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Europe Lake Boathouse

Date: 1921
Description: View from shoreline of a boy rowing a small boat with a girl seated aft as a woman watches them from the walkway to a boathouse. The walkway, with its rust...
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Pier at North Bay

Date: 1920
Description: View from lawn of small boats which have been pulled onto the shore alongside a pier at North Bay. White cedars (arbor vitae) grow along the pier and on sh...
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Skating on Europe Bay

Date: 02 1924
Description: A man skates near the shore of Europe Bay.
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Two Men on Shore

Date: 1923
Description: Two men, including Ferdinand L. (Fedy) Hotz, left, stand on the west shore of Spider Island off Door County. There is a small boat with an outboard motor ...
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Mink River

Date: 1923
Description: An unidentified man poses near a makeshift pier on the Mink River. A small boat with outboard motor is tied to the pier. The photographer's son Fedy (Ferd...
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Fishing on Rogers Lake

Date: 1923
Description: View down hill of Fedy (Ferdinand Leonard) Hotz fishing while another man sits with him in a small boat with outboard motor. An oar rests in its lock.
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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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Dugout Canoe

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

Date: 02 1924
Description: Winter scene with an unidentified man pausing while snowshoeing. He carries a long walking stick.
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Man on Snowshoes

Date: 1924
Description: A man poses on snowshoes, using a long walking stick in a wooded, snow-covered landscape.
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Snowshoeing

Date: 1924
Description: A man, likely Ferdinand Hotz, on short snowshoes carrying a long walking stick and his coat. A camera case and pair of ice skates hang from straps around h...
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Sawing Logs

Date: 01 1928
Description: Two men use a crosscut saw to cut a hemlock log while a third watches. A splitting maul and a splitting wedge rest on a tree stump in the foreground. Smoke...
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Skiers

Date: 01 1928
Description: Winter scene with Ferdinand Hotz, holding a cigarette, posing on skis. His wife, Clothilde, stands on the left with a long walking stick; daughter Helen (L...
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Lunch in the Woods North of Lake Europe

Date: 1919
Description: Three men enjoy a picnic; the man on the right smokes a cigar.
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Foss Dock

Date: 1920
Description: View from the water of Washington Harbor on Washington Island. There are boats moored and warehouses along the pier. Fishing nets dry on racks on the shore...

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