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Hemlock Logging
January 1928
A man sits on a load of logs on a sled while driving a team of two horses through the woods.
The Hotz Sawmill
January 1928
The sawmill at Newport in winter, with logs and lumber stacked nearby.
Sawing Logs
January 1928
Two men use a crosscut saw to cut a hemlock log while a third watches. A splitting maul and a splitting wedge rest on a tree stump in the foreground. Smoke rises from a brush pile.
Kincaid
1915
David Kincaid sits in a sulky harnessed to a horse in front of an old log building. Lake Michigan provides the backdrop. Kincaid was the caretaker of the Hotz estate at Europe Lake.
Young Loon
1928
A juvenile loon stands in the snow on the hill above Europe Lake. The Hotz boathouse, with its walkway and rustic railing, is in the background.
Hotz Cottage in Winter
1923
A man stands on the rustic porch of the Hotz cottage on Europe Lake. There is a single set of tire tracks in the snow on the drive.
