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Lighthouses at Entrance of Harbor

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Description: View toward the two lighthouses on either side of Kenosha Harbor. The lighthouse on the right has an elevated walkway to the entrance. Caption reads: "Ligh...
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Wind Point Lighthouse

Date: 1960
Description: View of the Wind Point lighthouse.
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Reef Lighthouse

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Description: View of the Reef Lighthouse. Caption reads: "Racine Reef Light House, Racine, Wis."
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Sherwood Point Lighthouse

Date: 1915
Description: Colorized view of the Sherwood Point Lighthouse. Caption reads: "Sherwood Point Light House, Sturgeon Bay, Wis."
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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."
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North Point Lighthouse

Date: 1952
Description: Text on front reads: "Racine, Wis.", "North Point Lighthouse". This is actually the Wind Point Lighthouse on Wind Point, located on the north end of Racine...
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Racine Reef Light House

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Description: Colored postcard view across water toward the 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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Coast Guard Station and Light House

Date: 1959
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Coast Guard Station and Light House at Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal, Door County, Wisconsin." The lighthouse was completed in 1898 but s...
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Eagle Lighthouse, Peninsula State Park

Date: 1957
Description: Color photographic postcard view of the Eagle Lighthouse in Peninsula State Park.
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U.S. Light House

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Description: Illustration of view across water towards a lighthouse and surrounding buildings. Caption reads: "U.S. Light House, Kenosha, Wis."
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Winter Scene at Port Washington

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Description: Postcard view along icy shoreline of the pier and lighthouse on Lake Michigan at Port Washington in winter.
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Winter Scene at Port Washington

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Description: View of ice coated pier and lighthouse along the shore of Lake Michigan. Caption reads: "Winter Scene at Port Washington, Wis."
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Lighthouse

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Description: Winter postcard view of the pier and lighthouse at Port Washington seen from the icy shore of Lake Michigan. Caption reads: "Light House."
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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 ...
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Door County

Date: 1966
Description: A colored map depiction of Door County, Wisconsin, with pictorial highlights, titled: "Door County — Wisconsin's Air Conditioned Peninsula Playground."
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The Light House

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Description: View across water towards a lighthouse and adjoining building at the end of a wharf. A boat is on the lake in the foreground. Caption reads: "The Light Hou...
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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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Winter Scene at Port Washington

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Description: Winter view of the lighthouse at Port Washington from the icy shore of Lake Michigan. Two people can be seen standing on a pier in the distance.

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