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Teddy Roosevelt Campaign Bandana :: Oct 02
Flapper Prom Dress :: Sep 25
Early Electric Dishwasher :: Sep 18
Lottery Ball Drawing Machine :: Sep 11
Pauline Pottery Covered Jar :: Sep 04
Artisans Day Ribbon :: Aug 28
Brown Wedding Dress :: Aug 21
Giant Punt Gun :: Aug 14
Indian Clubs for Physical Exercise :: Aug 07
Native American Twilled Basket :: Jul 31
Democratic Convention Delegate Badge :: Jul 24
Soap Box Derby Racer :: Jul 17
1880s "Aesthetic" Dress :: Jul 10
Liberace's Performance Jacket :: Jul 03
Dairyland Rat Poison :: Jun 26
War of 1812 Cannonball :: Jun 19
Civil War Loyalty Flag :: Jun 12
Surveyor's Tree Blaze :: Jun 05
Vitamin-Finding Feces Bucket :: May 29
Gumball Slot Machine :: May 22
Young Girl's Burial Dress :: May 15
Asbestos Baby Bottle Warmer :: May 08
Victor Berger Campaign Banner :: May 01
George Pollard's Palette :: Apr 24
John Muir's Clockwork Desk :: Apr 17
De Langlade Fur Trade Pouch :: Apr 10
1960s Paper Dress :: Apr 03
Shot Tower Lead-Melting Bowl :: Mar 27
Jose Canseco Baseball Card :: Mar 20
Beaver Top Hat :: Mar 13
"Space Age" Brassiere :: Mar 06
Ella Wheeler Wilcox Doll :: Feb 28
Brooks Stevens Railroad Car Seat :: Feb 21
Courtship Advice Fan :: Feb 14
Ho-Chunk Hide Scraper :: Feb 07
Father Groppi Collage :: Jan 31
Lumber Company Scrip :: Jan 24
Polka Rhythms Bandstand :: Jan 17
Governor Dreyfus's Red Vest :: Jan 10
Paleo-Indian Fluted Spear Point :: Jan 03
First Lady's Irene Evening Gown :: Dec 27
Lead Toy Soldier Casting Kit :: Dec 20
Governor Doyle's Festivus Pole :: Dec 13
Chris Farley's Black Sheep Jacket :: Dec 06
Skunk Grease Medicine :: Nov 29
Ristaucrat Jukebox :: Nov 22
Carpenter's Tool Chest :: Nov 15
Civil War Draft Drum :: Nov 08
Menominee Fancy Dance Bustle :: Nov 01
Magician's Escape Trunk :: Oct 25
Nuclear Fuel Assembly :: Oct 18
Wisconsin's Spanish Currency :: Oct 11
World Series Welcome Sign :: Oct 04
Stereo Realist 3-D Camera :: Sep 27
1930s Permanent Wave Machine :: Sep 20
Synagogue Window :: Sep 13
Hill Street Blues Badge :: Sep 06
Workman's Time Recorder :: Aug 30
1850s Personal Appointment Calendar :: Aug 23
"Rosie the Riveter" Coveralls :: Aug 16
OshKosh B'Gosh Sewing Machine :: Aug 09
British Open Golf Glove :: Aug 02
Donald's "Educational" Marbles :: Jul 26
Milwaukee Light Guard Uniform Coat :: Jul 19
Gold Rush Shawl :: Jul 12
Campers' Wash-Up Kit :: Jul 05
3100 Gallon "Bright Beer" Tank :: Jun 28
Bemis Riddell Chaise Lounge :: Jun 21
1809 Map Sampler :: Jun 14
'Kewtie' Woman's Razor :: Jun 07
Babcock's Revolutionary Dairy Invention :: May 31
UW Union Terrace Sunburst Chair :: May 24
Warner's 'Newfangled' Speedometer :: May 17
CCC Trunk :: May 10
Hopewellian Human Figurine :: May 03
State Capitol Spittoon :: Apr 26
Bull Semen Parachute :: Apr 19
Suzy Favor Hamilton's Olympic Track Shoes :: Apr 12
Prohibition Soda Pop :: Apr 05
World Famous Duncan Butterfly Yo-Yo :: Mar 29
First Practical Typewriter :: Mar 22
1857 Promenade Dress :: Mar 15
Burt's Solar Compass :: Mar 08
Vel Phillips's Common Council Desk :: Mar 01
Mrs. Fairchild's Worth Gown :: Feb 22
Scotch Giant's Shoe Last :: Feb 15
Native American Courting Flute :: Feb 08
Child's Chamber Pot and Washbasin :: Feb 01
Mystery Pike from Interstate Park :: Jan 25
Madison Style Ice Boat Model :: Jan 18
Stage Coach Sleigh Bells :: Jan 11
Boy's Dress :: Jan 04
Sue Ann Thompson's Inauguration Gown :: Dec 28
Odyssey Home Video Game System :: Dec 21
1950s Pink Kitchen :: Dec 14
World War II Airplane ID model :: Dec 07
Miss Annie Mae's Church Hat :: Nov 30
Potawatomi Beaded “Soldier Coat” :: Nov 22
Watercolor Farm Scene by Paul Seifert :: Nov 16
Lice Comb from Fort Crawford :: Nov 09
Punch Card Voting Device :: Nov 02
Spiritualist's Séance Robe :: Oct 26
Milwaukee Braves Baseball Jersey :: Oct 19
Original Model Barbie Doll :: Oct 12
Wild Rice Threshing Machine :: Oct 05
X-Ray Shoe Fitting Machine :: Sep 28
Portable Teletype Machine for the Deaf :: Sep 21
Cranberry Harvesting Rake :: Sep 14
Happy Days Bowling Shirt :: Sep 07
Seamen’s Union Knotwork Plaque :: Aug 31
Early Two-Piece Bathing Suit :: Aug 24
Shotz Brewery Costume :: Aug 17
Early Kelvinator Home Microwave :: Aug 10
Nash Ambassador Automobile :: Aug 03
Madison Fire Company Banner :: Jul 27
Harley-Davidson Knucklehead :: Jul 20
Frontier Clay Pipe Fragment :: Jul 13
Elto Cub Outboard Motor :: Jul 06
Sousa Conductor's Baton :: Jun 29
Copper Swiss Cheese Kettle :: Jun 22
Bolens Garden Tractor :: Jun 15
Migrant Workers’ Bunk Beds :: Jun 08
Hoard's Dairyman Farm Milk Bottle :: Jun 01
World War I "Sons in Service" Flag :: May 25
Anti-spearfishing Concrete Walleye Decoy :: May 18
Rosemaled Norwegian Immigrant Trunk :: May 11
Victorian Baby Carriage :: May 04
Parker Pen Trim Lathe :: Apr 27
Auschwitz Concentration Camp Sweater :: Apr 20
1930s UW Gym Suit :: Apr 13
Rosaline Peck's Violin :: Apr 06
Early Madison Hand-Carved Table :: Mar 30
Vinnie Ream Marble Sculpture :: Mar 23
Bra Flag :: Mar 16
Gold-plated Ray-O-Vac Flashlight :: Mar 09
Forward Statue :: Mar 02
Wooden Curling Stone :: Feb 23
George Washington Portrait by Thomas Sully :: Feb 16
FitzRandolph World Cup Racing Skin :: Feb 09
Necktie Quilt by Allie Crumble :: Feb 02
Mirro Sno-Coaster: Cold Weather (and Cold War) Fun :: Jan 26
Ojibwe Winter Spearfishing Decoy :: Jan 19
Flu Quarantine Sign :: Jan 12
Oldest Wisconsin License Plate :: Jan 05
Hanukkah Decoration for the Home :: Dec 29
Nancy Hanks Doll: An Historic American Girl :: Dec 22
Pink Evergleam Aluminum Christmas Tree :: Dec 15
Milwaukee Orphanage Shirt :: Dec 08
Alice in Dairyland Dress Model :: Dec 01
Ho-Chunk Eagle Feather Dance Staff :: Nov 23
Deer Hide Jacket :: Nov 17
Native American Vietnam Veteran Pouch :: Nov 10
Frank Lloyd Wright Cardboard House Model :: Nov 03
"Spanish Lady" Halloween Costume :: Oct 27
Milwaukee Braves World Series Bat :: Oct 20
Glass Used by Teddy Roosevelt after Assassination Attempt :: Oct 13
Ho-Chunk Beaded Reebok Baby Shoes :: Oct 06
August Schlaak’s Exquisite Marquetry Table :: Sep 29
Milwaukee Handicraft Project Depression-Era Artwork :: Sep 22
Pioneering Carbon Fiber Trek Bicycle :: Sep 15
Brett Favre's Packers Jersey :: Sep 08
Bascom Hill Pink Flamingo :: Sep 01
The "Incomparable" Hildegarde Record :: Aug 25
Sterling Hall Bombing Engine Fragment :: Aug 18
Murderer's Execution Restraints :: Aug 11
"Broken Star" 4-H State Fair Quilt :: Aug 04
Black Hawk War Powder Horn :: Jul 28
Aqualand Water Ski :: Jul 21
"Deke" Slayton Space Souvenir :: Jul 14
Oneota Ceramic Vessel :: Jul 07
Fairchild Portrait by John Singer Sargent :: Jun 30
"Midget Wedding" Dance Costume :: Jun 23
Fugitive Slave Collar :: Jun 16
La Follette Casket Flag :: Jun 09
Frank Lloyd Wright Furniture :: Jun 02
Civil War Silver :: May 26
1960s Prom Dress :: May 19
Norwegian Trinket Box :: May 12
Home Childbirth Training Kit :: May 05
Oldest Toast in Wisconsin? :: Apr 28
"Blitz Fog" Pesticide Cocktail :: Apr 21
Multi-Purpose Food from Fallout Shelter :: Apr 14
The "Monster Knife" of John Fox Potter :: Apr 07
Hardanger Fiddle :: Mar 31
Ukrainian Decorated Egg :: Mar 24
Purim Costume :: Mar 17
Birchbark Maple Sugar Container :: Mar 10
Wittenberg Grays Baseball Uniform :: Mar 03
Woman Suffrage Tunic :: Feb 24
Feather from Old Abe the War Eagle :: Feb 17
Ojibwe Presentation Pipe :: Feb 11
Arndt Vest :: Feb 04
Big Boy :: Jan 31
Electric Drink Mixer :: Jan 24
Fair Ribbon Quilt :: Jan 17

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