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The Landing of Jean Nicolet

Date: 1904
Description: Jean Nicolet (1598-1642) was the first European to see Wisconsin and was a prominent French explorer who, for many years, lived among the Indians of Quebec...
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Beach on Lake Michigan

Date: 1939
Description: A beach on Lake Michigan near the Milwaukee Yacht Club. Men, women, and children relax on the beach. In the background many boats are on the water.
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Winter Sculpture

Date: 1948
Description: View across grass towards a tree on the shore of Lake Michigan which has accumulated ice from the waves and spray.
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Fish Creek

Date: 08 11 1950
Description: Aerial view of Eagle Harbor.
Photograph

Jean Nicolet Statue

Date: 1951
Description: Jean Nicolet Monument by Bedore.
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Harbor Light

Date: 1951
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...
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Lonely Lighthouse

Date: 1952
Description: Rawley Point Lighthouse, located in the Point Beach State Forest. It is 111 feet tall.
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Winter's End: the Open Bay

Date: 1954
Description: Birch trees in the snow on the shore of Lake Michigan.
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Windswept Point

Date: 1955
Description: Wind Point Lighthouse surrounded by outbuildings and framed by trees. Lake Michigan is in the distance.
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Rockbound Shore

Date: 1956
Description: View along a rocky shoreline lined with trees. The stump of a tree is in the foreground.
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High Cliff Park

Date: 1962
Description: Pine trees at the edge of the rocky shoreline in High Cliff Park on Lake Michigan.
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The Beach

Date: 09 1963
Description: Elevated view of a two people strolling on Algoma Beach.
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Boats in Harbor

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Description: Elevated view of commercial boats in Manitowoc Harbor.

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