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County Faire Shopping Center

Date: 03 28 1978
Description: A woman is pushing a stroller with an infant in it while holding clothes wrapped in plastic. She is walking down a brick paved corridor near a storefront d...
Photograph

New Bridge

Date: 06 20 1985
Description: View of a bridge, with cars parked along the sides, and a "Road Closed" sign in the left foreground. Caption reads: "NEW BRIDGE — Work on the Falls Rd. bri...
Photograph

Glass Factory Workers

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Description: Group of men glassblowing. The boy at right is working the mold for the glassblower.
Photograph

Round Barn

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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

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.
Photograph

Syvert A. Lee

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Description: Full-length cabinet card portrait of Syvert A. Lee, a private in Company H, 15th Wisconsin Infantry in uniform next to a prop baluster and railing. The fol...
Photograph

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...
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.
Print

Killer-Diller Rat Poison, Label

Date: 01 17 1945
Description: Label submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. The red, green and black label features a drawing of a dead rat, with skull and cross...
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.
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.
Photograph

Street Scene

Date: 1900
Description: A street scene. Pedestrians are on the sidewalks and lined up in the middle of the street. Caption reads: "Street Scene, Grafton, N. Dak."
Postcard

Birdseye View

Date: 1916
Description: View of Grafton from the road leading into town. There is a bridge over the river, and a church is on the far right. Caption reads: "Birdseye [sic] View, G...
Postcard

Business District

Date: 1916
Description: Street scene of the central business district. Shops and businesses are on both sides of the street. A horse and buggy is in the distance. Caption reads: "...
Postcard

Storefront Near Railroad Tracks

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Description: Text on front of postcard reads: "The Milw. Elec. Ry. Depot". View towards a railroad crossing and an ice cream, drug and candy store on the corner with sh...
Postcard

Grafton Foundry

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Description: View of the Grafton Foundry — a stone factory building with many windows. Caption reads: "Grafton Foundry, Grafton, Wis."
Postcard

Mil. Northern R'y Ticket Office

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Description: Intercity Light Rail Trolley on the tracks in front of the ticket office. Caption reads: "Mil. Northern R'y Ticket Office, Grafton, Wis."
Postcard

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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