. Lighthouse with people standing in the yard next to it. Caption reads: "U. S. Lighthouse, Fish Creek Wis."
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Richmond Memorial Park Marker

Date: 1929
Description: Richmond Memorial Park Marker with John Donald and Professor Aust seated on either side of it. The marker is located in Gibralter Rock, Wisconsin. It reads...
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Pottawatomie Lighthouse

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Description: Exterior view of the "Pottawatomie" lighthouse in snowy expanse of land, with the lake in the background.
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Totem Pole in Peninsula State Park

Date: 1930
Description: A totem pole erected in 1927 in honor of the aboriginal inhabitants of Wisconsin. Potawatomi chief Simon Onanguisse Kahquados (1851-November 27, 1930), an ...
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Lighthouse Stairs and Dock

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Description: The stairs and dock at the lighthouse on Rock Island.
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Thordarson Garden Entrance

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Description: The entrance to the garden framed by a decorative wooden gate.
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Thordarson Garden Fish Pond

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Description: Chester Thordarson stands in his garden with a friend near the fish pond, which has a fountain.
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Public Library

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Description: Exterior view of the Sturgeon Bay Public Library, which opened in 1913 after a Carnegie Grant. Above the arched main entrance a sign reads, "Free Library."
Postcard

Totem Pole in Peninsula State Park

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Description: The totem pole has a carved wooden bear clinging to the top. The totem pole was erected in 1927 in honor of the aboriginal inhabitants of Wisconsin. Potawa...
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Highway Bridge

Date: 01 06 1958
Description: View from snowy shoreline of Highway Bridge, the east approach. The lake is frozen. Just beyond the shoreline a boat is moored at a landing, and an automob...
Postcard

Summer Resort

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Description: The Hillside Resort in Ephraim. There is a church in the background on the left. Caption reads: "Summer Resort, Ephraim, Wis."
Postcard

Ephraim, Wis.

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Description: Village of Ephraim, as viewed from the bottom of a hill, with a shoreline on the right. Includes churches and dwellings, and a curving road leading up the ...
Postcard

Bathing Beach

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Description: View from dunes towards a beach with bathers. The main dock and Peninsula State Park are in the distance. Caption reads: "Bathing Beach - Fish Creek, Wis."
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Anderson Dock

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Description: View of Anderson Dock through trees from the shoreline. Graffiti, covers the building.
Postcard

In the State Park

Date: 07 19 1917
Description: View of a small foot bridge over a stream. This postcard was sent to a Miss M.S. Fester at the State Historical Library, who donated it on May 2, 1918. On ...

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