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A Gallery of Fishtown Shanties

April 5, 2010 / Fishtown / Galleries, Shanties
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The Manitou Island mail boat entering Fishtown in the early 1930s. Erhardt Peters Collection, LHS. Fishtown facing east, showing the Leland Power House, ca. 1930s. Erhardt Peters Collection, LHS. Fishtown, early 1930s. Erhardt Peters Collection, LHS. Fishing shanties on the north side of the Leland River in the late 1930s, with a glimpse of the road behind the shanties. Erhardt Peters Collection, LHS. Fishtown facing east, late 1940s. Malcom Chatfield Collection. Wintry Fishtown in the late 1940s. Leelanau Historical Society. Fishtown in 1958. Courtesy of Berkley Duck. Doors and windows added to the south side of the Ice House, mid-1970s. Photo by Paul J. Serratoni. Smokehouses and Steffen & Stallman Shanty, early 1970s. Photo by Greg Reisig. RSmokehouses and Steffen & Stallman Shanty, early 1970s. Photo by Greg Reisig. LHS Shanty, April . Photo by Rick Lahmann. Fishtown, winter 2008-09. Photo by Amanda Holmes. Fishtown, winter 2008-09. Photo by Amanda Holmes. Fishtown, winter 2008-09. Photo by Amanda Holmes. Fishtown, Summer 2010. Photo by Amanda Holmes. Fishtown, Summer 2010. Photo by Meggen Watt.

One comment on “A Gallery of Fishtown Shanties”

  1. Tommy Schmitt says:
    June 6, 2011 at 8:45 pm

    My brother died leaving your village in our memories….thank you for all the nice pictures.

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