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Painting

Gaylord Nelson

Date: 1963
Description: Portrait of Gaylord Nelson.
Historical Object

Girl's Cotton Dress

Date: 1905
Description: Ivory check-woven cotton; machine-sewn; slightly dropped waistline; straight, unfitted bodice; knee-length skirt, gathered into waistline; full puffed slee...
Photograph

Baby Booties

Date: 1905
Description: Baby booties knitted of pink wool yarn.
Photograph

Child's Slippers

Date: 1900
Description: Child's slippers, with ribbon ties, knitted of ecru and blue wool yarn.
Photograph

Baby Mittens

Date: 1920
Description: Baby mittens knitted from off-white wool yarn.
Historical Object

FDR Campaign Pin

Date: 1936
Description: Wisconsin campaign pin for Franklin Delano Roosevelt and John Nance Garner's 1936 run. It reads "Roosevelt Garner Club, Wisconsin."
Historical Object

FDR Campaign Pin

Date: 1936
Description: Campaign button for Franklin Delano Roosevelt, with Roosevelt's image at the center and the phrase "Carry on with Roosevelt" around the outer edge.
Historical Object

FDR Campaign Banner

Date: 1932
Description: Campaign banner in support of Franklin Delano Roosevelt for President. The banner bears Roosevelt's image and the phrases "God Bless America" and "our next...
Historical Object

Beaded Mocassins

Date: 1900
Description: View from the heel of a pair of dark brown leather moccasins beaded in yellow, pink, green and white floral and plant designs. The moccasins were created a...
Historical Object

50 Years — Green Bay Packers

Date: 1971
Description: Pin celebrating 50 years of Green Bay Packers football. There is a picture of a Packer helmet on the pin.
Photograph

Genevieve Milward

Date: 06 1921
Description: Full-length studio graduation portrait of Genevieve Milward (later McVicar), (1902-1987) of Madison, Wisconsin, standing in front of a painted backdrop. Sh...
Photograph

Maid of Honor's Dress

Date: 08 16 1975
Description: Maid of Honor before the wedding.
Photograph

Mexican Tourist Jacket and Hat for Child

Date: 1948
Description: Mexican Tourist Jacket and Hat. These garments were made in 1948 by Mrs. Louise Wild (1891-1980), a dairy farmer's wife, from Adams Township, Green County,...
Photograph

Borden Delivery Truck and Driver

Date: 10 01 1982
Description: Elwin "Al" Smith stands in front of his Borden's delivery truck on his last day before retirement. A University of Wisconsin dormitory and a parking lot ar...
Photograph

Pouring Beer at the Miller Brewery

Date: 1953
Description: William R. "Bill" Kinney (1912-1978; second from left) and friends enjoy a beer at the Miller Brewery. Bill and his brother Howard Kinney owned the White F...
Photograph

Esser Sisters, Julie and Jane

Date: 02 1962
Description: The Esser sisters, Julie and Jane, stand in a crib with their hands on the foot board. A lamb decal decorates the crib.
Photograph

Wedding Party

Date: 01 25 1958
Description: Group portrait of the Mary (Kustermann) Esser and J. Thomas Esser wedding party taken at St. Catherine's Catholic Church. The wedding party included Susan ...
Photograph

Wedding Rehearsal Dress

Date: 07 1978
Description: Bride-to-be posing in the dress she wore to her wedding rehearsal and dinner. The dress is in the collections of the Wisconsin Historical Museum (2012.182...
Historical Object

California Club Palace Hotel Menu

Date: 09 08 1904
Description: Menu for 10 p.m., imprinted on pink silk lace-trimmed pants with a green ribbon waistband: Extra Dry Pommery and Greno, Lobsters, Crabs, Bananas, Nuts.
Historical Object

Banquet Menu for President-Elect Warren G. Harding

Date: 11 25 1920
Description: Menu for a banquet given by the President of Panama for President-Elect Warren G. Harding in Panama. Printed on a length of fringed silk with a blue twiste...

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