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Grounded Sailboat
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The photographer's daughters, from left, Helen, Alice, Margaret and son Ferdinand Leonard at the wheel, pose on a two-masted boat, the Martha G., which has run aground in shallow water near Fish Creek. There are houses and other buildings on the far shoreline.
1912
Hotz, Ferdinand
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Hotz Children on Shore
1915
The photographer's children pose on the shore at Fish Creek Point. They are, from left, Ferdinand Leonard (Fedy), Alice, Margaret (Sissy), and Helen, who peers into the view finder of a camera.
Fish Creek Harbor
1924
Elevated view of the photographer's son, Ferdinand Leonard (Fedy) sitting on the bluff overlooking Fish Creek Harbor. The old warehouses are seen on the pier; empty stone foundations stand near the...
Pier at Fish Creek
1915
Elevated view of Fish Creek Harbor as a boat approaches the pier and warehouse. In the foreground are houses with outbuildings, gardens and a small orchard. Cordword is stacked along a fence.
Fish Creek Dock
July 1923
A large group stands on the pier at Fish Creek as a boat leaves. A barn-like warehouse stands on the pier; houses, boathouses, and outbuildings are visible onshore.
Door County Birches
1912
A scene of birch trees and low growing junipers on the Levi Vorous farm at Fish Creek.
