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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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Main Street Office Building

Date: 1963
Description: View from street towards a Main Street office building. "Here is the historic Port Washington building which once housed the law firm of Pierce & Stanford ...
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House on Grand Avenue

Date: 1966
Description: House on Grand Avenue, built about 1836. "Few people who drive by this house on Port Washington's Grand Avenue daily realize that it is possibly the city's...
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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.
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Downtown Port Washington

Date: 
Description: View down center of downtown street in Port Washington. Night view showing electric lights, neon signs and falling snowflakes.
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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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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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Cars in Snow Drifts

Date: 1979
Description: Two cars are trapped in a large snowdrift. Two people can be seen. One car has its hood up and a truck with ladders strapped to a roof rack may be jump sta...

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