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Men Working a Game Booth

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: Men from the armed forces working a game booth at a Civilian Defense Rally. Their hats are embroidered with the text "Greendale Wisconsin."
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Sketch of Sewage Treatment Plant

Date: 1937
Description: A planning sketch of the sewage disposal plant.
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Steam Shovel in Quarry

Date: 
Description: A steam shovel moving sand and gravel in a quarry.
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Young Girl Wearing Crown

Date: 1941
Description: A smiling young girl posed wearing a crown and a dress.
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Field and Trees Surrounding Demien Lake

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Description: A grassy field and trees near Demien Lake, part of the "greenbelt."
Map or Atlas

Greendale, Wisconsin

Date: 1938
Description: This map shows buildings, lots, parks, schools, pumping stations, sites reserved for churches, and water towers.
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Picnic Tables at Picnic Grove

Date: 1939
Description: Two picnic tables in a clearing at picnic grove.
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Village in Snow

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated winter scene of Greendale (Milwaukee Co.), Wisconsin. Housing, roads and trees are visible in the distance. One person is walking through the snow...
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Ice Cream Stand at Civilian Defense Rally

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: A scene from the Greendale Civilian Defense Rally. Mothers and children sit at a picnic table outside of the "Bendfelt House of Fine Ice Cream" stand opera...
Map or Atlas

Village of Greendale, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Date: 1960
Description: This map of Greedale shows local streets, parks, schools, and churches and includes manuscript annotations in green and blue showing tracts and parcels of ...
Photograph

Drugstore Soda Fountain

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Description: There were several businesses in Greendale, including a Co-op grocery store, variety store, post office, movie theater and a doctor and dentist office. The...
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Bookcases, Endtables and Other Crafts at Hobby Show

Date: 05 13 1939
Description: Bookcase, end tables, pictures, and other crafts at a hobby show.
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Interior of Drugstore

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Description: Interior of the community drugstore. Visible products include "Klenzo Facial Tissue," "Briten Toothepaste" and "Kleenex Tissue."
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Little Girl

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: A little girl at a Civilian Defense Rally.
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Woman and Child in Front of Shops

Date: 
Description: A woman and child in front of brick commercial storefronts. Signs read, from left to right "Drugs Prescriptions," "Soda Grill Luncheonette" and "Greendale ...
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Girls Riding Bicycles

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: Girls riding bicycles at a Civilian Defense Rally. The Greendale Village Hall with clock tower is visible in the background, and the street has been blocke...
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Plowing Sidewalk with I-14 Tractor

Date: 03 21 1939
Description: Elevated winter scene with a man operating a tractor in the Greendale, Wisconsin, neighborhood clearing the sidewalks of snow.
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Henry Wallace wth Other Men

Date: 06 17 1939
Description: Henry Wallace walking out of a building with other men in the background. Henry Wallace, then the United States Secretary of Agriculture, visited and toure...
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Henry Wallace Posing with Group

Date: 06 17 1939
Description: Henry Wallace, sitting at a table posing for a photograph with six men and one woman. Henry Wallace, then the United States Secretary of Agriculture, visit...
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Sketch of "Floating Cover Installation"

Date: 1937
Description: A sketch of an aspect of the waterworks. Text reads "Typical PFT "Downes" Floating Cover Installation."

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