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Thiensville Mills

Date: 1847
Description: An artists rendition of the western view of the Thiensville mills from the local tavern. Caption reads: "West View of Thiensville Mills from the Tavern."
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A Stroll through Donges Bay

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Description: Well-dressed group of three women and one man walking along a dirt road lined with fences and telephone poles. Caption reads: "A Stroll through Donges Bay....
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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...
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Washington Avenue South

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Description: Hand-colored view down center of Washington Avenue, facing south, towards a church building on the horizon. The street is lined with sidewalks, buildings a...
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Hilgen Spring Park

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Description: Hand-colored view along shoreline of people posing in a rowboat near a boathouse. Other people are leaning against a railing and standing near a boathouse....
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Milwaukee Northern Substation

Date: 1907
Description: Hand-colored view down railroad tracks toward the substation. An interurban car is on the railroad tracks, and a group of passengers are on the platform. C...
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Milwaukee Northern Interurban Car

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Description: Hand-colored view of a Milwaukee Northern Interurban car on a snowy day. It stops at Milwaukee, Cedarburg, Grafton and Port Washington. The driver is sitti...
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Upper Main Street

Date: 1907
Description: Photographic postcard view looking down the center of Main Street towards a group of children standing in a row in the center of the street. There is a hor...
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Excelsior Shoe & Slipper Co.

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Description: Exterior view across lawn toward a group of people standing on the front walkway of the building. A horse and buggy are parked near the back of the buildin...
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Busy Street Scene

Date: 1907
Description: Elevated view of a busy street scene in downtown Fredonia. A crowd of people are standing among horse-drawn buggies.
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Bienleins Livery After Halloween

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Description: View of the livery stable, with a row of five buggies parked on the roof after Halloween. Seven boys are standing among the buggies on the roof, and anothe...
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Boaters and Boathouse

Date: 1907
Description: Handwriting on reverse reads: "Bornstein's boat house (formerly Blommer) and our 3 mile lake created by the dam." Three men are in two rowboats on a lake. ...
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Donges Bay Boat House

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Donges Bay Boat House." A man rowing a boat with two women passengers, in front of a boathouse built of rocks. A lawn jockey stands o...
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Hotel Aussem

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Hotel Aussem, Thiensville, Wis. Eleven Miles North of Milwaukee, on C.M. & St. P.R.R., and Milwaukee Northern Electric R.R., Also on ...

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