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Grafton Viaduct

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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...
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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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Grist Mill

Date: 1872
Description: Wind powered stone grist mill. Two men stand on a wood balcony near the open doorway of the windmill.
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Port Hotel — Exterior

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

Date: 07 04 1947
Description: Cowgirl and cowboys riding horses at the Cedarburg Horse Show. In the background are two more men on horses carrying flags.
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Bridge Construction

Date: 1906
Description: Steel span railroad bridge under construction over Cedar Creek.
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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 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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One-Horse Open Sleigh

Date: 1976
Description: A man and women riding in a sleigh pulled by a single horse. In the background is a barn partially obscured by light snow.
Postcard

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. ...
Postcard

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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