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Heavy Snow

Date: 12 12 1963
Description: Winter scene with Swanson School youngsters playing in the first heavy snow of the season.
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First Presbyterian Church of Ottowa

Date: 1950
Description: View across snow-covered ground towards the front and right sides of the church through some pine trees.
Postcard

Center Oak School

Date: 1971
Description: View from road across fence towards the Old Center Oak School in Monches. Snow is on the ground. Caption reads: "Old Center Oak School, Monches, Wis."
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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 Abbey of Cistercian Fathers

Date: 1920
Description: Cistercian Abbey of Cistercian Fathers, Our Lady of Spring Bank in winter. Formerly a resort hotel on Oconomowoc Lake, called Spring Bank.
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Beggs Residence

Date: 1915
Description: Beggs residence in winter, home of John I. Beggs, on "Begs Isle."
Postcard

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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Cleaning Cow Barn

Date: 12 11 1983
Description: Delmer Staus of Waukesha County shoveling contents of one of his cow barns into a manure spreader.
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Ski Hill

Date: 02 08 1948
Description: "This ski hill was a popular attraction located near Oconomowoc. Ward Woltman of Oak Grove is on the jump."
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Waukesha County Highway Department Snow Plow

Date: 1937
Description: Winter scene with an International D-70 truck owned by the Waukesha County Highway Department and outfitted with a scraper clearing snow from a rural road.
Drawing

Artic Frozen Custard, Label

Date: 06 12 1935
Description: Label submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. Features an Eskimo in a yellow coat and hat eating an ice cream cone. In the backgrou...
Print

Frigid Frozen Custard, Label

Date: 07 29 1935
Description: Label submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Frigid Frozen Custard." Features two men, each driving a dog sled with teams of dogs...
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Jeffry's Mill

Date: 01 22 1932
Description: Two men fish from a diving platform while a third fishes from the shore at Jeffry's Mill. The tall, wood frame mill building is in the background, with an ...
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The Getto House After a Snowstorm

Date: 02 1922
Description: View from porch of a wood sided building behind a large pile of snow. A path has been shoveled on the wood walkway between the porch and the outer building...
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Waukesha County Peace Council Vigil

Date: 12 20 1983
Description: Several people standing together outdoors holding candles. Three people are wearing signs that read: "Waukesha County Peace Council," "PEACE and JUSTICE to...
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Camp Sidney Cohen Family Campout

Date: 02 1959
Description: Two men cooking food wrapped in foil on a grate over a fire outdoors. One man's sleeve has a patch that reads: "Family Camping, MFCA Milwaukee." A child is...
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Rabbiting

Date: 1904
Description: Art Frank, left, and Herbert Paul Brumder posing with game, carrying their shotguns "broken." Frank, who is smoking a cigar, is holding a bag from which he...
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Brumder Barn

Date: 1902
Description: A large barn with wooden vented cupola with a small onion dome. The description on the reverse of the photograph reads: "Big barn at Villa Henrietta that G...
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Ice Boating

Date: 1906
Description: A man is bending forward near the mast of an iceboat as another man, wearing goggles, is standing to the left. There is a second iceboat on the right. A sm...
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Ice Boating

Date: 1906
Description: Two unidentified men posing with an iceboat on Pine Lake. The man sitting on the left is wearing goggles. "Reliance" is stenciled on the fore portion of th...

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