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Round Barn

Date: 
Description: Two women on a farmstead pose in front of a round barn. The name Ri Clausing is written on the back of the photograph.
Photograph

Harrison House

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

Last Covered Bridge

Date: 1940
Description: Exterior view of the last covered bridge in Wisconsin. Caption reads: "Covered Bridge Near Cedarburg, Wis."
Photograph

Summer Harrowing

Date: 07 07 1934
Description: Farmer George Kopp giving a ride on his horse-drawn harrow to a young friend as he cultivates his field.
Photograph

Franklin Street in Port Washington

Date: 1950
Description: View of the central business area on Franklin Street. On the right corner is the "Fish Shanty" Restaurant and on the left is the Rexall Drugstore.
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Laying Asphalt

Date: 07 07 1988
Description: A worker wipes his brow as he spreads asphalt on a driveway on a hot summer day.
Photograph

Tilt-a-Whirl

Date: 06 17 1987
Description: Kids smiling gleefully on the Tilt-a-Whirl carnival ride while workers manage the controls in the background on a sunny summer day.
Photograph

School Crossing Guard

Date: 09 10 1987
Description: A traffic crossing guard reading while she is waiting for a Grafton elementary school to dismiss its students for the day.
Map or Atlas

Cedarburg, Wisconsin

Date: 1882
Description: This map of Cedarburg is a bird's-eye map with an inset of Cedarburg Brewery. Relief is shown pictorially and the map includes an index to buildings.
Map or Atlas

Cedarburg, Wisconsin

Date: 2007
Description: This map of Cedarbug is a bird's-eye map with 8 inset views and an index. The map is a print out of the original map dated 1892 held at the Cedarburg Cultu...
Photograph

Circus Tent Construction Workers

Date: 08 16 1984
Description: Young men, workers for the Carson & Barnes Circus, carrying heavy circus tent poles through a field.
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Octagon School House

Date: 1961
Description: Front view of the octagon school house.
Photograph

Cedarburg Street

Date: 1907
Description: View down center of unpaved street in Cedarburg, with a large church at the far end.
Postcard

Cedarburg

Date: 1905
Description: View of Cedarburg across water. Caption reads: "Cedarburg, Wis."
Postcard

Washington Avenue Looking North

Date: 1907
Description: View across Washington Avenue. A man is standing in the street near the curb. Caption reads: "Cedarburg, Wis., Washington Avenue looking North."
Postcard

Washington Avenue

Date: 1905
Description: North view down Washington Avenue. Caption reads: "'Washington Ave., North' Cedarburg Wis."
Photograph

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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Wetzel Residence

Date: 1966
Description: Button factory at the Wetzel residence. At one time, bone buttons were manufactured in this building. A cat and a hand pump are in the foreground.

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