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Staying Cool Outside

Date: 06 22 1983
Description: Woman stays cool by sitting in a small plastic pool while pouring cups of water on her head.
Map or Atlas

Wauwatosa and the Western Suburbs of Milwaukee

Date: 1892
Description: Color bird's-eye map of Wauwatosa, looking east toward Milwaukee and Lake Michigan. Predominantly green with cream colored roadways, with six land plots ow...
Map or Atlas

Wauwatosa Wisconsin Zoning Map

Date: 1947
Description: This map of Wauwatosa shows 10 zoning class types of land including residential, manufacturing, and business. The map also shows government buildings, some...
Map or Atlas

Zoning Map Showing Use Districts Town of Wauwatosa Milwaukee County Wisconsin

Date: 1939
Description: This is a zoning map of Wauwatosa with a key of districts including agricultural, resident, business, commercial, and industrial. The map features labeled ...
Map or Atlas

Wauwatosa, Wisconsin : Zoning

Date: 1965
Description: This map shows 32 zoning districts, house numbering system, parks, cemeteries, and Milwaukee County institutional buildings.
Photograph

Champion American Elm

Date: 1968
Description: A towering specimen of Ulmus americana standing along the river in the Menomonee River Parkway. There are large blocks of ice on the shore. This tre...
Photograph

Marshmallow Winter

Date: 02 1963
Description: Snow covered rocks in a stream are covered thickly with snow and appear to be marshmallows. The trees and shrubs on the opposite shoreline are reflected in...
Postcard

Superindendent's Residence from the Lake

Date: 07 22 1908
Description: Text on front reads: "Superintendent's Residence from the Lake, Milwaukee Asylum for the Chronic Insane, Wauwatosa, Wis." A three-story house with a porch...
Postcard

Milwaukee Asylum for Chronic Insane

Date: 07 01 1913
Description: Text on front reads: "Milwaukee Asylum for Chronic Insane, Wauwatosa, Wis." Three multistory buildings with towers. A pond, trees, lawn, sidewalks and a br...
Postcard

The Menominee

Date: 11 05 1913
Description: Text on the front reads: "The Menominee, Wauwatosa, Wis." The Menominee River flowing through a park-like area. The right bank appears eroded, the left ban...

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