Five young children in knee length bathing costumes on the shores of Lake Michigan at Wilmette, Illinois. Note the swimmers standing on a raft tethered in the lake.
Five young children in knee length bathing costumes on the shores of …
A typed label on the reverse "Here children may see the ruins of an old Lake Michigan ier and be told how it was built generations ago to stop beach erosion." In red pencil on reverse: "Ruins of Gage
A typed label on the reverse "Here children may see the ruins …
Photograph of the Wilmette beach from the water looking east. Shown is a pier extending into the water. A small shed is located to the right with wooded, sandy, bluffs behind it. The original image i
Photograph of the Wilmette beach from the water looking east. Shown is …
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