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Garbage Truck

Date: 
Description: The Greendale Department of Public Works used this truck to collect trash.
Property Record

6500 Northway

Community: Greendale
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: Greendale Village Hall
Reference Number: 8763
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Sewage Treatment Plant

Date: 1944
Description: Sewage lagoon at a treatment site.
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Man and Woman Reading in Library

Date: 1938
Description: A woman and man sit at a round table in a public library reading. An office cubicle and magazine rack are visible in the background. When it opened in 1938...
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Three Boys Looking at Books in Library

Date: 1938
Description: Three boys in a public library looking for books in the main stacks. A table and magazine rack are in the foreground. When it opened in 1938, the Library h...
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Group of Children Reading in Library

Date: 1938
Description: A group of children, boys and girls, reading at tables in a sunny reading room in the public library. When it opened in 1938, the Library had a seating cap...
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Sketch of Sewage Treatment Plant

Date: 1937
Description: A planning sketch of the sewage disposal plant.
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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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Sewage Treatment Plant Laboratory

Date: 
Description: The interior of the sewage treatment plant laboratory. A microscope and many glass beakers are sitting on the counter.
Property Record

5503 Acorn Ct

Community: Greendale
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 134638
Property Record

5699 PARKING ST

Community: Greendale
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: Greendale Fire Department Hose Tower
Reference Number: 8769
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Scientist in Sewage Treatment Plant Laboratory

Date: 
Description: A scientist leans over a microscope in the sewage treatment plant laboratory. Glass beakers and other tools and equipment are sitting on the counter.
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Boys and Girls in Band

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: A group of boys and girls seated with instruments are waiting to perform music at a Civilian Defense Rally.
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Children and Adults Playing Band Instruments

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: A group of school-age children with a few adults playing band instruments outdoors at a Civilian Defense Rally.
Property Record

8601 W GRANGE AVE

Community: Greendale
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: DAVID CURTIN HOUSE
Reference Number: 8760
Property Record

6600 SCHOOLWAY

Community: Greendale
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 8768
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Car Parked near Curb

Date: 
Description: View across road of car parked on the side of the road. In the background are brick buildings, including (from left to right) the Central Heating Plant, th...
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Sketch of Sewage Treatment Plant

Date: 06 1937
Description: A planning sketch of the sewage treatment site. The sketch is signed "A Deimel" and dated "June 1936." The text at the bottom of the sketch reads "Sewage T...
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Henry Wallace in front of Community Center

Date: 06 17 1939
Description: Henry Wallace, on right, talking to two men in front of the community center building. Henry Wallace, then the United States Secretary of Agriculture, visi...
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Man Standing at Podium

Date: 1941
Description: A man stands at a podium speaking into a microphone. There is a cake with the number 10 on it, and letters on the curtain behind him spell out "...gratulat...

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