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Caroline Louisa Alden

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Description: Portrait of a woman. Caption reads: "Alden, (Miss) of Delafield, Wis. She is a descendant of John Alden who came to Massachusetts on the MAYFLOWER. She at ...
Photograph

Margaret Hutton Abels

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Description: Vignetted profile portrait of Margaret Hutton Abels, a Waukesha native, member of the State Board of Control 1924-1927, and author on topics related to lab...
Photograph

Nellie I. Gill

Date: 1923
Description: Portrait of Nellie Irene Gill, at the time she was employed as a teacher.
Postcard

Main Business Section

Date: 1940
Description: Text on front reads: "Main Business Section, Waukesha, Wis." A busy street scene with pedestrians, automobiles and buses. A railroad track runs down the ce...
Postcard

Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 08 09 1920
Description: Text on the front reads: "M.E. Church, Waukesha, Wis." Three women and a child stand in the street in front of a limestone church built in 1895 in the Rich...
Postcard

International Shrine of the Father Kingdom

Date: 1964
Description: Text on reverse reads: "International Shrine of the Father Kingdom. International Schoenstatt Retreat Center. W284 N698 Cherry Lane, Waukesha, WI 53188." A...
Postcard

International Shrine of the Father Kingdom

Date: 1964
Description: Text on reverse reads: "International Shrine of the Father Kingdom. International Schoenstatt Retreat Center. W284 N698 Cherry Lane, Waukesha, WI 53188." A...
Map or Atlas

Summit Plat Map

Date: 1873
Description: A plat map of Summit, Wisconsin.
Photograph

Service Roll, Town of Genesee

Date: 1918
Description: View of the service roll for the Town of Genesee. Local service members' names are listed, and a small cannon is set up below. Next to it is a sign that re...
Postcard

Lannon Railroad Depot

Date: 1911
Description: View across tracks towards a small railroad depot, with people gathered on the platform. A locomotive belching smoke is approaching the depot.
Postcard

Hotel Interlocken on Beautiful Beaver Lake

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Description: Illustration of an aerial view of Hotel Interlocken, including the grounds and Beaver Lake. Caption at bottom reads: "A three hour delightful drive from Ch...
Manuscript

Termperance Traveling Card

Date: 1858
Description: A certificate declaring the admission of U. P. Olin into the Independent Order of Good Templars.
Document

Band of Hope Membership Certificate

Date: 1883
Description: A colorful certificate that acknowledges the membership of Willie Diederich of Waukesha, Wisconsin into Band of Hope, a temperance organization.
Photograph

Miskego [Muskego] Beach

Date: 07 20 1925
Description: View towards groups of people riding in carts as part of an amusement park ride. Two boys in the foreground are standing and watching at the perimeter of t...
Photograph

Flower Garden

Date: 1930
Description: An unidentified woman posing among flowers in a border along the fenced tennis court near the summer home of Herbert P. Brumder at Pine Lake. She is wearin...
Photograph

Drive at Villa Henriette

Date: 1910
Description: A view along a narrow unpaved road lined with grasses on the left, and grape vines trained on a fence at right.
Photograph

Children in Costume

Date: 1910
Description: Nine children, members of the extended Brumder family, posing in traditional German costume, including lederhosen, felt caps and "Loferl" stockings for the...
Photograph

Boys in Lederhosen

Date: 1910
Description: Two boys, likely members of the extended Brumder family, posing standing and wearing traditional German clothes, including Lederhosen with suspenders, felt...
Photograph

At Pine Lake

Date: 1922
Description: Herbert Paul Brumder posing with his three children near the shore of Pine Lake. He is standing holding Barbara, left, and Herbert Edmund, right, on his hi...
Photograph

Family at Villa Henrietta

Date: 1920
Description: Herbert P. Brumder, wearing a cap and necktie, is holding his son Herbert E. Brumder on his hip while his wife, Margaret is holding baby Barbara. The woman...

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