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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: | 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: | 1940 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of a house from the driveway, which slopes down to the two-story wood frame building. Facing the driveway is an entryway which h... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "We invite you to attend Waukesha County Dairy Show. March 12-15, 1940. Sales Pavilion, Waukesha, Wis. Judging days, March 13-14. Fo... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| 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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