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Gordon Cottage
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A boat with an outboard motor is tied to the rustic log pier; a second boat is overturned on an extension of the pier. There is a fish net hanging over the railing. In the background is a small cottage with a massive stone chimney and two screened porches. This cottage on North Bay was built by Sturgeon Bay dentist Arthur J. Gordon, D.D.S. and his wife Maude.
1915
Hotz, Ferdinand
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Baileys Harbor
1915
The Baileys Harbor Coast Guard Life Saving Station viewed from between a fishing boat and a pier warehouse. The station's pier extends into the harbor and there are houses on the shore.
Doctor Gordon's Pier
1915
View along shoreline towards fishing nets drying on the rail of the pier at Dr. Gordon's cottage on North Bay.
Dr. Gordon's Cottage
1915
View across rocky shoreline of Dr. Gordon standing in front of his cottage on the rocky North Bay shore. The cottage is partially obscured in a dense stand of evergreen trees.
Baileys Harbor Coast Guard Station
1915
Winter view of the Coast Guard Life Saving Station at Baileys Harbor. Snow has drifted on the shore, where a small boat rests.
Baileys Harbor Lighthouse
1915
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 rowboat is moored in the background.
Mink River
1923
An unidentified man poses near a makeshift pier on the Mink River. A small boat with outboard motor is tied to the pier. The photographer's son Fedy (Ferdinand Leonard), identified by his white ha...
