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Lighthouse and Pier
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Tinted postcard of the lighthouse and a light tower at the end of a pier. A small boat with two passengers is on the water. This would be the Racine North Breakwater Lighthouse, and the Racine North Pierhead Light. Around 1916, the pierhead tower was moved and replaced with a post light. Caption reads: "Lighthouse and Pier, Racine, Wis."
before 1916
E.C. Kropp Co.
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WHi 133634
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12000971
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1910
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Picturesque Fisherman's Docks
circa 1910-1919
Color photographic postcard of the fisherman's dock taken from the harbor walkway. White boats are moored on either side of the Ahnapee River as it flows into Lake Michigan. The red Algoma Pierhead...
