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| Date: | 1916 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | This version of a 1916 Wisconsin Conservation Commission map shows Peninsula State Park in the Town of Gibraltar, Door County, Wisconsin. Depicted are open... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | This mid-20th century tourist brochure for Bayfield County, Wisconsin, includes a map of the county showing towns, cities and villages, highways and roads,... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Lighthouse built by State Senator William Bray of Oshkosh, on a point where the Fox River empties into Lake Winnebago. |
| Date: | 12 13 1947 |
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| Description: | Design in blue for Wisconsin Centennial 3 cent postage stamp featuring a badger in a subtle "W" design. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View from water of a man with a beard standing on a pier near a small boathouse. In the background is a lighthouse with keeper's house and outbuilding. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Wind Point Lighthouse surrounded by outbuildings and framed by trees. Lake Michigan is in the distance. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Inside of Tuesday luncheon menu for the "South American." Includes drawings of Niagara Falls, New York, Old Fort Mackinac Island, Michigan, Michigan Boulev... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Tinted postcard view of the lighthouse at Port Washington. A U.S. flag flies above the roof at the upper left. Caption reads: "Light House, Port Washington... |
| Date: | 07 04 1931 |
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| Description: | Inside of Saturday dinner menu for the "North American." Includes drawings of Niagara Falls, New York, Old Fort Mackinac Island, Michigan, Michigan Bouleva... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Three children and two adults are stand and sitting around an elderly man wearing a ship captains hat. He is holding a wooden model of a ship. The group of... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A log gate and log-framed sign mark the entrance to the Twin River (Rawley) Point lighthouse. The keeper's house is next to the light and has a turret and ... |
| Date: | 01 08 1958 |
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| Description: | View of Two Rivers Harbor from shoreline towards Lake Michigan. Snow is on the ground, and a fence made of thick posts and cable is along the shoreline on ... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Sturgeon Bay in 1900. Sturgeon Bay Bridge spans the bay and several boats are on the water. A lighthouse sits on a small island in the bay... |
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