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| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | A barnstorming pilot and curious onlookers at a field on the outskirts of Waukesha that served as a primitive airport. Technically, the term barnstorming s... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Walter Liskowitz of Waukesha in his two-place Standard. This photograph was taken shortly after he organized Walter's Airline to provide service to Chicago... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | The business card of Waukesha photographer Warren O'Brien, a pioneer in aerial photography in Wisconsin. The illustration shows him sitting on the wing of ... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View of the stately Avalon Hotel. A drugstore occupied some of the space on the first floor. Caption reads: "Avalon Hotel, Waukesha, Wis." |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View of the main building in the distance, and in the foreground a golf course of the Moor (Mud) Baths. Caption reads: "Main Bldg., Moor (Mud) Baths, Wauke... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View woards spring house and lagoon. Caption reads: "Spring House and Lagoon at the Moor (Mud) Baths, Waukesha, Wis." |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View of the main building of the Moor (Mud) Baths. Caption reads: "Main Building, Waukesha Moor (Mud) Bath Co., Waukesha, Wis. 'Open all the year 'round.'" |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View of people sitting on the porch of the golf club house at the Moor Bath Links. Caption reads: "Club House, Waukesha Golf Club on Moor Bath Links, Wauke... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the John Estburg house, built around 1840. |
| Date: | 03 22 1922 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul freight station. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Blatz Waukesha Water, Bottled at the Springs, Waukesha WI, A natural spring water, s... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of men standing outside of a hospital entrance. From right to left: John J. Blaine, Wisconsin's 24th governor; Albert A. Fuller of Albert A.... |
| Date: | 08 09 1920 |
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| Description: | Text on the front reads: "M.E. Church, Waukesha, Wis." Three women and a child stand in the street in front of a limestone church built in 1895 in the Rich... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Court House, Waukesha, Wis." Built in 1893 of limestone in the Richardson Romanesque style, it is now the home of the Waukesha County... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "National Exchange Bank, Waukesha, Wis." Built in 1921 in the Neoclassical style. Located on West Main Street between other brick and ... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "Enjoying a Health Bath at Moor (Mud) Baths, Waukesha, Wisconsin. 'America's Most Famous Moor (Mud) Bath Institution.' An ideal plac... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Nellie Irene Gill, at the time she was employed as a teacher. |
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