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Woman in Man's Suit

Date: 03 17 1963
Description: A woman modeling a men's suit, while holding an umbrella and wearing a top hat. She is reflected by a mirror in the background.
Photograph

Mitchell at Milwaukee

Date: 1922
Description: General William Mitchell, with his personal airplane and Milwaukee airport manager Giles Meisenheimer at Butler Field, the first Milwaukee County airport. ...
Poster

Air Show Program

Date: 08 18 1935
Description: Poster advertising the air show held to mark the dedication of the airport in Waukesha, an event sponsored by the Waukesha Aviation Club. Present to dedica...
Print

Re-elect Michael Lombardi

Date: 1954
Description: A handout urging citizens to re-elect Republican candidate Michael Lombardi for Sheriff of Waukesha County. He was re-elected, and served the statutory lim...
Photograph

Roger Baird

Date: 1933
Description: Roger Baird, 11 years old and a student at Hillcrest School, District No. 6, Towns of Waukesha, Pewaukee, Brookfield and New Berlin, poses on the arched fr...
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Felix Liburdi

Date: 1933
Description: Felix Liburdi, 17 years old, poses in front of the arched front porch of the Hillcrest School, District No. 6, Towns of Waukesha, Pewaukee, Brookfield and ...
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Charles E. Curver House

Date: 1933
Description: Two unidentified girls pose seated on a large stone in a rock garden on the lawn of the Charles E. Curver home. There are small clumps of flowers in bloom ...
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Roger Baird

Date: 1933
Description: Roger Baird, 11 years old and a student at Hillcrest School, District No., Towns of Waukesha, Pewaukee, Brookfield and New Berlin, posing with his calf. On...
Photograph

Frank Fox Jr. and Bull

Date: 1933
Description: Frank Fox Jr. holds his father's prize bull, with a lead attached to a nose ring, in front of a wood sided silo. On the reverse of the photograph is writte...
Photograph

Robert Hulburt

Date: 1933
Description: Robert Hulburt, age 11 and a student at Hillcrest School, District No. 6, Towns of Waukesha, Pewaukee, Brookield and New Berlin, poses with his heifer in a...
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Frank Smith, Jr.

Date: 1933
Description: Frank Smith, Jr., age 12, feeds chickens on his father's farm. The farmhouse is in the background. Young Smith was a student at the Hillcrest School, Distr...
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Couple Standing on a Porch

Date: 1935
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Stewart standing on the porch of their home. The dwelling and porch railing are built of stone and mortar.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

A Young Alfred Lunt as Rip Van Winkle

Date: 1904
Description: A young Alfred Lunt dressed as Rip Van Winkle, using clothing and a musket borrowed from farm hands and leggings made of gunny sacks.
Photograph

Adda Howie with Beans

Date: 
Description: Adda Howie at Sunny Peak Farm holding a handful of green and purple beans. There are two rocking chairs and a potted plant on the porch in the background.
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Adda Howie with a Cow

Date: 1905
Description: Adda Howie and her pet cow at Sunny Peak Farm.
Photograph

Henriette Brumder

Date: 1900
Description: Henriette Brandhorst (Mrs. George) Brumder posing outdoors with a bouquet of blossoms in her left hand. She is wearing a short fitted jacket over a striped...
Photograph

Herman Brumder

Date: 1895
Description: Herman Otto Brumder (1880-1950) modeling a skirted men's swimsuit on a pier at Pine Lake.
Photograph

Ed Brumder

Date: 1920
Description: Ed Brumder is sitting on the branch of a tree which has grown out over the water of Pine Lake. The far shore is in the background.
Photograph

Frank & Anna Kreuser

Date: 1914
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a woman and a man standing and posing together around a pedestal. The man is wearing a suit with a corsage of flowers, and t...
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George Brumder

Date: 1901
Description: George Brumder, Milwaukee publisher and businessman, standing on his pier at Pine Lake. He is wearing a suit and hat. There is a low wall on the right, whi...

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