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Fountain Spring House

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Description: Exterior view of the Fountain Spring House hotel.
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Model Airplane Builder

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Description: Tony Italiano of Waukesha, founder of the Supreme Model Supply Co., with a large model airplane.
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Air Show at Waukesha

Date: 07 19 1931
Description: The crowd at a free air show sponsored by the recently organized Waukesha Aviation Club in order to dedicate their new airport. In actuality, the club's ai...
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Golf Course Landing

Date: 1916
Description: A Standard plane on the golf course of the Waukesha Moor Baths Hotel surrounded by curious onlookers. This landing was representative of the problems encou...
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Waukesha Flyers

Date: 1932
Description: Fritz Warden (at the propeller) and Lee Barney, two young members of the Waukesha Flying Club, together with Barney's Aeronica C2 airplane. The Aeronica w...
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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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.
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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.
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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

Cooper House

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

Wern Farms

Date: 1931
Description: Aerial view of a farm complex, including a farmhouse and several large buildings. Caption reads: "Wern Farms, Waukesha, Wis."
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...
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...

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