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| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with an International D-70 truck owned by the Waukesha County Highway Department and outfitted with a scraper clearing snow from a rural road. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Blatz Waukesha Water, Bottled at the Springs, Waukesha WI, A natural spring water, s... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Fox Head '400 Beer,' Fox Head Waukesha water Used Exclusively, Bottles for Fox Head ... |
| Date: | 04 09 1935 |
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| Description: | Label submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. Features an illustration of a mill on a river. "Old Method, Whole Wheat Flour, Stone ... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Map shows landownership and acreages, roads, and railroads in the Town of Waukesha and part of the city of Waukesha, Waukesha County, Wisconsin. |
| Missionary and Clergyman |
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| Biography of Richard Fish Cadle, Episcopal clergyman and missionary who established many Wisconsin parishes. |
| Temperance Lecturer, Abolitionist and Newspaper Editor |
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| Biography of temperance lecturer, abolitionist and newspaper editor Sherman Miller Booth. |
| Wisconsin Civil War Officer, Lawyer, Politician, 6th Wisconsin Governor, Presidential Cabinet Member |
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| Brief biography of lawyer, judge and politician Alexander W. Randall, who served as the sixth Governor of Wisconsin from 1858 until 1861. |
| Runaway Slave |
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| Biography of Joshua Glover, a former slave from St. Louis, Missouri who sought asylum in Racine, Wisconsin in 1852. |
| Fugitive Slave |
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| Biography of Caroline Quarlls, the first fugitive slave conducted through Wisconsin's underground railroad network to freedom. |
| Brief biography of fomer WI governor William Augustus Barstow (1813 - 1865). |
| Learn about the oldest cities and towns in Wisconsin which were established by 1836 and still exist today. |
| Read about the school for juvenile delinquents that was formed in Waukesha, WI. This article contains links to images and official reports. |
| Discover historical details and explore our online collections related to Waukesha, Wisconsin. |
| Read about the possible historic origins of the frequently used syllable "wau" in the geographic names of Wisconsin. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Pink kitchen with General Electric appliances and custom built cabinets from a Waukesha, Wisconsin ranch home, c. 1958. (Museum object #2006.82) |
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