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Photograph

Harrison House

Date: 1915
Description: "Gen." Wooster Harrison house. Sign in front reads, "Lincolns Abode/West Wing/1835".
Postcard

Grist Mill

Date: 1910
Description: View of the stone building, with a town in the distance. Caption reads: "An old Landmark, Cedarburg, Wis."
Postcard

Ozaukee County Court House

Date: 1915
Description: View across road towards the Ozaukee County Court House. Caption reads: "Court House, Port Washington, Wis."
Map or Atlas

Detail of Sanborn Map of Grafton

Date: 10 1910
Description: Detail of a Sanborn Map of Grafton including the Northern Chair Company.
Postcard

Light House, Port Washington

Date: 1911
Description: Tinted postcard view of the lighthouse at Port Washington. A U.S. flag flies above the roof at the upper left. Caption reads: "Light House, 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...
Book or Pamphlet

Gilson Manufacturing Co. Catalog Cover

Date: 1910
Description: Catalog cover for Gasoline Engines, Types T. Z. Y. W. "Goes like sixty."
Book or Pamphlet

Gilson Manufacturing Co. Catalog Spread

Date: 1910
Description: Inside spread of catalog, featuring a color illustration of a portable engine. Text reads: "Gilson 100% Service Portable Engine — 4, 5, 6 and 8 H.P." Inset...
Book or Pamphlet

Gilson Harvester Attachment

Date: 1910
Description: Front page of Gilson Manufacturing Company brochure, with the title: "The engine that saves the wheat." Features an image of two men using the attachment i...
Photograph

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...
Postcard

The Old Grist Mill

Date: 1915
Description: Photographic postcard view of the old grist mill, with a cemetery in the foreground. Caption reads: "The Old Mill, Cedarburg."
Postcard

Washington Avenue

Date: 1915
Description: Photographic postcard view down unpaved Washington Avenue. A clock on the sidewalk on the left is in front of a musical instrument shop. Snow is on the gro...
Postcard

English Lutheran Church

Date: 1919
Description: Photographic postcard of English Lutheran (now Advent Lutheran) Church, which is a stone building with a bell tower and an arched stained-glass window. Cap...
Postcard

Auto Races

Date: 1918
Description: View of an auto race with cars on the track, a crowd in the grandstand, and other spectators and their cars in the center oval. Caption reads: "Auto Races,...
Postcard

Power House; City Hall

Date: 1916
Description: View of the power house and city hall in Cedarburg. The power house has a smokestack and the city hall has a bell tower. Caption reads: "Power House; City ...
Photograph

Foot Bridge, Cedarburg, Wis.

Date: 1913
Description: Hand-colored view of a footbridge crossing over Cedar Creek. A man is fishing from the bridge, and a dog is standing nearby. Two boys are sitting in the gr...
Postcard

Street Scene

Date: 1911
Description: View down street with businesses, dwellings and a church. An automobile and a horse-drawn vehicle are parked on the right. Caption reads: "Street Scene, Fr...
Postcard

St. Rosa of Lima and School

Date: 1914
Description: View of the St. Rosa church and school located at the eastern side of the village on the south side of the road. Caption reads: "St. Rosa of Lima, C. & S. ...
Postcard

Bank and Store

Date: 1911
Description: View down street towards the State Bank of Fredonia, and the general store next door. An automobile is parked parked along the curb. Caption reads: "Bank, ...
Postcard

St. John's Lutheran Church

Date: 1914
Description: View down road towards the wooden church with a steeple. This church is located on the west side of the city on the north side of the road. Caption reads: ...

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