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Mark Harmon on "Dillinger" Set

Date: 06 1990
Description: Actor Mark Harmon (center), who portrayed John Dillinger in the made-for-TV movie of the same name, at the Chalet on the Lake in Mequon. In the film this ...
Photograph

"Dillinger" Director with Dick Matty

Date: 1990
Description: Director Rupert Wainwright holding a "Dillinger Shot-in-Wisconsin" t-shirt. With him is Dick Matty, secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Tourism, of w...
Map or Atlas

Detail of Sanborn Map of Grafton

Date: 11 1894
Description: A detail of a Sanborn map of Grafton which includes the Milwaukee River.
Map or Atlas

Detail of Sanborn Map of Grafton

Date: 03 1904
Description: Detail of a Sanborn map of Grafton including the Sheboygan Knitting Company.
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.
Map or Atlas

Detail of a Sanborn Map of Grafton

Date: 07 1929
Description: A detail of a Sanborn map of Grafton including the New York Recording Laboratory.
Photograph

Cedarburg Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Alexander C. Eschweiler, a well-known architect in Milwaukee, designed this exotic station for the Wadhams Oil and Grease Company of Milwaukee in 1926.
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Mequon Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: This contemporary station and convenience store was built in 2004 but harkens back to the early decades of the twentieth century when communities pressured...
Photograph

Harold Gauer Posing near Mequon Sign

Date: 
Description: Harold Gauer, wearing a suit and bow tie, and holding an ice cream cone, stands smiling next to a sign on the shoulder of a road that reads "Mequon / Uninc...
Photograph

Men Identify Metal for Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: Men from George Schubert and Sons, an International Harvester dealership, examine old farm machines to identify candidates for a wartime scrap drive. The m...
Print

Notice. The Drafting Will Be Continued...

Date: 1862
Description: Civil War Union Army recruitment handbill.
Photograph

Spraying Elms with DDT

Date: 1967
Description: Worker spraying Elm trees with DDT pumped from a tank hitched to the back of a vehicle equipped with a snow plow.
Photograph

Grape Stomp

Date: 09 15 1984
Description: Patricia Mallach of Waukesha demonstrating grape stomping to a crowd of onlookers during the Wine and Harvest Festival. She has a balloon tied around her n...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Smith Brothers — Interior

Date: 02 06 1998
Description: "Our waitress at Smith Bros. is Debbie, who tells us she is a grandma with four grandchildren. Surprise! Perch dinners are 16.95. Cod goes for $8.95." ...
Photograph

Port Hotel — Exterior

Date: 02 08 2002
Description: "Today, we are at The Port Hotel Restaurant, 101 E. Main Street, Port Washington, WI."
Photograph

Port Hotel — Interior

Date: 02 08 2002
Description: "Deb, our waitress, posed with us at The Port Hotel, in Port Washington, WI." From left to right; John Bodden, Ralph "Buddy" Ruecker, Deb, Ralph Widmer, an...
Photograph

Lake Church Inn — Exterior

Date: 08 16 2002
Description: "Today we traveled nearly to Lake Michigan, and dined in the small community of Lake Church at the Lake Church Inn, 69 Hwy D. Belgium, WI."
Photograph

Lake Church Inn — Interior

Date: 08 16 2002
Description: "Lynn was our waitress at Lake Church Inn. John & Buddy surprised Jim & Shirley with plaques stating: 'Fish Fry Photographer of the Years' & 'Fish Fry Driv...
Photograph

Bublitz's — Exterior

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

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