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Waukesha Avalon Hotel

Date: 1920
Description: View of the stately Avalon Hotel. A drugstore occupied some of the space on the first floor. Caption reads: "Avalon Hotel, Waukesha, Wis."
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Church in Brookfield

Date: 1920
Description: Front view of church building. Caption reads: "Brookfield Wis".
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The Argonne Gate

Date: 1924
Description: Argonne Gate, S.J.M.A. War memorial for the service men from Delafield in the First World War. The lantern on the gate is meant to burn perpetually. Captio...
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Masonic Home from Above

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of the Masonic Home, surrounded by a lawn and trees. There are two flagpoles along a driveway leading around the building. Caption reads: "Ma...
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Moor (Mud) Baths

Date: 1920
Description: View of the main building in the distance, and in the foreground a golf course of the Moor (Mud) Baths. Caption reads: "Main Bldg., Moor (Mud) Baths, Wauke...
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Moor Baths

Date: 1920
Description: View woards spring house and lagoon. Caption reads: "Spring House and Lagoon at the Moor (Mud) Baths, Waukesha, Wis."
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Moor Baths

Date: 1920
Description: View of the main building of the Moor (Mud) Baths. Caption reads: "Main Building, Waukesha Moor (Mud) Bath Co., Waukesha, Wis. 'Open all the year 'round.'"
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Moor Bath Links

Date: 1920
Description: View of people sitting on the porch of the golf club house at the Moor Bath Links. Caption reads: "Club House, Waukesha Golf Club on Moor Bath Links, Wauke...
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Hotel Majestic

Date: 1927
Description: Hotel Majestic. Caption reads: "Hotel Majestic, Oconomowoc, Wis." An advertisement on the back reads: "Located on intersection of Highways 19 and 67. Situa...
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State Fish Hatchery

Date: 1920
Description: Photographic postcard of the state fish hatchery. Caption reads: "State Fish Hatchery, Delafield, Wis."
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O.E.S. Hospital, Masonic Home

Date: 1920
Description: View across lawn towards the Order of Eastern Star hospital at the Wisconsin Masonic Home and Farm. Caption reads: "O.E.S. Hospital, Masonic Home, Dousman,...
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Street Scene

Date: 1920
Description: View down center of unpaved street, showing storefronts on the right, with a metal railing between the street and sidewalk. There is a gas pump at the rail...
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Public School — Eagle

Date: 1920
Description: Photographic postcard view of the public school building. Caption reads: "Public School — Eagle, Wis."
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Minnehaha Springs

Date: 1920
Description: View from shoreline towards a two people in a boat at Minnehaha Springs. In the background is a pavilion among the trees, and a small wooden pier at the sh...
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Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 08 09 1920
Description: Text on the front reads: "M.E. Church, Waukesha, Wis." Three women and a child stand in the street in front of a limestone church built in 1895 in the Rich...
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Courthouse

Date: 1922
Description: Text on front reads: "Court House, Waukesha, Wis." Built in 1893 of limestone in the Richardson Romanesque style, it is now the home of the Waukesha County...
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National Exchange Bank

Date: 1921
Description: Text on front reads: "National Exchange Bank, Waukesha, Wis." Built in 1921 in the Neoclassical style. Located on West Main Street between other brick and ...
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Moor Mud Baths

Date: 1927
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Enjoying a Health Bath at Moor (Mud) Baths, Waukesha, Wisconsin. 'America's Most Famous Moor (Mud) Bath Institution.' An ideal plac...

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