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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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Elevated View of Town

Date: 1909
Description: Elevated view of town. A person is in the right foreground. Caption reads: "A Glimpse(?) of Port Washington, Wis."
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Wreck at Mrs. Biederwolf's

Date: 08 22 1910
Description: A crowd of people is posing near a haystack surrounded by debris. Caption reads: "Wreck at Mrs. Biederwolf, Fredonia, Wis."
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Franklin Street

Date: 1907
Description: View down sidewalk along the left side of Franklin street. A horse-drawn vehicle is along the curb, and people are on the sidewalk. Caption reads: "Frankli...
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Winter Scene at Port Washington

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Description: Winter view of the lighthouse at Port Washington from the icy shore of Lake Michigan. Two people can be seen standing on a pier in the distance.
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Cedarburg Woolen Mills

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Description: Exterior view across street toward two industrial buildings. A group of people are gathered in the street in front. Caption reads: "Cedarburg Woolen Mills,...
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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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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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Market Day

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Description: Elevated view of market day in the town square, crowded with people, horses and carts. A row of commercial buildings is across the square, and a windmill i...
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Saukville Driveway Construction

Date: 10 23 1985
Description: A group of five people are working on freshly poured cement outside a shop called Mac's Archery Supplies, Inc. Caption reads: "A group from Wiggins Constru...
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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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Vintage Finds?

Date: 04 21 1989
Description: Two men examining bottles they are holding. Other people are standing in the background. Caption reads: "VINTAGE FINDS? — John Brandt (foreground) of Hartf...
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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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Louis Felix

Date: 10 28 1988
Description: A man in the foreground is holding up a cauliflower in one hand and holding a machete in the other. In the background six other people are working in a cab...
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Spirit of '76

Date: 1956
Description: View down road towards two people walking in front of the Thienville Mills, a five-story stone building, built in 1876. At this time, it was the Thiensvill...
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People at Shoreline of Harbor

Date: 1907
Description: View towards the shoreline of the harbor. A man, woman and child are standing at the shoreline on the left. Across the water is a boat along the opposite s...
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The Old Mill

Date: 1956
Description: View across water of the Old Mill surrounded by trees and water. Water is coming out of an opening in an archway of the mill. On the left automobiles are p...
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Donges Bay

Date: 07 25 19011
Description: Text on front reads: "John Schuchs, The only natural Pine Grove within a 100 Miles of this City. The Grandest and Finest Ravines, at Donges Bay, and Fairy ...
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Dayton Pump Products Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Dayton Pump Products Company of Belgium, Wisconsin, distributor of Dayton Water Systems, with six vignettes of water systems in use: wate...

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