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First Presybyterian in the Shade

Date: 1960
Description: First Presbyterian church from the rear, in the shadows of pine trees, with shrubbery abutting the building.
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Van Brunt House

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view of the house and yard.
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Waukesha Springs Sanitarium

Date: 1915
Description: View of the grounds of Waukesha Springs Sanitarium. Caption reads: "Waukesha Springs Sanitarium Grounds, Waukesha, Wis."
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State Tuberculosis Sanatorium

Date: 1925
Description: View of the Oneida cottage for women at the State Tuberculosis Sanatorium.
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State Tuberculosis Sanatorium Refectory

Date: 1925
Description: View of the State Tuberculosis Sanatorium Refectory from the east.
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Octagon House

Date: 1940
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...
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Cistercian Monastery

Date: 1940
Description: Cistercian Monastery. Plants and trees shroud building.
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Dousman House

Date: 07 22 1925
Description: A large wooden classical revival style building with rear extension identified as the Dousman House, or tavern. "[It] stands a few miles east of Waukesha, ...
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Canterbury Hills Subdivision

Date: 1980
Description: Landscape view of a subdivision. In the center is an electrical meter, stone walls, and pine trees. In the distance are houses and telephone poles.
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Eagle Depot and Yards

Date: 1924
Description: View down railroad tracks towards the Eagle train depot. A number of pedestrians are around the depot. On the left near the road, two men stand in front of...
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Public School

Date: 1924
Description: View from the road facing the front and side of the public school built in 1905. A swing set is to the left of the school building. The building has an arc...
Postcard

State Fish Hatchery

Date: 1920
Description: Photographic postcard of the state fish hatchery. Caption reads: "State Fish Hatchery, Delafield, Wis."
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Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne Picking Fruit

Date: 1949
Description: Alfred Lunt standing on a wooden ladder and picking plums from a tree in the Ten Chimneys orchard. Lynn Fontanne stands below holding a basket to collect t...
Postcard

O.E.S. Hospital, Masonic Home

Date: 1920
Description: View across lawn towards the Order of Eastern Star hospital at the Wisconsin Masonic Home and Farm. Caption reads: "O.E.S. Hospital, Masonic Home, Dousman,...
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Little Mower, Big Helper

Date: 04 24 1983
Description: A man is mowing a lawn with a gas-powered mower. Behind him is a boy pushing a toy lawn mower. This photograph has two accompanying captions. The April 24,...
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John Merker and His Grandmother

Date: 1915
Description: John Merker (1900-1961), dressed in straw hat, bib overalls and a work shirt, is holding a pipe in his left hand. He is wearing a fake beard. His grandmoth...
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Anniversary

Date: 08 07 1946
Description: Outdoor group portrait of members of the Brumder family at the celebration of the forty-fifth wedding anniversary of George Frederick Brumder (1878-1961), ...
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Pine Lake House

Date: 1914
Description: Three-quarter view from road of a wood frame, one and one half story house with a cupola and two tall chimneys. There is a full-length front porch on the m...
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Pine Lake House

Date: 1940
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...
Postcard

Pine Lake House

Date: 1940
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...

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