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Waukesha, Wis.

Date: 1857
Description: Elevated view of Waukesha with two women wearing dresses with a boy in long pants and tam o'shanter hat in foreground against a split-rail fence. Beyond th...
Photograph

Fred Essers Farm

Date: 1937
Description: Exterior view of a two-story house with several trees on the farm of Fred Esser. On the right is a barn with two silos. On the far left in a fenced area on...
Photograph

Dr. David Roberts Badger Balm

Date: 08 10 1954
Description: Studio photograph of Dr. David Roberts Badger Balm. Dr. Roberts (1866-1951) was a Waukesha veterinarian. In 1904, he incorporated the Dr. David Robert's V...
Photograph

Dr. David Roberts Ratu-Bait

Date: 08 10 1954
Description: Studio photograph of a one-pound can of Dr. David Roberts Ratu-Bait containing Warfarin. The active ingredient is an anti-coagulate which prevents a block ...
Print

Fox Head 400, Beer Label

Date: 1936
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Fox Head '400 Beer,' Fox Head Waukesha water Used Exclusively, Bottles for Fox Head ...
Print

Fountain Spring House Menu

Date: 08 01 1889
Description: Exterior and interior menu listing of the Fountain Spring House, with visitors strolling the grounds of a tree-filled park with the hotel in the background...
Photograph

Frank Smith, Jr.

Date: 1933
Description: Frank Smith, Jr., age 12, feeds chickens on his father's farm. The farmhouse is in the background. Young Smith was a student at the Hillcrest School, Distr...
Print

Goff's Restaurant Menu

Date: 01 16 1958
Description: Dinner and children's menu from Goff's Restaurant, with two illustrations of a woman in an apron filling a coffee cup: in the one accompanying 1893, when t...
Photograph

Asahel Spring

Date: 1873
Description: Stereograph of a group of men and women relaxing around a spring with concentric steps of limestone. The man on the right, holding the dipper, is Dr. Hugo ...
Photograph

Farm Elm

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Description: A man is posing in a horse-drawn buggy on the drive in front of a tree-lined fence. Caption on slide reads: "Farm elm near Waukesha, Wis." Hand-tinted lant...
Photograph

4-H Fair

Date: 07 21 1954
Description: A boy is lining up his bull for judging in the Waukesha County Junior Fair. The event is taking place in a tent. Spectators in folding chairs are sitting o...
Postcard

Scene at the Horeb Mineral Spring

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Scene at the Horeb Mineral Spring, Waukesha, Wis." A large mineral spring-fed pond in a parklike setting, with many trees. The pond i...
Postcard

Dairy Show

Date: 1940
Description: Text on reverse reads: "We invite you to attend Waukesha County Dairy Show. March 12-15, 1940. Sales Pavilion, Waukesha, Wis. Judging days, March 13-14. Fo...

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