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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."
Photograph

Country Aire Farms Day Camp

Date: 07 10 1967
Description: Two boys are posing with a wooden stick structure. They are wearing t-shirts for the Country Aire Farms Day Camp.
Photograph

Women with Young Campers

Date: 07 10 1967
Description: Two women and several children are sitting in a low-walled enclosure filled with hay. In the background is a barn.
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Suzy Michel and Nicholas Appleby

Date: 09 21 1989
Description: A woman is helping a boy pour an ingredient from a measuring spoon into a mixing bowl. Next to the bowl is a recipe for Spiced Apple Muffinettes. Caption r...
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Fran and Samuel Kozel

Date: 09 21 1989
Description: A woman is holding a boy who is scooping an ingredient out of a container into a mixing bowl. Caption reads: "Fran Kozel and her son, Samuel, 2, measured c...
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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...
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Saukville Driveway Construction

Date: 10 23 1985
Description: A group of five people are working on freshly poured cement outside a shop called Mac's Archery Supplies, Inc. Caption reads: "A group from Wiggins Constru...
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Jim Kreilkamp and Roy Heldt

Date: 09 29 1983
Description: Two shirtless men are standing in freshly poured cement using shovels. A third man is standing behind them. Caption reads: "Jim Kreilkamp (left) and Roy He...
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The Cabbage Patch

Date: 10 20 1988
Description: A man is sitting on a flatbed covered in baskets of cabbages, and is holding up two cabbages. He is wearing overalls, and a cap that reads: "Puerto Rico." ...
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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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Spirit of '76

Date: 1956
Description: View down road towards two people walking in front of the Thienville Mills, a five-story stone building, built in 1876. At this time, it was the Thiensvill...
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Frosting

Date: 01 1964
Description: Thick ice encrusting a water tower. Trees and a fence are at the base.
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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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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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Drying Fish Nets

Date: 1963
Description: Fish nets and floats drying while wound onto wooden reels. Clouds are in the sky in the background.
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Ice-Covered Ship

Date: 01 1969
Description: Spray from the lake has built up as thick ice on a ship, creating interesting shapes. A man is standing on the deck.
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Bridge and Blossoms

Date: 06 1969
Description: The Cedarburg Bridge, originally known as the Red Bridge, with a flowering tree on the right. Originally Wisconsin had more than 40 covered bridges. This i...

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