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Telephone Conversation

Date: 03 27 1963
Description: A three-year-old girl uses a toy telephone, and carries on an imaginary conversation at a preschool.
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Baking Bread for Communion

Date: 09 25 1963
Description: Elevated view of two women, one pulling loaves of bread from the oven and the other glazing crusts in the church kitchen.
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Sucker Monocle

Date: 12 28 1962
Description: Jean Meyer plays with the sucker she got at a mother-daugher Christmas holiday tea.
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Rock Show

Date: 05 12 1963
Description: Three boys take a break from baseball to view the Wisconsin Geological Society's rock, gem and mineral show at Wauwatosa's Hart park recreational building.
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Man and Mermaid

Date: 08 21 1963
Description: Couple poses behind carnival cutout of a sailor and mermaid.
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Youthful Republicans for Barry Goldwater

Date: 09 22 1964
Description: Three young men displaying some campaign materials outside their own GOP headquarters in a garage at 8608 W. Meinecke Avenue in Wauwatosa. They are, from l...
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Portrait of Laura Graf

Date: 1960
Description: Portrait of Laura Graf seated in a chair at her home in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. A bookcase is behind her. Laura was born September 2, 1898 in Pewaukee (Wa...
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A Girl in her Flowered Hat

Date: 1967
Description: Lori Miller, 5, wearing one of her mother's “flowered” (ribbon bows) hats.
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...
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Wauwatosa Cafeteria and Custodial Workers Protest

Date: 06 13 1968
Description: Several people are walking down a sidewalk carrying signs. Some of the signs read: "Tax Dollar Wasted by Tosa Board," "Wauwatosa School Board Unfair," and ...
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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...
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Robert C. Brassard

Date: 03 02 1962
Description: Overhead view of two men, who are standing on opposite sides of a table. They are facing each other and each has his right hand raised. Caption reads: "...
Property Record

1500 WAUWATOSA AVE

Community: Wauwatosa
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: ST. BERNARD CATHOLIC CHURCH
Reference Number: 152141
Property Record

11040 W BLUEMOUND RD / US HIGHWAY 18

Community: Wauwatosa
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: Superior Enterprises Building
Reference Number: 152601
Property Record

12320 W BLUEMOUND RD / US HIGHWAY 18

Community: Wauwatosa
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Reference Number: 152604
Property Record

8200 W BLUEMOUND RD

Community: Wauwatosa
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: CALVARY ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH
Reference Number: 164066
Property Record

HWY 45 OVER MAYFAIR RD, UNDERWOOD CREEK & UNDERWOOD CREEK PKWY

Community: Wauwatosa
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: HIGHWAY 45 SOUTHBOUND BRIDGE
Reference Number: 205241
Property Record

HWY 45 OVER MAYFAIR RD, UNDERWOOD CREEK & UNDERWOOD CREEK PKWY

Community: Wauwatosa
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: HIGHWAY 45 NORTHBOUND BRIDGE
Reference Number: 205261
Property Record

9800 W UNDERWOOD CREEK PKWY

Community: Wauwatosa
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: HANSEN PARK GOLF COURSE MAINTENANCE BUILDING
Reference Number: 205381

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