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First Train

Date: 05 03 1948
Description: Elevated view of a Chicago and Northwestern passenger train, which is the first across a new bridge in Sheboygan. There is a group of people standing near ...
Photograph

Aerial View of Power Plant

Date: 1930
Description: Aerial view of the construction of the Wisconsin Power and Light Company power plant on the shore of Lake Michigan.
Photograph

Child at Terry Andrae State Park

Date: 1938
Description: Small child standing on the shoreline of a sandy beach, looking out at the waves, at Terry Andrae State Park on Lake Michigan.
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Terry Andrae State Park Beach

Date: 
Description: View along shoreline showing the wide sandy swimming beach along Lake Michigan at Terry Andrae State Park. Two people are on the shoreline.
Map or Atlas

Sketch Showing the Condition Sheboygan Harbor, Wis.

Date: 1865
Description: This map shows the harbor with proposed extensions and the shore line as it appeared in 1865. Depths are shown by soundings.
Photograph

Smelt Rigging

Date: 04 1938
Description: Elevated view from shoreline towards a boy using a single paddle to propel a small rowboat on the Sheboygan River. There are five rigs set up along the sho...
Photograph

Blue Heron

Date: 1970
Description: A Blue Heron is standing on a breakwater in Lake Michigan. The Sheboygan Breakwater Lighthouse is on the horizon.
Postcard

High School, West Front

Date: 09 08 1923
Description: Text on front reads: "High School, West Front, Sheboygan, Wis." The school was named Sheboygan High School from 1922-1938, then Sheboygan Central High Scho...
Postcard

Looking East

Date: 1930
Description: Text on front reads: "Looking East, Sheboygan, Wis." Elevated view of the city surrounding the Sheboygan River. There are many industrial buildings near th...
Postcard

Bathing Beach

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Bathing Beach, Sheboygan, Wis." View from water towards a large beach on the Lake Michigan shoreline. There is a crowd on the sand an...
Postcard

Ice Scene on the Pier

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Ice Scene on the Pier, Sheboygan, Wis." Ice streamers hang from a pier leading to a lighthouse on Lake Michigan's shore.
Postcard

Two Views of Sheboygan

Date: 08 10 1919
Description: Text on front reads: "On the Sheboygan River, Sheboygan, Wis., Elks Club." The view on top is of people in a boat on a river with trees and shrubs on the s...
Postcard

West of the City

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "West of the City, Sheboygan, Wis." A view of the city looking towards the lake, with a locomotive on the right rounding the bend and ...
Postcard

Sheboygan River and Belt Line Bridge

Date: 1911
Description: Text on front reads: "Sheboygan River and Belt Line Bridge, Sheboygan, Wis." Elevated view of a trestle bridge over the river. Two bridges cross the river...
Postcard

Yacht Basin on Lake Michigan

Date: 1958
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Yacht Basin on Lake Michigan. Sheboygan, Wisconsin." View from shore towards a long "L" shaped concrete dock with many boats moored...

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