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Locked Antlers

Date: 02 1924
Description: Two dead bucks with locked antlers are nearly buried in snow. The heads were mounted and hung in the Hotz family Europe Lake cottage until they were stolen...
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Mr. Kincaid on Stairs

Date: 02 1924
Description: The caretaker, carrying a lantern, poses on stairs leading up from the log outhouse at the Hotz Europe Lake compound. There is hoar frost on the trees and ...
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Newport

Date: 02 1924
Description: Three men pose on logs as a fourth walks toward them; there are axes and snowshoes on the ground. A large log barn, outhouse, and other buildings are in th...
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Europe Bay

Date: 1923
Description: Sunlight glints off the water under a threatening sky.
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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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Lake Michigan Ice

Date: 04 1922
Description: Large slabs and piles of ice line the rocky shoreline of Lake Michigan, possibly at Europe Bay.
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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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Europe Bay in Winter

Date: 1925
Description: View from water of a man with a long walking stick posing near a wooden boathouse on Europe Bay. There is ice on the water near the shore.
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Cottage in Winter

Date: 1925
Description: Winter view of the Hotz family cottage at Europe Lake, showing the massive chimney and rustic railing and lattice.
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Locked Antlers

Date: 02 1924
Description: Two dead whitetail bucks with locked antlers, in deep snow near a rock outcropping.
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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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Locked Antlers

Date: 1924
Description: Two men hold the heads of a pair of whitetail bucks with locked antlers. There is a boy and a dog in the background near a rock outcropping and snow is on ...
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Young Loon

Date: 1928
Description: A juvenile loon stands in the snow on the hill above Europe Lake. The Hotz boathouse, with its walkway and rustic railing, is in the background.
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The Hotz Sawmill

Date: 01 1928
Description: The sawmill at Newport in winter, with logs and lumber stacked nearby.
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Hemlock Logging

Date: 01 1928
Description: A man sits on a load of logs on a sled while driving a team of two horses through the woods.
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Dragging Logs

Date: 01 1928
Description: A man drives a horse which is harnessed with a chain to a hemlock log.
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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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