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Smith Cobblestone Inn

Date: 1933
Description: Northwest view of the Jesse Smith Cobblestone Inn.
Postcard

The Argonne Gate

Date: 1924
Description: Argonne Gate, S.J.M.A. War memorial for the service men from Delafield in the First World War. The lantern on the gate is meant to burn perpetually. Captio...
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Fountain House

Date: 1878
Description: Exterior view of the Fountain House.
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Nashotah Mission, Lewis Hall

Date: 1920
Description: Nashotah Mission, Lewis Hall old entrance about 1920(?)
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Nashotah Mission, Shelton Hall

Date: 1920
Description: Nashotah Mission, Shelton Hall about 1920(?)
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Pewaukee Lake Mills

Date: 1925
Description: A view of Pewaukee Lake Mills. Asa Clark, a Vermont pioneer who settled in the town of Pewaukee in 1837, erected a sawmill in 1838 at the outlet of the lak...
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Bache Barn

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior view of the Bache barn with stone foundation. There are large haystacks on the right.
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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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Cobblestone House

Date: 1884
Description: Exterior of a cobblestone house with women and children in the yard.
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Wells-DeKoven Hall

Date: 1950
Description: Black and white photographic postcard of Wells-DeKoven Hall. Caption reads: "Wells-DeKoven Hall, St. John's Military Academy, Delafield, Wis."
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Chapel; St. John's Military Academy

Date: 1910
Description: Black and white postcard view of the chapel at St. John's Military Academy. Caption reads: "Chapel., S.J.M.A., Delafield, Wis."
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Corn Hills

Date: 1930
Description: A composite lantern slide with two early views, ca. 1910, of raised corn hills on the campus of Carroll College (now Carroll University). At top is a view...
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Holy Family Hospital and Grotto

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Description: Slightly elevated black and white view of a stone hospital and grotto affiliated with the School Sisters of Notre Dame. Trees and shrubs are on the lawns d...
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Ranger Home

Date: 1939
Description: A one and one half story, stone clad house with wide siding in the front gable is standing on a low rise surrounded by a lawn and mature trees. On the reve...
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Waukesha Springs Sanitarium

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Waukesha Springs Sanitarium, Waukesha, Wis." The sanitarium was constructed in 1903 as a large resort/hospital facility by Dr. Byron ...
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Courthouse

Date: 1922
Description: Text on front reads: "Court House, Waukesha, Wis." Built in 1893 of limestone in the Richardson Romanesque style, it is now the home of the Waukesha County...
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Post Office

Date: 11 17 1941
Description: Text on front reads: "Post Office, Waukesha, Wis." Built in 1913 of Bedford Limestone in the Neoclassical style. It has an impressive portico, supported by...

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