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Door County Landscape
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A well-dressed man identified as Uncle Rudolph Schenck takes in the view from a bluff overlooking the Fish Creek valley and harbor. There are houses and outbuildings in the middle distance; the bluffs of Peninsula State Park are in the background.
1920
Hotz, Ferdinand
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Fish Creek Harbor
1915
Elevated view, looking north, from the Hotz family compound near the bluff entrance to Fish Creek. Evergreens and bare birch trees stand in the foreground, with Fish Creek Harbor and Hen Island bey...
Fish Creek
1915
Winter scene from Egg Harbor Road (Highway 42) in Fish Creek looking north toward frozen Fish Creek Harbor with the bluffs in Peninsula State Park beyond. Evergreens and houses line the snow-covere...
Fish Creek
1920
View along shoreline towards a rustic foot bridge which crosses the mouth of Fish Creek, which separates the village of Fish Creek from Peninsula State Park. In the far distance, the Hotz family co...
Winter Landscape
1924
Elevated view of a Door County landscape in winter with snow on the ground, taken from the Hotz Fish Creek cottage. Birch trees and conifers are in the foreground; frozen Fish Creek Harbor in the b...
Wetlands
1920
Trees are reflected in shallow water in the wetlands in Fish Creek Valley near the Thorp and Vorous farms in spring. The tower and other buildings of the Hotz family compound are visible on the blu...
Bridge over Fish Creek
1915
A rustic foot bridge over Fish Creek connects Peninsula State Park (foreground) with the village of Fish Creek. The Vits house is at the right end of the bridge. The stone tower of the Hotz family ...
