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Waukesha Aviation Club Youth Outreach

Date: 1945
Description: A demonstration of parachute handling for members of a local YMCA by the Waukesha Aviation Club. The club considered such educational activities for young ...
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Railroad Depot

Date: 11 1941
Description: View across railroad tracks of the Wisconsin Central Railroad depot at Sussex (formerly known as Templeton). Two cars are parked near the depot and a bagga...
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Waukesha Motor Works

Date: 1940
Description: Aerial view of the Waukesha Motor Works.
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Smith Tavern

Date: 1947
Description: Exterior view of the Jesse Smith tavern.
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Norwegian Church

Date: 1949
Description: Norwegian church. Interior view of old log church, the first church built by Norwegians in America in 1843.
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Nashotah House Library

Date: 1940
Description: Exterior view of Nashotah House library.
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Nashotah House Library

Date: 1940
Description: Interior view of Nashotah House library.
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Octagon House

Date: 1940
Description: Exterior of Octagon House. The caption reads: "The Pewaukee octagon house is the one for Poe. Legend says the man who built it killed his wife. Truth expla...
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Cistercian Monastery

Date: 1940
Description: Sanctuary of Cistercian Monastery. Two men are kneeling down before the altar. Caption reads: "Sanctuary of the Cistercian Monastery, Okauchee, Wis."
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Cistercian Monastery

Date: 1940
Description: Road leading to Cistercian Monastery.
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Cistercian Monastery

Date: 1940
Description: Cistercian Monastery. Plants and trees shroud building.
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Cistercian Monastery

Date: 1940
Description: Tree-lined avenue leading to the Cistercian Monastery. Caption reads: "Avenue Leading to the Cistercian Monastery, Okauchee, Wis."
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Cistercian Monastery

Date: 1940
Description: View across snow-covered ground towards the buildings of the Cistercian Monastery. Caption reads: "Cistercian Monastery, Okauchee, Wis."
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Spring Bank Monastery

Date: 1940
Description: Spring Bank monastery. Man kneeling in from of one of the Stations of the Cross. This is probably part of the Cistercian monastery. Caption reads: "Station...
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Alfred Lunt Weeding the Garden

Date: 1946
Description: Alfred Lunt pulling weeds in the cornfield at Ten Chimneys.
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Lynn Fontanne

Date: 1946
Description: Lynn Fontanne in work clothes and wearing a rhubarb leaf as a hat.
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Lynn Fontanne Working in the Garden

Date: 1946
Description: Lynn Fontanne using a hand hoe in the Ten Chimneys garden.
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Anniversary

Date: 08 07 1946
Description: Outdoor group portrait of members of the Brumder family at the celebration of the forty-fifth wedding anniversary of George Frederick Brumder (1878-1961), ...
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Pine Lake House

Date: 1940
Description: View of George F. Brumder's Pine Lake house, with a screened porch on the far right and enclosed porches left and center. Several of the windows on the upp...
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Main Business Section

Date: 1940
Description: Text on front reads: "Main Business Section, Waukesha, Wis." A busy street scene with pedestrians, automobiles and buses. A railroad track runs down the ce...

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