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Woman in Man's Suit

Date: 03 17 1963
Description: A woman modeling a men's suit, while holding an umbrella and wearing a top hat. She is reflected by a mirror in the background.
Photograph

Cut Fence

Date: 09 10 1963
Description: A boy repairing the fence at the Golden Guernsey Dairy cooperative McKerrow Farms.
Photograph

Stewart House

Date: 1890
Description: Stereograph of the Stewart home. The name I.N. Stewart is stamped on the back, and the home is presumably of the family of the donor of the photograph, Mar...
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Senta III

Date: 07 1959
Description: View across water of the Senta III, owned by Ernst Schmidt of Black Point Estate, competes in the Class A Regatta at Pewaukee Lake. The skipper is B...
Photograph

Famall M Tractor and No. 2 Ensilage Harvester

Date: 1948
Description: View across section of harvested field towards a man using a Farmall M tractor to pull a No. 2 ensilage harvester and McCormick-Deering wagon to cut corn o...
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Joel Cielak at Auction

Date: 09 12 1989
Description: A man wearing a headset is crouching on the left on a desk or table, while a crowd of people are standing along a hallway. Caption reads: "Auctioneer Joel ...
Photograph

Train Wreck

Date: 09 23 1911
Description: Milwaukee Road locomotive 5508 resting on its side after a derailment. The engine struck the rail, seen in center foreground, which had been driven upright...
Photograph

Train Wreck

Date: 09 23 1911
Description: Railroad workers and a crowd of other men, women, and children standing and walking near the wreckage of a freight train. The engine and tender are lying o...
Photograph

Woolly Harvest

Date: 06 1973
Description: A farm worker shearing a sheep in a shed to harvest its wool.
Photograph

Friendly Greeting

Date: 08 1975
Description: A teacher welcoming a kindergarten child on his first day of school with Mom adding moral support. The classroom is in Pewaukee Elementary School.
Postcard

Greetings from Waukesha Beach

Date: 10 09 1901
Description: Text on front reads: "Greetings from Waukesha Beach. Bathing in the Surf." Children and adults wear Victorian bathing suits as well as regular clothing on ...

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