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Grafton Viaduct

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Description: View across field towards the railroad bridge, seen with the construction almost completed. A man is standing in the middle of the bridge, and two or three...
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The Schooner Northerner

Date: 08 2009
Description: Archaeological overhead view site plan of the schooner Northerner. Labels indicate various parts of the ship that remain. On the left is a map scale...
Postcard

Bienleins Livery After Halloween

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Description: View of the livery stable, with a row of five buggies parked on the roof after Halloween. Seven boys are standing among the buggies on the roof, and anothe...
Postcard

Business District

Date: 1916
Description: Street scene of the central business district. Shops and businesses are on both sides of the street. A horse and buggy is in the distance. Caption reads: "...
Postcard

Scenic View

Date: 1918
Description: View of Grafton from across a dam on the Milwaukee River. St. Joseph's Catholic Church is in the distance on a hill. Caption reads: "Scenic View, Grafton, ...
Postcard

Birdseye View

Date: 1916
Description: View of Grafton from the road leading into town. There is a bridge over the river, and a church is on the far right. Caption reads: "Birdseye [sic] View, G...
Postcard

The Badger Woolen Mills

Date: 1914
Description: View toward the mills with a water tower on the right. Caption reads: "The Badger Woolen Mills, Grafton, Wis."
Postcard

Storefront Near Railroad Tracks

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Description: Text on front of postcard reads: "The Milw. Elec. Ry. Depot". View towards a railroad crossing and an ice cream, drug and candy store on the corner with sh...
Postcard

Mil. Northern R'y Ticket Office

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Description: Intercity Light Rail Trolley on the tracks in front of the ticket office. Caption reads: "Mil. Northern R'y Ticket Office, Grafton, Wis."
Photograph

New Bridge

Date: 06 20 1985
Description: View of a bridge, with cars parked along the sides, and a "Road Closed" sign in the left foreground. Caption reads: "NEW BRIDGE — Work on the Falls Rd. bri...
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Grafton

Date: 1894
Description: A Sanborn map of Grafton.
Photograph

County Faire Shopping Center

Date: 03 28 1978
Description: A woman is pushing a stroller with an infant in it while holding clothes wrapped in plastic. She is walking down a brick paved corridor near a storefront d...

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