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Penisular Power Company

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Description: Panoramic group portrait of workers, who are building the Penisular Power Company, located on the Brule River.
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Imperial Hotel Brochure Page

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Description: Page from the brochure entitled "Gold Fish Pond."
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Buckstaff-Edwards Co. Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Buckstaff-Edwards Company of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, manufacturers of coffins and caskets and wholesale dealers in caskets and undertaking supp...
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Tigerton Post Office Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Post Office at Tigerton, Wisconsin, with a stock Chinoiserie image of a man standing and a woman holding a fan sitting in either a boat o...
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West Side Fuel Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the West Side Fuel Company of Port Washington, Wisconsin, with cartoon-style drawings, printed in black ink, of workers mining coal with a pi...
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Rigadoon Room Luncheon Menu

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Description: Luncheon menu from the Rigadoon Room in the Edgewater Hotel, with a gargoyle figure against a background of tied-back drapery, and spot illustrations of th...
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Hansen's Scandia Restaurant Menu

Date: 1953
Description: Front and back of one-page menu from the Scandia Restaurant, with a whimsical cartoon map rendering by Hakon Mielche of the Scandinavian countries and the ...
Postcard

Curtiss Flying Boat at Trout Lake

Date: 1915
Description: View from shoreline of Trout Lake of a group of six men posed with the pilot, possibly Jack Vilas, on an early seaplane or flying boat floating in the wate...
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Cutting Ice

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Description: View from ice of men from the CCC group at Camp Petenwell cutting ice. Three men stand on the ice on the right. A steep bank surrounds the icy water. Men a...
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Harvesting Ice

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Description: View across ice towards a group of men, employees of the Conklin Ice House, which is in the distance, guiding horses pulling ice cutters. The horses are we...
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Conklin Ice House

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of men posing on horse-drawn wagons parked in front of the Conklin Ice House. In the background on the right is Lake Mendota.
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Harvesting Ice on Lake Mendota

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Description: View across ice on Lake Mendota towards men using long poles to maneuver ice up to the conveyor belt to the Conklin Ice House.
Map or Atlas

Door County Arts Map

Date: 2012
Description: This map includes a descriptive index of galleries and studios with color illustrations, on both sides.
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Group of Men with Seaplane

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Description: View from shoreline towards a group of men sitting and standing on a seaplane pulled up to the shoreline. The pilot is standing in the cockpit. List of na...
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Jack Vilas & Weaver

Date: 1915
Description: Caption reads: "Jack Vilas & Weaver." View along front of seaplane, with two men sitting inside. Both men have goggles. Water is in the background.
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Esther Van Wagoner Tufty in Hawaii

Date: 1952
Description: Typewritten note on Royal Hawaiian stationery reads: "Royal Hawaiian, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A. Esther Van Wagoner Tufty, Washington D.C. war correspondent ...

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