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| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Ferdinand Leonard (Fedy) Hotz, far left, sisters Helen, left, and Alice, sit with Thomas Toft on the rocky shore near the Baileys Harbor lighthouse. A rowb... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored postcard showing the lighthouse and fog signal at Devil's Island in the Apostle Islands. Caption reads: "Apostle Islands, Wis. Devil's Island,... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored postcard view of Lover's Leap in Sturgeon Bay during winter. The view is from the frozen lake looking toward a lighthouse on shore. Caption re... |
| Date: | 01 06 1958 |
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| Description: | View from jetty out towards Lake Michigan entrance to Ship Canal. A large tank, streetlamp and buildings are on the left. On the opposite jetty is a lighth... |
| Date: | 07 21 1960 |
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| Description: | View from Oconto looking out into Green Bay Channel, which is often too shallow between the log pilings and lighthouse. Boats and docks are docked along th... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | This map shows roads, parks, swimming beaches, golf courses, yacht harbors, light houses, airports, public hunting grounds, waysides, schools, and fishing ... |
| Date: | 07 21 1985 |
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| Description: | Portrait of a uniformed man leaning on a large lighthouse lens. Caption reads: "US National Park Ranger Jim Mack (above), leaning on a giant fresnel lens t... |
| Date: | 07 21 1985 |
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| Description: | View of a man and a woman looking over a railing, with binoculars and a telescopic lens at hand. Caption reads: "Light keeper John Foote and researcher Lau... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | South entrance; an open car with two people is crossing the bridge. Stone lions flank the bridge on each corner. A lighthouse is in the background. Caption... |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | View from water of Devil's Island lighthouse located above sandstone caves and arches in the Apostle Islands of Lake Superior. Caption reads: "Devil's Isla... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | View of the Plum Island rear range lighthouse from the end of the pier. The brick house was home to the lighthouse keeper and the first and second assistan... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | A detailed map of Michigan Island and Gull Island in the Apostle Islands group (T51N, R1W, 4 M) that shows sections, landowners, the Michigan Island Lighth... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored postcard view of a pier and lighthouse at night. The moon shines through clouds, and light shines in two directions from the beacon on top of ... |
| Date: | 07 04 1947 |
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| Description: | Group of people standing in the yard in front of the lighthouse. The verso has this annotation: "'Eagle Light' Lighthouse, Peninsula Park, Fish Creek, Wi... |
| Date: | 01 09 1958 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from bluff of the harbor towards the southeast. At the end of a jetty is a lighthouse on the left. The water is frozen along the shoreline. T... |
| Date: | 07 27 1960 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline at Port Washington south of two ramps within a breakwater. There is a lighthouse in the background. Boats are along a pier on the right... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | This map shows railroads, towns, lights, lights to be established, fog signals, light-vessels, lighted buoys, light-house depots, and light-house reservati... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | This blue line print map shows land use, cables, U.S.L.S.S. walk and clearing, and front and rear range lights on the Porte des Morts Passage. Tree types a... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | The Manitowoc Breakwater Lighthouse entered service in 1918, was automated in 1971 and sold in 2009. The lighthouse is located on the end of a 400 foot bre... |
| 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. |
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