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Waiting out the Rain

Date: 06 21 1987
Description: Shoppers take refuge in the open doorway of a shop during a downpour.
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Dousman-Dunkel House

Date: 1933
Description: Front view of the former Dousman-Dunkel house with a gasoline pump and a woman sitting on the front porch. The Elmbrook Historical Society currently occupi...
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Clark Station

Date: 1962
Description: Clark gasoline station near Brookfield, Wisconsin, which sold gasoline but not service work.
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Dousman House

Date: 07 22 1925
Description: A large wooden classical revival style building with rear extension identified as the Dousman House, or tavern. "[It] stands a few miles east of Waukesha, ...
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'Residence' Type Railroad Station

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Description: The Brookfield was a stop on the Burlington Northern/Santa Fe Railroad which provided a mainline between Chicago and Kansas City.
Postcard

Harvest House Cafeteria

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Description: Color postcard view of the interior of the Harvest House Cafeteria, Brookfield Square Shopping Center.
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Comparing Shirts

Date: 08 14 1989
Description: A man is holding up a sweater on a hangar over a clothing rack. in the foreground a woman is facing him and holding up another shirt. Caption reads: "Terry...
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Visions of Decorations

Date: 04 09 1968
Description: A man and woman are standing and looking at a water fountain with an abstract art sculpture in it. Caption reads: "Visions of decorations dance in t...
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Surprise Birthday Card

Date: 10 04 1981
Description: Overhead view of a man standing on a lawn. He is holding up 5 fingers on one hand and making a zero with the other. On his lawn someone has painted "50 TOM...

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