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| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | View down railroad tracks towards the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad depot. Caption reads: "C.M. & St. P. Depot, Wauwatosa, Wis." |
| Date: | 10 30 1944 |
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| Description: | The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railway depot. A number of pedestrians are waiting for the train. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the G.B. Nase Decorating and Paperhanging Shop. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | The Milwaukee County Alms House. Caption reads: "Milwaukee County Alms House, Wauwatosa, Wis." |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | The Lowell Damon house, east elevation or front. Snow is on the ground. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | The main entrance to the Lowell Damon home. Snow is on the ground. |
| Date: | 10 30 1984 |
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| Description: | A five-story tall inflatable gorilla attracted potential buyers to a special sale at the Uptown Lincoln-Mercury dealership in Wauwatosa. Although the pres... |
| Date: | 09 22 1964 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 03 10 1981 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a boarded-up Amoco gas station at 6731 W. North Avenue. |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Jo-Claren Maurin (b. 1942) sitting on the stoop of her house in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin wearing a red straw hat and holding a matching red straw purse. She is... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| 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... |
| Discover historical details and explore our online collections related to Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. |
| Read about the possible historic origins of the frequently used syllable "wau" in the geographic names of Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | This map of Wauwatosa shows 10 zoning class types of land including residential, manufacturing, and business. The map also shows government buildings, some... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | This is a zoning map of Wauwatosa with a key of districts including agricultural, resident, business, commercial, and industrial. The map features labeled ... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Lori Miller, 5, wearing one of her mother's “flowered” (ribbon bows) hats. |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | This map shows 32 zoning districts, house numbering system, parks, cemeteries, and Milwaukee County institutional buildings. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| 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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