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| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Assembly line packing by the Supreme Model Supply Co., a model airplane company started by Waukesha teenagers in 1940. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 11 1941 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Norwegian church. Interior view of old log church, the first church built by Norwegians in America in 1843. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Sanctuary of Cistercian Monastery. Two men are kneeling down before the altar. Caption reads: "Sanctuary of the Cistercian Monastery, Okauchee, Wis." |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Cistercian Monastery. Plants and trees shroud building. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Tree-lined avenue leading to the Cistercian Monastery. Caption reads: "Avenue Leading to the Cistercian Monastery, Okauchee, Wis." |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View across snow-covered ground towards the buildings of the Cistercian Monastery. Caption reads: "Cistercian Monastery, Okauchee, Wis." |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Roger Thomas uses a McCormick-Deering milker on a Holstein cow at the Lee Thomas farm. |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne formally dressed in the dining room of their home, Ten Chimneys. |
| Date: | 02 08 1948 |
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| Description: | "This ski hill was a popular attraction located near Oconomowoc. Ward Woltman of Oak Grove is on the jump." |
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