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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...
Photograph

View of Sturgeon Bay

Date: 07 07 1898
Description: View across water of Sturgeon Bay. In the far distance are lighthouses, buildings, and barges along the shoreline.
Map or Atlas

New Shoals Near Waugoshance, Straits of Mackinac

Date: 1902
Description: This map shows shoals near Waugoshance Point. Lighthouses are labeled. Depths are shown by soundings and tints. Relief is shown by hachures. Inset includes...
Map or Atlas

State of Wisconsin

Date: 1931
Description: This U.S. Geological Survey map of Wisconsin shows counties, cities and villages, lighthouses, Indian reservations, military reservations, and bird and gam...
Map or Atlas

Map of Kewaunee County, Wisconsin

Date: 1946
Description: Map of Kewaunee County, Wisconsin, shows towns, cities and villages, roads and highways, railroads, schools, lighthouses, place names, town divisions, comm...
Map or Atlas

Map of Duluth Minnesota and Superior Wisconsin Showing Lines of the Duluth Street Railway Company

Date: 1911
Description: This map of Duluth and Superior shows street car routes, railroads, ferries, some points of interest, and lighthouses. The bottom left of the map reads: "C...
Map or Atlas

A Chart Exhibiting the Light Houses on the Lake Coast of the United States of America

Date: 1848
Description: This map shows lighthouses on part of Lake Superior, Green Bay, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake St. Clair, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, the St. Lawrence River,...
Photograph

Michigan Island Lighthouse

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Description: Michigan Island Lighthouse, Apostle Islands, Lake Superior.
Map or Atlas

Guide to Happy Holidays,Winnebagoland, Wisconsin's Big Lake Area Map: Your Vacations and Weekends Closer to Home

Date: 1938
Description: This map shows roads, parks, golf courses, airports, beaches, docks and harbors, lighthouses, and buoys within Winnebago County and parts of Waushara, Calu...
Postcard

Wind Point Lighthouse

Date: 1960
Description: View of the Wind Point lighthouse.
Map or Atlas

Farmer's 4th sheet, or Map of Wisconsin, Iowa and Northern Part of Illinois

Date: 1848
Description: Wisconsin became the thirtieth state in 1848. Drawn that same year, this map shows township lines, roads, villages, mills, railroads, prairies, swamps, can...
Map or Atlas

Map of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin

Date: 1896
Description: This 1896 map of Racine and Kenosha counties, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, towns, sections, cities, villages and post offices, roads, rail...
Photograph

Devil's Island Lighthouse

Date: 
Description: Lighthouse and buildings on Devil's Island of the Apostle Islands.
Photograph

Outer Island Lighthouse

Date: 1950
Description: Lighthouse on Outer Island of the Apostle Islands.
Poster

New York Central Lines New England Poster

Date: 1947
Description: An original lithograph promoting New York Central Lines railway and the area of New England, deemed "America's Historic Summerland" in the poster. Featurin...
Map or Atlas

State of Wisconsin

Date: 1912
Description: This map from the U.S. General Land Office shows railroads, counties, cities and villages, rivers, lakes, U.S. Land Offices, Indian reservations, military ...
Photograph

Eagle Harbor Lighthouse, Peninsula State Park

Date: 1960
Description: A view of the Eagle Harbor Lighthouse.
Map or Atlas

Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1880
Description: Map of Wisconsin including the eastern portions on Minnesota, Iowa, northern Illinois, and the western most portion of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, showing ...
Map or Atlas

Peninsula State Park, Door County, Wisconsin

Date: 1916
Description: This Wisconsin Conservation Commission map from 1916 shows Peninsula State Park in the Town of Gibraltar, Door County, Wisconsin. Depicted are open and pla...
Photograph

U.S. Lighthouse, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

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

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