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Group on Shore

Date: 1915
Description: Thomas Toft, left, on the rocky shore of Moonlight Bay with the photographer's children, from left, Helen, Alice, Ferdinand Leonard, and Margaret. Alice ho...
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Shivering Sands

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of a two-story house sited beside Shivering Sands Creek where it enters Lake Michigan. There is a rustic footbridge over the stream close to ...
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Cana Island Lighthouse

Date: 1912
Description: The Cana Island lighthouse and keeper's house with the rocky shore in the foreground.
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Cana Island Lighthouse

Date: 1912
Description: Cana Island lighthouse is seen in the far distance across the stony shoreline along Lake Michigan.
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Cows at Sister Bay

Date: 1919
Description: A child and an adult follow a small herd of cattle walking up the dirt road, now Highway 42, north out of Sister Bay. The bell tower of Zion Lutheran Churc...
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Abandoned Farm

Date: 1921
Description: View across snowy field of a shingled house, barn and other outbuildings standing empty near the shore of Lake Michigan at Newport Village.
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Truck on the Ice

Date: 1925
Description: Two men stand in the open back of a pickup truck. The truck, equipped with chains on the rear tires, has driven down a wooden ramp onto the ice. There is...
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Truck on the Ice

Date: 1925
Description: Two men stand in the open bed of a pickup truck as a third person walks away. The truck, equipped with snow tires, is parked on the ice just offshore.
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Truck on the Ice

Date: 1925
Description: Two men stand in the open bed of a pickup truck parked on the ice. There is a rudimentary plank ramp in the foreground. Buildings are faintly visible on t...
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Hotz Family

Date: 1915
Description: Ferdinand Hotz poses with his wife Clothilde (with glasses), son Ferdinand Leonard (Fedy) and one of his daughters on Champagne Rock on Cottage Row.
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Fish Creek Harbor

Date: 1920
Description: Several boats are moored in the protected harbor. An old warehouse stands on a pier. A tall bluff and rock cliff dominates the opposite shoreline.
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Fish Creek

Date: 1920
Description: View along shoreline towards a rustic foot bridge which crosses the mouth of Fish Creek, which separates the village of Fish Creek from Peninsula State Par...
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Fish Creek Harbor

Date: 1924
Description: Elevated view of the photographer's son, Ferdinand Leonard (Fedy) sitting on the bluff overlooking Fish Creek Harbor. The old warehouses are seen on the pi...
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Cana Island Lighthouse

Date: 1920
Description: The Cana Island Lighthouse and keeper's house as seen across the rocky shoreline.
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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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The Road to Fayette

Date: 02 11 1925
Description: A car travels down a narrow road along the shoreline towards the abandoned town of Fayette. There are patches of snow on the ground. Houses are visible in ...
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Furnace Complex

Date: 02 11 1925
Description: View of the large abandoned furnace complex, left, company store, far right, and blacksmith shop behind the company store, on the site of the Jackson Iron ...
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Company Store

Date: 02 1925
Description: There is smoke damage to the bricks evident above the windows of the company store in this view of the ghost town of Fayette. To the right, with dormers, i...
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View of Fayette

Date: 02 1925
Description: An unidentified man looks across Snail Shell Harbor at the remains of the Jackson Iron Company works. The large furnace complex is visible through the tree...
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Abandoned Town

Date: 02 1925
Description: Elevated view of the abandoned town of Fayette. Snail Shell Harbor is in the foreground, with a low warehouse along the boat dock and empty buildings on th...

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