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| Date: | 08 23 1985 |
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| Description: | A lone tree standing in a rural Ottawa cornfield in western Waukesha county. |
| Date: | 09 30 1984 |
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| Description: | A young girl playing with soap bubbles outdoors. |
| 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: | 06 21 1987 |
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| Description: | Shoppers take refuge in the open doorway of a shop during a downpour. |
| Date: | 05 28 1987 |
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| Description: | A Parks Department employee pushes a mower up a steep hill to keep Buchner Park maintained. |
| Date: | 06 25 1988 |
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| Description: | St. Dominic's Catholic Parish members tend the grills at their annual festival. |
| Date: | 07 20 1988 |
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| Description: | Young men clamor to catch a Frisbee during a beach game. |
| Date: | 09 06 1988 |
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| Description: | Family members gather around a campfire to enjoy biscuits and sausages cooked on the grill at Naga-Waukee Park. |
| Date: | 07 07 1984 |
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| Description: | Steam locomotive No. 1385 moves along the tracks as part of the Butler Railroad Days. |
| Date: | 07 16 1987 |
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| Description: | Four boys trap hogs to get them into their stalls at the Waukesha County Fair. |
| 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: | 06 19 1983 |
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| Description: | Tina Polley looked through a pair of large clown eyeglasses as she ate an ice cream cone at an Ice Cream and Pie Social at St. Francis Episcopal Church. |
| 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. |
| Date: | 12 11 1983 |
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| Description: | Delmer Staus of Waukesha County shoveling contents of one of his cow barns into a manure spreader. |
| 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). |
| Date: | 02 21 1989 |
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| Description: | Seven men wait for the polls to open Tuesday morning at the New Berlin Administration Building. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| "Bright beer" storage tank by Dunck Tank Works, Milwaukee, c 1910. Used by Stevens Point Brewery, Stevens Point, c 1915-1995.(Museum object #2007.83.2) |
| Legendary Guitarist and Electronics Innovator |
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| Learn about Les Paul, pioneer of the solid-body guitar and innovator in recording techniques. |
| Date: | 1980 |
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| Description: | This map shows schools, hotels, stations, roads, railroads, reefs, and public buildings. The upper right corner includes "A Summer and Winter Guide for Spo... |
| Date: | 1982 |
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| Description: | Interior view from the rear of the Chapel of Perpetual Adoration, part of the Visitation Convent. Four people are sitting or kneeling. |
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