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Central Farm

Date: 1919
Description: Weathered farm buildings stand beside a dirt road. Behind the buildings, the orchard is in bloom.
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Newport House

Date: 1920
Description: Clothes hang on the line behind a large wood frame house. The roof is in need of repair. The photographer's wife, Clothilde, holds a dachsund in a car par...
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House at Newport

Date: 1924
Description: Laundry hangs on the line behind an old wooden farmhouse which has several porches. The lawn is overgrown; there are outbuildings in the background.
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Wetlands

Date: 1920
Description: Trees are reflected in shallow water in the wetlands in Fish Creek Valley near the Thorp and Vorous farms in spring. The tower and other buildings of the H...
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North Bay

Date: 1942
Description: A sailboat is moored to a wooden pier at North Bay. There is an old wooden building in the background across a marsh area.
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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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Cabin on the Shore

Date: 1926
Description: View of rustic cabin with a large stone chimney standing by the shore. There is another house or boathouse in the far background near the remains of a pier...
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Log Buildings

Date: 1926
Description: Two deteriorating log buildings stand in a stony meadow. There is a stone fence on the left and trees beyond.
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Wrecked Boat in Winter

Date: 1920
Description: An unidentified man poses near a wrecked boat. A log house with two lean-to additions is behind him and there is a smaller log building on the left. Snow c...
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Farm Scene

Date: 1920
Description: Cows stand in shallow water in a rolling pasture in what is now Peninsula State Park. There is an old log building in the background.
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Kincaid

Date: 1915
Description: David Kincaid sits in a sulky harnessed to a horse in front of an old log building. Lake Michigan provides the backdrop. Kincaid was the caretaker of the...
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Baileys Harbor

Date: 1915
Description: The Baileys Harbor Coast Guard Life Saving Station viewed from between a fishing boat and a pier warehouse. The station's pier extends into the harbor and ...
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Field of Flowers

Date: 1920
Description: A car, left, is parked beside a field of blooming daisies. There is an old log cabin in the background.
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Two Men in front of Barn

Date: 1921
Description: Two men pose in front of a large barn at Newport Village. The barn was used to store lumber.
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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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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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Lundberg Home

Date: 1915
Description: An older story and a half wood frame house with a one-story addition on the left and lean-to on the right stands near the Green Bay shore. It is identified...
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Lundberg Home

Date: 1915
Description: View from pier of the Lundberg home, with outbuildings along the Green Bay shore at Juddville. A platform with tower and ladder rests on the beach. This li...
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Abandoned Cabin

Date: 1920
Description: A small abandoned log cabin stands among tall conifers and overgrown brush. There is very little chinking remaining and no glass in the window. The cabin h...
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Gills Rock

Date: 09 06 1937
Description: Men and women are standing around the ferry landing at Gills Rock. Automobiles are parked along the drive. Fishing nets on dryers are stacked at left, in f...

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