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Moving Boulder with Bulldozer

Date: 10 1959
Description: Moving a very large boulder with a bulldozer during construction of Highway 94 in Waukesha County.
Photograph

Sinclair Service Station

Date: 1938
Description: Three uniformed employees of the Sinclair Oil Company Service Station, located at 501 East Broadway, standing in front of the station's gas pumps. Two life...
Photograph

Home-Built Heath

Date: 1932
Description: Ray and Carl Breecher's Heath parasol monoplane while still under construction in their father's garage. Despite extensive modification, the plane crashed ...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Waukesha

Date: 1874
Description: Bird's-eye view of Waukesha, looking southwest, with insets of State Industrial School, Court House, and Fountain Spring House.
Photograph

Building I-94 with Earthmover

Date: 10 1959
Description: Construction of Interstate Highway I-94 in Waukesha County using an earthmover manufactured by Allis Chalmers.
Photograph

Hartland Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Located at 252-256 West Capitol Drive, this Tudor Revival-style structure was built as a residence in the early 1920s and was altered a few years later by ...
Photograph

Muskego Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: In the early 1920s, Prussian immigrant John Bosch constructed a simple, rectangular brick service garage with a canted corner at a prime location: the inte...
Photograph

Man with International A-5 Concrete Truck

Date: 1931
Description: A man is standing on top of an International A-5 truck which is parked beneath a concrete spout to fill the tank on the truck bed.
Photograph

Pouring Concrete Into International A-5 Truck

Date: 1931
Description: A man is standing on top of an International A-5 truck, filling a tank with concrete. A man wearing a hat is standing above him looking out of a window in ...
Photograph

Cement Truck

Date: 1931
Description: A man loading cement into the back of an International Model A-5 truck. The automobile is marked on the driver's side door with the words: "Cayll & Barrett...
Map or Atlas

Map of the Lakes & Drives in the Vicinity of Oconomowoc & Waukesha, Waukesha County, Wisconsin

Date: 1887
Description: This late 19th century map shows the lake region around Oconomowoc in Waukesha County and eastern Jefferson County, Wisconsin. Cities and villages, roads, ...
Historical Essay

Harley-Davidson Knucklehead

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
1941 Model FL motorcycle manufactured by the Harley-Davidson Motor Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1941. (Museum object #2003.19.1)
Historical Essay

Elto Cub Outboard Motor

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Elto Cub outboard motor made by the Evinrude Motors Division of Outboard Marine and Manufacturing Co., Milwaukee, WI, 1939. (Museum object #1997.35.3)
Photograph

Drilling for Water

Date: 
Description: A man is operating a drill to connect a house to a water supply.
Postcard

Lannon Railroad Depot

Date: 1911
Description: View across tracks towards a small railroad depot, with people gathered on the platform. A locomotive belching smoke is approaching the depot.
Postcard

Menominee River Sugar Company

Date: 
Description: View of a sugar factory. Caption reads: "Menominee River Sugar Co., Menomonee Falls, Wis."

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