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Downtown Fish Creek

Date: 1910
Description: View from hill towards downtown Fish Creek, with the buildings and ground covered in snow. There is a road in the foreground leading off to the left. The b...
Book or Pamphlet

Pottawatomie Lighthouse

Date: 
Description: Exterior view of the "Pottawatomie" lighthouse in snowy expanse of land, with the lake in the background.
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Snow and Ice Along Shoreline

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated winter scene with Sylvester Dankoler (b. 1895) standing on ice and mounds of snow near a broken pier along a shoreline. The shadow of the photogra...
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Piles of Snow in front of Storefronts

Date: 1900
Description: Winter scene of a Sturgeon Bay street. The exteriors of storefronts are piled high with banks of snow. Signage reads "O.E. Klug & Co. Hardware" and "O.E. ...
Print

Winter Morning at Sister Bay

Date: 1949
Description: Holiday card of the Sister Bay lakeshore. Three figures are on the shore. Two boathouses, a covered boat, a pier, and two upright boats are in the backgrou...
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Fish Creek

Date: 1918
Description: Winter scene looking east on Main Street (Highway 42), with wooden commercial buildings on both sides of the street. The building on the left, 4168 Main St...
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Road in Winter

Date: 1924
Description: Winter scene with a snow-covered road bordered by stone walls and pillars on Cottage Row Road. Birches and evergreens line the road.
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Sleigh on Door County Harbor

Date: 02 1924
Description: A single horse pulls an enclosed sleigh across a frozen Door County harbor. Houses and a church are visible onshore.
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Church in Winter

Date: 02 1924
Description: View from behind of two horses (probably pulling a sleigh) on a snowy road, now Highway 42, near Zion Lutheran Church in Sister Bay. The horse on the left ...
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Main Street in Winter

Date: 02 1924
Description: Three men stand behind a horse-drawn enclosed sleigh in front of the Lundberg Store on Fish Creek's Main Street. There is a second sleigh and horse in the ...
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Sleighing

Date: 02 1924
Description: A horse and enclosed sleigh pause on Egg Harbor Road.
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Sleighing on Ephraim Bay

Date: 02 1924
Description: Winter scene with a team of horses standing harnessed to an enclosed bobsled on snow- and ice-covered Ephraim Bay.
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Winter Lane

Date: 02 1924
Description: A small log sided building with roof ventilator, among other buildings, stands near the Wilms house along Cottage Row Road outside of Fish Creek. A low sto...
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Egg Harbor Road

Date: 1924
Description: A rustic lattice fence encloses the Hotz family compound on Egg Harbor Road (Highway 42) outside of Fish Creek. There is deep snow on the ground and frost ...
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Boathouse and Bathhouse

Date: 1924
Description: A small wood frame boathouse with a double door, and a bathhouse stand near the Hotz cottage on the shore near Fish Creek Beach. Both have rustic twig rail...
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Fish Creek Corner in Winter

Date: 1924
Description: View looking southeast at the corner of Main (Egg Harbor Road) and Spruce Streets. Snow is on the ground. A neoclassical house (the Noble house) with front...
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Man with Walking Stick

Date: 1923
Description: A man with a walking stick stands on the shore of frozen Europe Lake. The Hotz boat house and pier are in the background.
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Hotz Cottage in Winter

Date: 1923
Description: A man stands on the rustic porch of the Hotz cottage on Europe Lake. There is a single set of tire tracks in the snow on the drive.
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Stone Garage and Tower

Date: 1920
Description: View of the stone garage and tower at the Hotz Fish Creek compound on Egg Harbor Road, now Highway 42. There is a rustic lattice fence and gate along the r...
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Egg Harbor Road

Date: 04 1920
Description: A late snow covers the trees and a rustic fence along Egg Harbor Road, now Highway 42, near the Hotz cottages outside of Fish Creek.

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