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Property Record

18850 W OBSERVATORY RD

Community: New Berlin
County: Waukesha
Historic Name: Armfield Observatory - Milwaukee Astronomical Society
Reference Number: 240664
Property Record

18850 W OBSERVATORY RD

Community: New Berlin
County: Waukesha
Historic Name: Buckstaff Observatory - Milwaukee Astronomical Society
Reference Number: 240665
Property Record

18850 W OBSERVATORY RD

Community: New Berlin
County: Waukesha
Historic Name: Z-Dome - Milwaukee Astronomical Society
Reference Number: 240666
Property Record

STATE HIGHWAY 83

Community: Merton
County: Waukesha
Historic Name: Milwaukee, Sparta & North Western Railway Bridge
Reference Number: 123988
Property Record

17000 W ROGERS DR

Community: New Berlin
County: Waukesha
Historic Name: Milwaukee Chaplet & Manufacturing Company Office and Plant
Reference Number: 239835
Photograph

Mitchell at Milwaukee

Date: 1922
Description: General William Mitchell, with his personal airplane and Milwaukee airport manager Giles Meisenheimer at Butler Field, the first Milwaukee County airport. ...
Postcard

Milwaukee Street

Date: 1950
Description: Black and white photographic postcard of Milwaukee Street, with storefronts, parked cars and a small monument in the middle of the street. Caption reads: "...
Postcard

Old Mill and Race at Delafield

Date: 1910
Description: Colored postcard view of the old mill, stream and a dam. Caption reads: "Old Mill and Race, Near Milwaukee, Wis. At Delafield."
Photograph

Railway Depot

Date: 1916
Description: Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway depot. Side view of depot with windmill in background.
Photograph

George Brumder

Date: 1900
Description: George Brumder (1839-1910) grasping one fork of a small tree growing on the shore of Pine Lake. He is wearing a suit and hat.
Photograph

George Brumder

Date: 1901
Description: George Brumder, Milwaukee publisher and businessman, standing on his pier at Pine Lake. He is wearing a suit and hat. There is a low wall on the right, whi...
Photograph

Villa Henrietta

Date: 1925
Description: The east (lake-facing) side of the Pine Lake summer home of Henrietta Brumder, widow of Milwaukee publisher and businessman George Brumder (1839-1910). The...
Photograph

Earling Residence

Date: 1925
Description: Earling residence, home of A.J. Earling, president of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Survey of the Milwaukee and Rock River Canal in Waukesha County

Date: 1904-11-12
County: Waukesha
City: Oconomowoc Lake
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Waukesha's secession from Milwaukee County and county seat fight

Date: 1930-05-30
County: Waukesha
City: Waukesha
Property Record

13000 JUNEAU BLVD

Community: Elm Grove
County: Waukesha
Historic Name: St. Mary's Catholic Church
Reference Number: 152143
Photograph

Camp Sidney Cohen Family Campout

Date: 02 1959
Description: Two men cooking food wrapped in foil on a grate over a fire outdoors. One man's sleeve has a patch that reads: "Family Camping, MFCA Milwaukee." A child is...
Photograph

Train Wreck

Date: 09 23 1911
Description: Milwaukee Road locomotive 5508 resting on its side after a derailment. The engine struck the rail, seen in center foreground, which had been driven upright...
Photograph

Henriette with Grandchildren

Date: 1923
Description: Henriette Brandhorst Brumder (1841-1924), the widow of Milwaukee publisher and businessman George Brumder (1839-1910) poses while sitting in a wicker chair...
Photograph

Employee Outing

Date: 08 26 1908
Description: Women employees of Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co. (TMERL) competing a foot race at the third company outing.

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