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Photograph

Mowing the Lawn

Date: 05 28 1987
Description: A Parks Department employee pushes a mower up a steep hill to keep Buchner Park maintained.
Photograph

Family Camping Trip

Date: 09 06 1988
Description: Family members gather around a campfire to enjoy biscuits and sausages cooked on the grill at Naga-Waukee Park.
Photograph

Sun Dip

Date: 07 08 1988
Description: Two women lifeguards sun themselves at the edge of Horeb Park pool during a rotation break.
Photograph

Railroad Employee Outing

Date: 08 26 1908
Description: Elevated view of the third annual outing of the employees of the Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company (TMERL) at Waukesha Beach.
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

Cushing Memorial Monument

Date: 1950
Description: The Cushing Memorial State Park was established in 1915 by the State and the Waukesha County Historical Society. Its grounds, formerly the Cushing family h...
Photograph

Cushing Memorial State Park

Date: 1936
Description: View of the Cushing Memorial monument, located in the vicinity of Delafield.
Photograph

Cushing Memorial State Park

Date: 1960
Description: Cushing Memorial.
Photograph

Cushing Memorial State Park

Date: 1940
Description: Cushing Memorial.
Photograph

Cushing Memorial State Park

Date: 1920
Description: Cushing Memorial, erected on the S.E. 1/4 of S.W. 1/4 of Section 18.
Postcard

Silurian Spring

Date: 1914
Description: View of people at Silurian Spring, located in Waukesha Springs Park. Caption reads: "Silurian Spring, Waukesha, Wis."
Postcard

Bethesda Spring

Date: 1905
Description: View of the Bethesda Spring. Caption reads: "Bethesda Spring, Waukesha, Wis."
Postcard

Bethesda Spring

Date: 1910
Description: View of Bethesda Spring. Caption reads: "Bethesda Spring, Waukesha, Wis."
Photograph

"Sunnybank"

Date: 1870
Description: Two men are in the foreground on a shoreline, one standing in a boat. In the background on the other shoreline are adults and children sitting in the gras...
Map or Atlas

Waukesha County

Date: 02 1956
Description: This 1956 map of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, towns, sections, cities and villages, roads, railroads, dams, airports, par...
Map or Atlas

Hydrographic Map of the Oconomowoc-Waukesha Lake District, Waukesha County, Wisconsin

Date: 1898
Description: Map showing the contour depths of the lakes in northwestern Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Roads, railroads, depots, churches, schools, and hotels in the area...
Print

Fountain Spring House Menu

Date: 08 01 1889
Description: Exterior and interior menu listing of the Fountain Spring House, with visitors strolling the grounds of a tree-filled park with the hotel in the background...
Print

Fountain Spring House Supper Menu

Date: 
Description: One-page menu from the Fountain Spring House, with a view of lush foliage and visitors strolling in the park adjacent to the hotel framed against a scene o...
Map or Atlas

City of Brookfield, Waukesha County

Date: 1965
Description: This basic street map shows roads, schools, parks and cemeteries and includes a street index in the lower margin. The map also shows a portion of Elm Grove...
Postcard

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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