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Jackson Harbor

Date: 1964
Description: Jackson Harbor on Washington Island.
Photograph

Anderson's Dock

Date: 
Description: Anderson's Dock, Detroit Harbor in Washington Island.
Manuscript

Fortifications at Washington, D.C.

Date: 04 1862
Description: Stationery depicting the fortifications around Washington, D.C., during the second year of the Civil War: Arlington Heights, directly across the Potomac Ri...
Photograph

Lakefront View

Date: 08 23 1964
Description: View of Lake Michigan as seen from the lakefront property owned by Mr. Lloyd Lehman. Mrs. Lehman, and a neighbor, Patti O'Connell, attempt to set a dinner ...
Photograph

Rock Island

Date: 08 20 1964
Description: View over fishing boat of Rock Island, as seen from Jackson Harbor.
Photograph

Rock Formation

Date: 08 23 1964
Description: A large rock outcropping covered with trees and plants on a rocky beach of Lake Michigan.
Photograph

Grove of Cedar Trees

Date: 08 22 1964
Description: A grove of cedar trees on Schoolhouse Beach. Lake Michigan is visible through the trees and a picnic table is placed near the shoreline.
Photograph

Ferry Boats

Date: 08 24 1964
Description: View from shoreline of two ferry boats in Lake Michigan. These two boats were once used as Mackinac Straits ferry boats and were later used as potato packi...
Photograph

Dilapidated Boat Dock

Date: 08 20 1964
Description: View towards horizon of old boat dock extending into Lake Michigan, as seen from the West Harbor of Washington Island. The dock is surrounded by plants and...
Photograph

Setting Sun

Date: 08 19 1964
Description: View from rocky shoreline of a sun setting through thin clouds over Lake Michigan. A pier juts out over pilings on the right, and a far shoreline is along ...
Photograph

Rocky Shoreline

Date: 08 23 1964
Description: View from a rocky shoreline of a tree-lined peninsula in the distance.
Photograph

Cedar Tree on Shoreline

Date: 10 19 1964
Description: Cedar tree on shoreline looking out to an old pier over pilings and rocks. There is a building or boathouse on it. This is a former fishing settlement west...
Poster

Travel By Train, Washington, D.C. Travel Poster

Date: 1934
Description: An original lithograph promoting Washington, D.C. as "the city that every American should know," and to get there by way of train travel. The poster depict...
Photograph

Capitol Christmas Tree

Date: 1983
Description: Elevated view of crowd gathered in front of the U.S. Capitol for the lighting of the Capitol Christmas Tree. The tree was cut in the Chequamegon National F...
Map or Atlas

Plan of the City of Washington

Date: 1792
Description: Map of Washington D.C. Labeled on the map are all the main streets, the site of the Capitol and the President's House. The map also shows the relationship ...
Map or Atlas

Washington Island

Date: 1941
Description: This 1941 tourist map of Washington Island, Wisconsin, shows points of interest and places of business. Some information is shown pictorially. Rock, Hog, D...
Photograph

Eagle Lake

Date: 1931
Description: Bare trees are silhouetted against the sunlight reflected on Eagle Lake.
Photograph

Ohnstein Cottage

Date: 1931
Description: View from water of a child playing near a playpen on the lawn of a one and one-half story cottage on a slope along the shore of a lake. There is a stone se...
Photograph

Posing Next to a Well

Date: 1950
Description: Three women and man posing next to a water well under a pavilion in a park. The women pose while the man pretends to drink from a bucket.
Photograph

Washington Monument

Date: 1950
Description: View across water of the Washington Monument from the Constitution Gardens Pond.

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