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Sinclair Service Station

Date: 1938
Description: Three uniformed employees of the Sinclair Oil Company Service Station, located at 501 East Broadway, standing in front of the station's gas pumps. Two life...
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Model Airplane Builder

Date: 
Description: Tony Italiano of Waukesha, founder of the Supreme Model Supply Co., with a large model airplane.
Map or Atlas

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...
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Wisconsin Central Locomotive

Date: 1896
Description: Wisconsin Central Railway's locomotive # 96 at the Waukesha depot.
Photograph

Railroad Employee Outing

Date: 08 26 1908
Description: Elevated view of the third annual outing of the employees of the Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company (TMERL) at Waukesha Beach.
Photograph

Waukesha Street Railroad

Date: 05 1950
Description: View across street of street railroad car #63. The car was built by the Cincinnati Car Co., and purchased from the Shaker Heights Rapid Transit Co. by Milw...
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Waukesha Co. Newspaper's First Home

Date: 
Description: View of the Waukesha County newspaper's first home.
Photograph

Waukesha Freeman Building

Date: 1919
Description: Front view of the Waukesha Freeman building, where an abolition paper was published in the 1850's.
Photograph

National Hotel

Date: 1900
Description: View of National Hotel on Main Street.
Photograph

Glenn's Mineral Spring

Date: 1877
Description: Stereograph view of Glenn's mineral spring.
Photograph

Fountain House

Date: 1878
Description: Exterior view of the Fountain House.
Photograph

Fountain Spring House

Date: 1890
Description: Exterior view of the Fountain Spring House.
Postcard

Carroll College

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of Carroll College. Caption reads: "Carroll College, Waukesha, Wis."
Photograph

Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Freight Station

Date: 03 22 1922
Description: Exterior view of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul freight station.
Photograph

Cooper House

Date: 
Description: View of the "Old Cooper House" from the street.
Photograph

Waukesha Depot Historic Marker

Date: 05 24 1952
Description: The Wisconsin School for Boys Band, under the direction of Arnold Krueger, provided the musical entertainment for the dedication ceremony of the Waukesha D...
Postcard

Dunbar Avenue, Looking West

Date: 08 25 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Dunbar Avenue, looking West, Waukesha, Wis." An unpaved road with curb and sidewalks in a residential neighborhood with trees. There ...
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

Waukesha Spring Brewery

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "C. & N.W. Depot, Waukesha, Wis." The Waukesha Spring Brewery building is on the left and the Chicago & North Western Depot is on the ...
Postcard

Fountain Spring House

Date: 07 14 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Fountain Spring House, Waukesha, Wis." On July 4, 1874, the Fountain Spring House opened for business. Built of Waukesha limestone, t...

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