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Frisbee Catch

Date: 07 20 1988
Description: Young men clamor to catch a Frisbee during a beach game.
Photograph

Barrel Race on the Lake

Date: 06 26 1909
Description: Two men paddle barrels with their hands and feet while a third tips over on Pewaukee Lake at the Waukesha Beach recreation area. Other people watch both f...
Photograph

Wisconsin State Fish Hatchery

Date: 1925
Description: Wisconsin State Fish Hatchery near Lake Nagawicka.
Photograph

Wisconsin State Fish Hatchery

Date: 1928
Description: Administrative building of the State Fish Hatchery.
Photograph

Che-ne-qua Hotel

Date: 1907
Description: Elevated view of the Che-ne-qua Hotel on Pine Lake.
Photograph

Mayer's Summer Home

Date: 1910
Description: View across water towards the Mayer's summer home on Pine Lake.
Photograph

Lake Five

Date: 1910
Description: View down dirt road with small bridge along a lake. A man is driving an open automobile towards houses in the background.
Photograph

Nashotah Mission

Date: 1915
Description: Nashotah Mission, Lewis Hall. View from a distance with lake in foreground and mission in background.
Photograph

Jacob Friend Residence

Date: 1910
Description: Jacob E. Friend residence showing the main house, barn, bath house, and boat house on Pine Lake.
Postcard

Lake and Bridge Road

Date: 1908
Description: Elevated view of lake and and a bridge road. A man is standing on the road, and a boat is pulled up near the bridge. There is a building on the opposite sh...
Postcard

Boat on Lake and Bridge Road

Date: 1908
Description: View from shoreline towards a man on a boat on lake, and a bridge road in the background on the left. Caption reads: "Greetings from Okauchee, Wis."
Postcard

Ice House Bay

Date: 1913
Description: Ice House Bay and the lake. A man and a dog are standing on dock in the foreground, and on the right is a man in rowboat. There is a large building on the...
Photograph

Lake Okauchee Lighthouse

Date: 1935
Description: Lake Okauchee lighthouse. Buildings are in the background along a tree-covered shoreline.
Photograph

Pewaukee Lake

Date: 09 04 1906
Description: Three boys on the shore of Pewaukee Lake. One boy is fishing, while the other two observe. A boat dock and boathouse are in the background.
Drawing

Graber House Interior Perspective

Date: 1953
Description: Interior perspective drawing of the living room of the Fred Graber house designed and drawn by architect John Randal McDonald.
Print

Blatz Waukesha Water, Label

Date: 1924
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Blatz Waukesha Water, Bottled at the Springs, Waukesha WI, A natural spring water, s...
Photograph

Lake La Belle

Date: 06 1900
Description: View across Lake La Belle toward lakeside factories, residences, and churches.
Map or Atlas

Prairie Potawatomi Legends of the Mukwonago Lakes

Date: 11 14 1942
Description: This pictorial map illustrates Potawatomi Indian legends from the region of Lower Phantom Lake, labeled Howitt Lake on the map, Phantom Lake, and Mukwonag...
Map or Atlas

Land Cover Map of Waukesha County, Wisconsin

Date: 1934
Description: This map of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, from the Wisconsin Land Inventory shows the township and range grid, sections, cities and villages, vegetation type...
Map or Atlas

Map of Waukesha County, Wisconsin

Date: 1930
Description: This map of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, from the 1930s shows the township and range grid, towns, sections, cities and villages, highways and roads, railroa...

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