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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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Cana Island

Date: 1920
Description: View from beach across Spike Horn Bay towards Cana Island and the Cana Island Light.
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Lighthouse at The Ridges Sanctuary in Door County

Date: 1962
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...
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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...
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Apple Blossom Time in Door County

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Description: Kodachrome postcard of a woman standing in the grass in a blossoming apple orchard. She is holding blooms in her hands.
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Cana Island Lighthouse

Date: 1957
Description: Photographic postcard view of Cana Island Lighthouse, built in 1869, located between Moonlight Bay and North Bay, Door County, Wisconsin.
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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."
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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 ...
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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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Buck Sitting in Tall Grass

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Description: A buck is sitting in tall grass on the Aqualand Campgrounds. A doe is sitting in the grass in the background on the left. There is a building among trees o...
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Commercial Fishing Nets Drying

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Description: Commercial fishing nets dry on a net reel at Gordon Lodge.
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Whitefish Bay

Date: 1967
Description: View across grass and sand towards a young couple, a man and woman, holding hands and walking along the shoreline of Whitefish Bay. Trees are along the cur...
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Standing in the Cherry Blossoms

Date: 05 1971
Description: A woman wearing a green striped cape and green pants is standing amongst the cherry blossoms in an orchard.
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Anderson Dock

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Description: View of Anderson Dock through trees from the shoreline. Graffiti, covers the building.
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Beach on Lake Michigan

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Description: Grass, plants, and trees are growing out of a white sand dune. Beyond the dune is Lake Michigan.
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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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Lover's Leap, Idlewild

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Description: Color postcard across water towards a rock formation. Waves are breaking against the rocks below. In the upper-right corner of the postcard are cherries on...
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Dugout Canoe

Date: 1925
Description: A Native American dugout canoe resting on the shore of Europe Lake.

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