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A painted postcard illustrates a bird's eye view of the grand building of Milwaukee's 1939 Water Purification Plant with Lake Michigan behind. The building has two wings. The central part is elaborate and features an entrance. Vehicles traverse a u-shape driveway around the entrance. Extensive green lawns appear in front of the building. Green trees span the foreground. Blue sky is above. Text at the top center reads "Water Purification Plant, Lake Park, Milwaukee, Wis."

Water Purification Plant

The grand architecture of Milwaukee's 1939 Water Purification Plant reflected the city's investment in clean water.

Source:
Greetings from Milwaukee: Selections from the Thomas and Jean Ross Bliffert Postcard Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries. 
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Water Policy
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Buildings, Lakes
Grayscale long shot of a watermill, bridge, and waterfall in the distance. Plants and trees' branches covered with snow appear in the foreground.

Watermill along a River

Photographs of watermills are rare because they were largely outmoded by the time photography became common. This undated photograph by Roman Kwasniewski shows a mill, bridge, and waterfall in winter.

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From the Roman B. Kwaniewski Photographs Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries. 
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Watermills
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Buildings, Rivers
Aerial view of a portion of Waukesha County showcasing its extensive farmland and green landscape. A road stretches from the right background to the left foreground. Several houses sit on either side of the street. The blue sky is above.

Waukesha County Farmland

This 2016 photograph provides an aerial view over some of Waukesha County's extensive farmland.

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From the Library of Congress Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
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Waukesha County
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Landscapes
Long shot of Waukesha County Technical College buildings against a blue sky. The building that spans from the image's left-to-center back has an entrance that is located in the image's center. The building is tan with red accents. A driveway towards the entrance appears on the left. An extensive green lawn can be seen in the foreground. Some trees grow on it.

Waukesha County Technical College Campus

Today, Waukesha County Technical College is headquartered at their modern campus in Pewaukee.

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From Flickr. Photograph courtesy of Wisconsin Technical Colleges. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
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Waukesha County Technical College
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Buildings, Educational Facilities
Grayscale medium shot of three people standing in uniforms. The woman in the center wears a different uniform than the two who flank her. The nursing student on the right draws liquid from a vial into a syringe while the rest of them pay attention to the process.

Waukesha County Technical College Students

A nursing student at Waukesha County Technical College draws liquid into a syringe.

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From Flickr. Photograph courtesy of Wisconsin Technical Colleges. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
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Nursing Education
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Groups, People
A clipping showing the Waukesha Freeman Masthead. The newspaper's title is in the top center written in large font size. The published date, September 16, 1880, is in the center beneath the title. The edition's volume and number are visible. Text below includes writings about Waukesha County's history and an obituary.

Waukesha Freeman Masthead

The Waukesha Freeman has served Waukesha area residents since 1859. This front page clipping is from September 16, 1880.

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Accessed via NewspaperArchive. Public domain image republished for a fair use educational, noncommercial purpose.
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Waukesha Freeman
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Book and Newspaper Clippings
A document consists of two portions divided by thin black lines. The section on the right features a grayscale photograph of the assembly room of the Waukesha Motor Company. Rows of partially-completed engines appear in the image's background to the foreground. The interior's steel structures are visible. Several employees can be seen in the far background. The document's left portion contains information about the photo and the photographer.

Waukesha Motor Company

The assembly room of the Waukesha Motor Company, pictured here in April 1918, is filled with employees and partially-completed engines.

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From the National Archives American Unofficial Collection of World War I Photographs, 1917 - 1918.
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Waukesha County
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Buildings, Manufacturing Facilities
Long shot of a portion of the Waukesha Public Library facade in the evening. Its semi-circular entrance building glows in the dark. A group of people climbs the front staircase toward the front door on the right. Two outdoor lamps, one short on the left and one taller in the image's center, light a road in the foreground.

Waukesha Public Library

Nighttime photograph of the current Waukesha Public Library, an organization which has served the Waukesha community since 1896.

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From Flickr. Photograph by Scott Feldstein. CC BY 2.0.
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Public Libraries
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Buildings
A page displays a sketch of Waukesha Springs Sanitarium's large building and surrounding area. The picture's caption on the bottom promotes the sanitarium's facilities and location. Below the description reads, "Byron M. Caples, M. D., Superintendent, Waukesha, Wisconsin."

Waukesha Springs Sanitarium

Dr. Byron M. Caples, superintendent of the Waukesha Springs Sanitarium for Nervous Diseases, was an advocate of sterilization as a medical treatment for mental illnesses.

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From "Polk's Medical Register and Directory of the United States and Canada 1917." Accessed via Google Books.
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Disability
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Book and Newspaper Clippings, Buildings, Healthcare Facilities
The first town hall for the Town of Waukesha, pictured here in the 1930s, was built in 1842.

Waukesha Town Hall

The first town hall for the Town of Waukesha, pictured here in the 1930s, was built in 1842.

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From the Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey Collection.
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Town of Waukesha
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Buildings, Government Facilities
1892 map illustrates the aerial view of Wauwatosa and Milwaukee's western suburbs. Extensive green landscape fills most of the area in the foreground. More buildings appear in the background around the area near Lake Michigan. Several areas in the left center are marked in red blocks. The legend for the red area is on the map's right center. The map's title is on the bottom center, flanked by legends mentioning the public facilities and the region's population.

Wauwatosa and the Western Suburbs of Milwaukee

This 1892 map provides a bird's-eye illustration of Wauwatosa and Milwaukee's western suburbs looking east toward the city and Lake Michigan.

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From the Library of Congress Geography and Map Division.
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Suburbanization
A painted postcard features the Wauwatosa Public Library with two green trees hiding a portion of its facade. The library's entrance appears in the drawing with a portico supported by two white columns. Next to it is a one-and-a-half-story section filled with windows. The multiple-story building has gable roofs.

Wauwatosa Public Library

This postcard features the Wauwatosa Public Library, founded in 1886, as it appeared in 1908.

Source:
Greetings from Milwaukee: Selections from the Thomas and Jean Ross Bliffert Postcard Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries. 
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Public Libraries
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Buildings
A painted postcard showcases a Wauwatosa street stretching down with the TMER&L Company interurban line in the middle. The streetcars in yellow are in the distance. Buildings and utility poles appear on either side of the street as far as the eye can see. Overhead wires are visible. Text at the top reads, "Street Scene at Wauwatosa on T.M.E.R & L. CO. Line, Milwaukee, Wis."

Wauwatosa Street View

This postcard from the early twentieth century provides a view of a Wauwatosa street scene along the TMER&L Company interurban line.

Source:
Greetings from Milwaukee: Selections from the Thomas and Jean Ross Bliffert Postcard Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries. 
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City of Wauwatosa
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Streetscapes
Portrait of Bernard Kirschenbaum's contemporary sculpture named "Way Four" in Lynden Sculpture Garden. The art made of stainless steel is in the form of a big open circle with a solid wedge in the lower right. The sculpture is set on the lawn. A body of water stretches behind it. Other sculptures are visible at the far center and left.

Way Four by Bernard Kirschenbaum

Photograph of Bernard Kirschenbaum's 1976 sculpture titled "Way Four." It is part of the Lynden Sculpture Garden; other artworks can be seen in the background.

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From the Wikimedia Commons. Photograph by Gabrielle DuCharme. This photograph is used under fair use to illustrate a three-dimensional work of art for educational purposes.
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Public Art
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Murals, Signs, and Statues
Grayscale medium shot of Chris Doerfler smiling in casual top and glasses sitting on the right. Her right hand rests on an office desk on the left while holding a pen. Behind the desk full of documents and a landline telephone is a banner that reads "Women's Crisis Line."

Wcl

The Women's Crisis Line was a project founded by the Women's Coalition of Milwaukee. Chris Doerfler, director of the Women's Crisis Line, is pictured here in 1981.

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From the Wikimedia Commons. Photography by username Mymymacmurray. CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Second-Wave Feminism
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Individuals, Organizations, People
A student at Waukesha County Technical College works at a small drafting table in this photograph from 1950.

WCTC Drafting Student

A student at Waukesha County Technical College works at a small drafting table in this photograph from 1950.

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From Flickr. Photograph courtesy of Wisconsin Technical Colleges. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
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Waukesha County Technical College
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Buildings, Educational Facilities, Individuals, People
Panoramic view of a water body at the Wehr Nature Center with a small pier furnished with benches in the foreground. The water surface reflects the shadow of lush green trees stretching from left to right along a bank in the background.

Wehr Nature Center

A pier furnished with benches provides a scenic view at the Wehr Nature Center.

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From Flickr. Photograph by Jennifer Tomaloff. CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.
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Nature Education
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Landscapes
Grayscale long shot of a group of people standing in front of the Weisel & Company store facade. Seven adults, one of them holding a small child, make eye contact with the camera lens. Three of them wear aprons. The facade features a two-story structure with an entrance and two display windows on the ground floor, and three windows on the second floor, all adorned with striped awnings. A rectangular store sign is placed on a space between the floors.

Weisel & Company Store

Men and women stand in front of the Weisel & Company store, founded in 1878 and located on Water Street.

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From the Historic Photo Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
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Meatpacking
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Buildings, Commerical Facilities
On-stage performance featuring a small group of actors in colorful clothes and expressive gestures. They act in standing position on an indoor stage filled with vintage properties and a huge mural painting in the background.

Welcome to Bronzeville

The First Stage production of "Welcome to Bronzeville" opened in 2016 and marked the culmination of a series of plays about Wisconsin heritage.

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Photograph by Paul Ruffolo. Courtesy of First Stage Children's Theater. Reprinted with permission.
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First Stage Children’s Theater
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Buildings, Groups, People, Theaters, Arenas, and Museums
Outdoor sign made of wood is inscribed "Willkommen in Germantown." The words are set between a man and woman figure in traditional German clothing and under images of German-style buildings and fur trees. Next to it is a small board that reads "Best Places to Lives, Money Magazine's 2007 Great American Towns."

Welcome to Germantown Sign

Germantown continues to promote its German heritage through local events and German language on its signage.

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From Flickr. Photograph by FOX6 Milwaukee. CC BY 2.0.
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Germantown
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Murals, Signs, and Statues
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