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| Date: | 08 24 1908 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Lefebre [sic] Bros. Co.'s Store. Wauwatosa, Wis." A two story, brick building with a parapet and large display windows with transoms ... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Gymnasium, Milwaukee Sanitarium, Wauwatosa, Wis." A brick gymnasium at the Milwaukee Sanitarium, a privately held institution for the... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "First Congregational Church, Wauwatosa, Wis." The entrance to a brick, Georgian Revival church built in 1919. The portico has four Do... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "West House, Milwaukee Sanitarium, Wauwatosa, Wis. A three-story brick building at the Milwaukee Sanitarium, a privately held institut... |
| Date: | 01 27 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Lutheran Theological Seminary, Wauwatosa, Wis." The two-story building with a full basement and a large attic was dedicated in 1893. ... |
| Date: | 07 22 1908 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Superintendent's Residence from the Lake, Milwaukee Asylum for the Chronic Insane, Wauwatosa, Wis." A three-story house with a porch... |
| Date: | 07 01 1913 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Milwaukee Asylum for Chronic Insane, Wauwatosa, Wis." Three multistory buildings with towers. A pond, trees, lawn, sidewalks and a br... |
| Date: | 11 05 1913 |
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| Description: | Text on the front reads: "The Menominee, Wauwatosa, Wis." The Menominee River flowing through a park-like area. The right bank appears eroded, the left ban... |
| Date: | 07 1941 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "July 1941. This is an interior view of the new store at West Allis, Wis. The photograph was taken from the front looking towards th... |
| Date: | 07 1941 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "July 1941. This is an exterior view of our new and enlarged store at West Allis, Wis. Note the double set of doors and corner entra... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Federal Malleable Co., West Allis, Wis." A large, multi-building factory with railroad tracks leading to it. According to records, th... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "West Allis Historical Society Museum. 8405 W. National Ave.–Open Sun. 2-4, Tues. 7-9. (No Charge) Wisconsin registered landmark # 1... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | The collage postcard has design elements, a drawing of a woman, and two images of West Allis. The text reads: "West Allis Invites You", "West Allis City Ha... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Compliments of 'The Main Store,' West Allis Wis. Department Store for Men, Boys and Children." A two story building with large displa... |
| Date: | 12 02 1914 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Washington School, West Allis, Wis." A brick school built in 1925. Several additions were built in 1928, 1931 and 1951. Today it is s... |
| Date: | 10 21 1947 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "City Hall, West Allis, Wis." The entrance is two stories and has four columns, and the building is partially covered with vines. A wo... |
| Date: | 02 25 1936 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Public Library, West Allis, Wis." Built in 1914 of brick in the Neoclassical style, the construction was supported by a gift of $15,0... |
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