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Tubing Down Mule Hill

Date: 01 02 1988
Description: Bundled-up boys ride their tubes down an icy slope in Mee-Kwon Park.
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Grafton Viaduct

Date: 
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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Covered Bridge over Cedar Creek

Date: 1934
Description: Southwest view of a covered bridge over Cedar Creek, with a man walking in the snow nearby.
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Grist Mill

Date: 1872
Description: Wind powered stone grist mill. Two men stand on a wood balcony near the open doorway of the windmill.
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Smith Brothers — Exterior

Date: 02 06 1998
Description: "We are at Smith Bros. in Port Washington. Original plans were to eat at No No's in Newburg but when they told us it would be a two hour wait, we continued...
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Port Hotel — Exterior

Date: 02 08 2002
Description: "Today, we are at The Port Hotel Restaurant, 101 E. Main Street, Port Washington, WI."
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Bublitz's — Exterior

Date: 12 29 2006
Description: "This is Bublitz's 'Foster Street' Pub and Restaurant in Saukville."
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Rich's Restaurant — Exterior

Date: 11 30 2007
Description: "This is Rich's Restaurant at W63 N144 Washington Ave in Cedarburg." From left to right; Shirley Widmer, John Bodden, Carl Bernhard, and Ralph "Buddy" Ruec...
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Polar Bear Club

Date: 01 01 1997
Description: "This and the following pages show the 'Polar Bear Club' ready for a swim at Port Washington on New Year's Day. Lucky for them, temperatures were in the lo...
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Polar Bear Club

Date: 01 01 1997
Description: "Polar Bear Club of Port Washington."
Postcard

Winter Scene at Port Washington

Date: 1910
Description: Postcard view of three men on an elevated walk on an icy pier near the shoreline. A women and young boy stand on the pier below the walk. There is a lighth...
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Bridge Construction

Date: 1906
Description: Steel span railroad bridge under construction over Cedar Creek.
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Draftees Sent to Camp Custer

Date: 1917
Description: Group of WWI draftees assembled in front of the Ozaukee County Courthouse. In the background a man is holding up a flag between the center columns of the b...
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Man with Experimental Farmall Cub Pulling Disk-Harrow

Date: 1948
Description: View across field towards a man using an experimental Farmall Cub pulling a four-foot tandem disk-harrow on a farm.
Postcard

Upper Main Street

Date: 1907
Description: Photographic postcard view looking down the center of Main Street towards a group of children standing in a row in the center of the street. There is a hor...
Postcard

Busy Street Scene

Date: 1907
Description: Elevated view of a busy street scene in downtown Fredonia. A crowd of people are standing among horse-drawn buggies.
Postcard

Bienleins Livery After Halloween

Date: 
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...
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Louis Felix

Date: 10 28 1988
Description: A man in the foreground is holding up a cauliflower in one hand and holding a machete in the other. In the background six other people are working in a cab...
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Grab a Line

Date: 01 1963
Description: A man on a ship is tossing a coiled rope to two men below on the wharf. Ice encrusts the ship. Several other men are standing on the deck. Another ship and...
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Smoked Fish

Date: 02 28 1965
Description: Two men are packing smoked fish in a box. In the background smoked fish are hanging on nails on racks.

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