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Photograph

Mowing the Lawn

Date: 05 28 1987
Description: A Parks Department employee pushes a mower up a steep hill to keep Buchner Park maintained.
Photograph

Family Camping Trip

Date: 09 06 1988
Description: Family members gather around a campfire to enjoy biscuits and sausages cooked on the grill at Naga-Waukee Park.
Photograph

Railroad Employee Outing

Date: 08 26 1908
Description: Elevated view of the third annual outing of the employees of the Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company (TMERL) at Waukesha Beach.
Photograph

Barrel Race on the Lake

Date: 06 26 1909
Description: Two men paddle barrels with their hands and feet while a third tips over on Pewaukee Lake at the Waukesha Beach recreation area. Other people watch both f...
Photograph

Cushing Memorial Monument

Date: 1950
Description: The Cushing Memorial State Park was established in 1915 by the State and the Waukesha County Historical Society. Its grounds, formerly the Cushing family h...
Photograph

Cushing Memorial State Park

Date: 1960
Description: Cushing Memorial.
Photograph

Cushing Memorial State Park

Date: 1940
Description: Cushing Memorial.
Postcard

Bethesda Spring

Date: 1905
Description: View of the Bethesda Spring. Caption reads: "Bethesda Spring, Waukesha, Wis."
Postcard

Bethesda Spring

Date: 1910
Description: View of Bethesda Spring. Caption reads: "Bethesda Spring, Waukesha, Wis."
Map or Atlas

Waukesha County

Date: 02 1956
Description: This 1956 map of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, towns, sections, cities and villages, roads, railroads, dams, airports, par...
Print

Fountain Spring House Menu

Date: 08 01 1889
Description: Exterior and interior menu listing of the Fountain Spring House, with visitors strolling the grounds of a tree-filled park with the hotel in the background...
Print

Fountain Spring House Supper Menu

Date: 
Description: One-page menu from the Fountain Spring House, with a view of lush foliage and visitors strolling in the park adjacent to the hotel framed against a scene o...
Map or Atlas

City of Brookfield, Waukesha County

Date: 1965
Description: This basic street map shows roads, schools, parks and cemeteries and includes a street index in the lower margin. The map also shows a portion of Elm Grove...
Map or Atlas

City of Oconomowoc, Wis.

Date: 
Description: This map is a photocopy and shows the Oconomowoc River, Flower Lake, lot and block numbers and dimensions, additions, streets, C.M.St.P.&P. Ry., T.M.E.R.&L...
Photograph

People Playing Croquet Next to an Automobile

Date: 1916
Description: A group of a man, two women and two children playing croquet next to an automobile and a gazebo in a park.
Photograph

Waukesha County Peace Council Vigil

Date: 12 20 1983
Description: Several people standing together outdoors holding candles. Three people are wearing signs that read: "Waukesha County Peace Council," "PEACE and JUSTICE to...
Photograph

Wisconsin Archeological Society

Date: 05 26 1906
Description: The Wisconsin Archeological Society attending the unveiling of the Cutler Indian mound marker at Cutler Park. Mrs. William H. Anderson, President (?) of th...
Photograph

Cookout Celebration

Date: 07 07 1989
Description: Four men are standing and sitting at a picnic table while holding pieces of paper and talking. Behind them groups of people are relaxing. Caption reads: "C...
Postcard

Bethesda Mineral Spring

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Bethesda Mineral Spring, Waukesha, Wis." A group of people in the pavilion at Bethesda Mineral Spring. An American flag is flying at ...

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