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| Date: | 01 27 1963 |
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| Description: | Young Caucasian boys dressed like Native Americans as part of their YMCA "Indian Guides" program. They are being directed by the "All Nations Chief" Henry ... |
| Date: | 06 17 1986 |
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| Description: | A group of children on "hot cycles," a form of young children's transportation, are being instructed on the rules of pedestrian and bicycle transportation ... |
| Date: | 05 05 1963 |
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| Description: | Mother pouring tea for her twins at the mother and daughter tea, sponsored by the Brookfield Woman's Club. |
| Date: | 06 21 1987 |
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| Description: | Shoppers take refuge in the open doorway of a shop during a downpour. |
| Date: | 06 25 1988 |
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| Description: | St. Dominic's Catholic Parish members tend the grills at their annual festival. |
| Date: | 06 26 1955 |
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| Description: | Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Braatz top off the 26-layer wedding cake that Mrs. Braatz made for their daughter's wedding. |
| Date: | 03 23 1961 |
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| Description: | A ham radio operator uses his home radio equipment to allow Wisconsin residents far from home to link to family members via a radio-phone connection. |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | International Model H fire truck owned by the Brookfield Fire Department. |
| Date: | 12 12 1963 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with Swanson School youngsters playing in the first heavy snow of the season. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Front view of church building. Caption reads: "Brookfield Wis". |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | Clark gasoline station near Brookfield, Wisconsin, which sold gasoline but not service work. |
| Date: | 07 22 1925 |
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| 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, ... |
| Date: | 1980 |
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| Description: | Landscape view of a subdivision. In the center is an electrical meter, stone walls, and pine trees. In the distance are houses and telephone poles. |
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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. |
| Date: | 08 1971 |
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| Description: | Color postcard elevated view towards the altar of the Gethsemane Evangelical Lutheran Church. A Christmas tree is on the right. |
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| Description: | Color postcard view of the interior of the Harvest House Cafeteria, Brookfield Square Shopping Center. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Interior perspective of the living room of the Robert W. Liske house designed and drawn by architect John Randal McDonald. The home was named "Sunny Crest"... |
| Date: | 06 12 1935 |
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| Description: | Label submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. Features an Eskimo in a yellow coat and hat eating an ice cream cone. In the backgrou... |
| Date: | 07 29 1935 |
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| Description: | Label submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Frigid Frozen Custard." Features two men, each driving a dog sled with teams of dogs... |
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