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View of the City of Milwaukee

Date: 1856
Description: View looking west from Lake Michigan with several steam ships and sailing vessels in harbor. There is a lighthouse to left of center, along shoreline.
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Transit Company Dinner Menu

Date: 07 04 1931
Description: Inside of Saturday dinner menu for the "North American." Includes drawings of Niagara Falls, New York, Old Fort Mackinac Island, Michigan, Michigan Bouleva...
Postcard

Whaleback Steamer "Christopher Columbus"

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Description: The screw passenger excursion vessel, "Christopher Columbus," being towed into the Milwaukee harbor past a breakwater. Milwaukee North Pier Inner Light in ...
Postcard

Delavan Lake

Date: 1910
Description: View of the north shore of Delavan Lake with a lighthouse in the background. Also known as "Red Top" and "L.P. Sutter's." Caption reads: North Shore, Delav...
Photograph

Lakeside Park Shoreline

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Description: View across water towards the shoreline on the right, with a lighthouse in the distance.
Photograph

Stubby Sentinel

Date: 1954
Description: View down road towards the Fond du Lac lighthouse, built in 1933. There are cumulus clouds in the sky, and pine trees are lining the shore.
Postcard

Grassy Island Lighthouse

Date: 1920
Description: View across water toward the lighthouse. Caption reads: "Grassy Island Lighthouse, Green Bay, Wis."
Postcard

Old Stone Tower and House

Date: 1898
Description: Caption reads: "Old Stone Tower and House, Long Tail Point, Green Bay, Wis." Water and a marshy area are in the foreground.
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Old Light House at Long Tail Point

Date: 1910
Description: Caption reads: "Old Light House at Long Tail Point, Green Bay, Wis." Built in 1859. A marshy area is in the foreground, and a long pier leads to the new li...
Postcard

Split Rock Lighthouse

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Description: View along rocky shoreline toward the lighthouse. Caption reads: "Split Rock Lighthouse on north shore of Lake Superior."
Photograph

U.S. Lighthouse, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

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Description: View of a U.S. lighthouse and Coast Guard station.
Photograph

Canal Lighthouse, Sturgeon Bay

Date: 1953
Description: View across water towards the Sturgeon Bay Canal Lighthouse, with a group of people in a motorboat in the foreground.
Postcard

Plum Island Light House

Date: 1907
Description: The Ruins of the old Light House on Plum Island near Sturgeon Bay. Caption at bottom reads: "Ruins of Old Light House on Plum Island," "Made expressly for ...
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Coast Guard Station

Date: 1900
Description: View of the coast guard station from the water with multiple sailors lined up near the shore. Caption reads: "Coast Guard Station, Sturgeon Bay, Door Count...
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Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal

Date: 1915
Description: View of the Sturgeon Bay ship canal. Caption reads: "Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal."
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The Canal, Sturgeon Bay

Date: 1913
Description: View of the canal. Caption reads: "The Canal, Stugeon[sic] Bay, Wis."
Painting

Manitowoc From the North Side

Date: 1856
Description: View of Manitowoc from the north side.
Postcard

Wind Point Lighthouse

Date: 1960
Description: View of the Wind Point lighthouse.
Postcard

Reef Lighthouse

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Description: View of the Reef Lighthouse. Caption reads: "Racine Reef Light House, Racine, Wis."
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Lake Michigan Shoreline

Date: 1910
Description: View of the main pier and harbor lighthouse from the Lake Michigan shoreline. Caption reads: "Bay and Pier, Racine, Wis."

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