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| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | Map of a portion of Merton including the Bark River, a mill, Fort Hill, and Indian mounds. |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | This late 19th century map shows the lake region around Oconomowoc in Waukesha County and eastern Jefferson County, Wisconsin. The township and range grid,... |
| Date: | 1891 |
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| Description: | This late 19th century map shows the lake region around Oconomowoc in Waukesha County and eastern Jefferson County, Wisconsin. The township and range grid,... |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | This late 19th century map by Increase Lapham shows the lake region around Oconomowoc in Waukesha County and eastern Jefferson County, Wisconsin. Cities an... |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | This late 19th century map shows the lake region around Oconomowoc in Waukesha County and eastern Jefferson County, Wisconsin. Cities and villages, roads, ... |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | Map shows landownership and acreages, roads, and townships. |
| Date: | 1840 |
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| Description: | This manuscript map by Increase Lapham shows the railroads, roads, wetlands, lakes and streams, dams, prairies, and settlers in the eastern half of Waukesh... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Map showing the contour depths of the lakes in northwestern Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Roads, railroads, depots, churches, schools, and hotels in the area... |
| Date: | 03 29 1888 |
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| Description: | "Dated this 29th day of March AD 1888." Certifications on verso signed by: William Powrie, county surveyor -- Henry Sherry, landowner -- E.E. Paddock, not... |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Plat map of the township of Eagle (T5N, R17E) at a scale of 2 inches to one mile. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Man wearing "stove-pipe" hat, standing looking out over a lake. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Lakeside lawn set up for croquet game and garden pavilion at the estate, "Sunnybank." A man sits in the grass with two children. On the right in the backgr... |
| Date: | 1846 |
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| Description: | This map of Prairieville, later renamed Waukesha, is ink and pencil on paper and shows the Fox River, a plat of village, and lot owners. |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | This map of Waukesha shows lot owners, buildings, and various plat additions. The margins of the maps include street reference, a Waukesha business directo... |
| Date: | 1859 |
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| Description: | This hand-colored map shows township and range in pink, blue, yellow, and orange, land ownership, includes 16 city inset maps showing land ownership, and 5... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | A young man with cap and light-colored tie is sitting in the stern of a sailboat with five young women. He has his arms around two of the women; two others... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Herman Otto Brumder (1880-1950) modeling a skirted men's swimsuit on a pier at Pine Lake. |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | An elevated view of a gently rolling landscape with cows grazing in the middle distance. At right is a farmhouse and outbuildings. Young trees have been pl... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | An elevated view of Pine Lake and the George Brumder summer house, taken from an observation tower built on a hill on the Brumder property. Many young tree... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | A view of the Pine Lake property of George Brumder, with the boathouse at far left. The smoke above the boathouse is from a steam water pump. There is a ho... |
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