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Painting

The Landing of Jean Nicolet

Date: 1904
Description: Jean Nicolet (1598-1642) was the first European to see Wisconsin and was a prominent French explorer who, for many years, lived among the Indians of Quebec...
Painting

House Party

Date: 12 1927
Description: "This scene can be dated by the homemade calendar under the wall clock. It is December of 1927. Farmers were prospering at that time, as was the rest of th...
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

Formal Portrait of Bride Mary Esser

Date: 01 25 1958
Description: Formal full-length portrait of the bride, Mary (Kustermann) Esser (b. 1934). She wore a white satin princess-style gown with re-embroidered Alencon lace. S...
Photograph

Wedding Processional, Bride and her Father

Date: 01 25 1958
Description: The bride, Mary (Kustermann) Esser (b. 1934) and her father, Alois F. Kustermann (1901-1993), walk down the aisle of St. Catherine Catholic Church. She wor...
Photograph

Marriage Ceremony

Date: 01 25 1958
Description: An interior image of St. Catherine Catholic Church during the marriage ceremony of Mary (Kustermann) Esser (b. 1934) and J. Thomas Esser (b. 1934).
Photograph

Wedding Recessional

Date: 01 25 1958
Description: Mary (Kustermann) Esser and J. Thomas Esser smiling and walking back up the aisle after their marriage ceremony at St. Catherine Catholic Church. She is we...
Photograph

Bride and Groom Posing in front of a Window

Date: 01 25 1958
Description: Mary (Kustermann) Esser (b. 1934) and J. Thomas Esser (b. 1934) stand together looking out a window. She is wearing a white satin princess-style gown with ...
Photograph

Wedding Cake

Date: 01 25 1958
Description: Wedding cake with topper of two bells and a bow at the wedding reception of Mary (Kustermann) Esser (b. 1934) and J. Thomas Esser (b. 1934).
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...
Historical Object

Aloha Dinner Menu

Date: 05 03 1937
Description: Menu for an Aloha Dinner on the Japanese passenger ship, M.S. Chichibu Maru, printed on a folding paper and bamboo hand fan, with painted blue irise...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Regalia Brightens School Anniversary

Date: 05 18 1954
Description: Caption under photograph reads: "Buckskins and bright feathered bonnets were donned by this group to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the ...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

75th Anniversary Observance

Date: 04 25 1954
Description: Winnebago children and adults are dressed in traditional clothing for the photo. The caption reads: "As part of the 75th anniversary observance of the foun...
Photograph

Bolz Family Group Wedding Portrait

Date: 1988
Description: Bolz family group wedding portrait.

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