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| Date: | 10 1959 |
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| Description: | Moving a very large boulder with a bulldozer during construction of Highway 94 in Waukesha County. |
| Date: | 09 11 1955 |
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| Description: | The crowd at "Air Progress Day," an air show sponsored by the Waukesha Aviation Club. |
| Date: | 02 14 1958 |
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| Description: | Elmer J. Schmidt makes furniture and toys in his woodshop even though he has only one arm to work with. |
| Date: | 06 26 1955 |
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| Description: | Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Braatz top off the 26-layer wedding cake that Mrs. Braatz made for their daughter's wedding. |
| Date: | 05 1950 |
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| Description: | View across street of street railroad car #63. The car was built by the Cincinnati Car Co., and purchased from the Shaker Heights Rapid Transit Co. by Milw... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | The Cushing Memorial State Park was established in 1915 by the State and the Waukesha County Historical Society. Its grounds, formerly the Cushing family h... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | White church in the trees. The ground is covered with snow. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | View across snow-covered ground towards the front and right sides of the church through some pine trees. |
| Date: | 10 1959 |
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| Description: | Construction of Interstate Highway I-94 in Waukesha County using an earthmover manufactured by Allis Chalmers. |
| Date: | 08 10 1954 |
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| Description: | Studio photograph of Dr. David Roberts Badger Balm. Dr. Roberts (1866-1951) was a Waukesha veterinarian. In 1904, he incorporated the Dr. David Robert's V... |
| Date: | 08 10 1954 |
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| Description: | Studio photograph of a one-pound can of Dr. David Roberts Ratu-Bait containing Warfarin. The active ingredient is an anti-coagulate which prevents a block ... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | A handout urging citizens to re-elect Republican candidate Michael Lombardi for Sheriff of Waukesha County. He was re-elected, and served the statutory lim... |
| Date: | 01 16 1958 |
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| Description: | Dinner and children's menu from Goff's Restaurant, with two illustrations of a woman in an apron filling a coffee cup: in the one accompanying 1893, when t... |
| Date: | 06 1957 |
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| Description: | Members of the Board for the Preservation of Scientific Areas inspect the Scuppernong Prairie Scientific Area. The Board furnished this photograph for the ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Black and white photographic postcard of Wells-DeKoven Hall. Caption reads: "Wells-DeKoven Hall, St. John's Military Academy, Delafield, Wis." |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Black and white photographic postcard of the observation tower. In the foreground is a historic plaque embedded in a rock. Caption reads: "Lapham Peak Park... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Black and white photographic postcard of Milwaukee Street, with storefronts, parked cars and a small monument in the middle of the street. Caption reads: "... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Black and white postcard view from the street of the U.S. Post Office. Caption reads: "Post Office, Delafield, Wis." |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Black and white photographic postcard of Upper Nemahbin Lake, with parked cars at the base of a hill in the foreground, and people boating and swimming. Ca... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Color photographic postcard of the Turck-Schottler house at Old World Wisconsin near Eagle. It is an 1875 German blockbau building tradition that is listed... |
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