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| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Assembly line packing by the Supreme Model Supply Co., a model airplane company started by Waukesha teenagers in 1940. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Walter Liskowitz of Waukesha in his two-place Standard. This photograph was taken shortly after he organized Walter's Airline to provide service to Chicago... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | The business card of Waukesha photographer Warren O'Brien, a pioneer in aerial photography in Wisconsin. The illustration shows him sitting on the wing of ... |
| Date: | 05 25 1931 |
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| Description: | The Waukesha Flying Club and their jointly owned Waco 10. The members are (row 1, left to right) Charles Gittner, Joe Rombough, and Roy Winzenreid and (row... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Fritz Warden (at the propeller) and Lee Barney, two young members of the Waukesha Flying Club, together with Barney's Aeronica C2 airplane. The Aeronica w... |
| Date: | 08 26 1908 |
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| Description: | Women employees of Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co. (TMERL) competing a foot race at the third company outing. |
| Date: | 08 18 1935 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising the air show held to mark the dedication of the airport in Waukesha, an event sponsored by the Waukesha Aviation Club. Present to dedica... |
| Date: | 07 08 1988 |
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| Description: | Two women lifeguards sun themselves at the edge of Horeb Park pool during a rotation break. |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Central Railway's locomotive # 96 at the Waukesha depot. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of boarders, all railroad shop workers, sitting on the front porch at Mrs. Armour's boarding house. Left to right are: Bill Salsig, Roy Mart... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Employees of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway in the company's Waukesha office. Left to right they are Carl Mix, Ruth McGeen, Clarence Mica (seat... |
| Date: | 08 26 1908 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the third annual outing of the employees of the Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company (TMERL) at Waukesha Beach. |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of women who are taking flying lessons. Several of the women are dressed in furs. |
| Date: | 06 26 1909 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Front exterior view of the H.W. Youmans Waukesha Freeman newspaper office. |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Front view of the Waukesha Freeman building, where an abolition paper was published in the 1850's. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | View of the Waukesha Woolen Mills buildings. Caption reads: "The picture above shows the Waukesha Woolen Mills buildings as they looked around 1880. At lef... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Fred Esser stands in a hat and sweater in front of wooden doors. Mr. Esser owned a McCormick-Deering 6 can cooler. |
| Date: | 11 08 1984 |
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| Description: | Students prepare a curried beef dinner in a Waukesha County Technical Institute cooking class led by Juanita Decker (right, in chef's hat). |
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