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Transportation Safety for Children

Date: 06 17 1986
Description: A group of children on "hot cycles," a form of young children's transportation, are being instructed on the rules of pedestrian and bicycle transportation ...
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Waiting out the Rain

Date: 06 21 1987
Description: Shoppers take refuge in the open doorway of a shop during a downpour.
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Corn and Brats on the Grill

Date: 06 25 1988
Description: St. Dominic's Catholic Parish members tend the grills at their annual festival.
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International Model H Fire Truck

Date: 1919
Description: International Model H fire truck owned by the Brookfield Fire Department.
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Heavy Snow

Date: 12 12 1963
Description: Winter scene with Swanson School youngsters playing in the first heavy snow of the season.
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Church in Brookfield

Date: 1920
Description: Front view of church building. Caption reads: "Brookfield Wis".
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Dousman-Dunkel House

Date: 1933
Description: Front view of the former Dousman-Dunkel house with a gasoline pump and a woman sitting on the front porch. The Elmbrook Historical Society currently occupi...
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Dousman House

Date: 07 22 1925
Description: A large wooden classical revival style building with rear extension identified as the Dousman House, or tavern. "[It] stands a few miles east of Waukesha, ...
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Canterbury Hills Subdivision

Date: 1980
Description: Landscape view of a subdivision. In the center is an electrical meter, stone walls, and pine trees. In the distance are houses and telephone poles.
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'Residence' Type Railroad Station

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Description: The Brookfield was a stop on the Burlington Northern/Santa Fe Railroad which provided a mainline between Chicago and Kansas City.
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Wisconsin Memorial Park

Date: 11 21 1931
Description: View of a wrought iron structure in an "island" garden in the middle of an entryway, with the Great Memorial Building in the background.
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Comparing Shirts

Date: 08 14 1989
Description: A man is holding up a sweater on a hangar over a clothing rack. in the foreground a woman is facing him and holding up another shirt. Caption reads: "Terry...
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Surprise Birthday Card

Date: 10 04 1981
Description: Overhead view of a man standing on a lawn. He is holding up 5 fingers on one hand and making a zero with the other. On his lawn someone has painted "50 TOM...

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