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Chippewa River Log Marks

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Description: A few typical Chippewa River log marks, including bark marks and end stamps.
Manuscript

Racine — Air City

Date: 06 12 1931
Description: The letterhead stationery of a Racine economic development committee reads: "Air City, Where the Air-Minded Live," The design shows airplanes and even a...
Print

Doomed Demons

Date: 1935
Description: "Doomed Demons" by Eustace L. Adams, part of the Air Combat Stories for Boys series published by Grosset & Dunlap between 1932 and 1946. The cover art is b...
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Aerial Combat Reenacted

Date: 1930
Description: An aerial combat scene from "Hell's Angel's," Howard Hughes' classic 1930 motion picture about the British Air Force during World War I. This film was dis...
Print

Wisconsin Central Schedule

Date: 02 01 1948
Description: First-flight souvenir schedule of Wisconsin Central Airlines, signed by Company President Francis Huggins when the company headquarters moved to Madison in...
Print

Pennsylvania Airlines Schedule

Date: 09 01 1935
Description: A schedule for the Milwaukee-Detroit route of Pennsylvania Airlines. Pennsylvania Airlines, founded in 1931, became the successor to the "bridge across La...
Print

Hamilton Standard Propeller Logo

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Description: Logo of the Hamilton Standard Propeller Company. Thomas Hamilton of Milwaukee began manufacturing propellers during the 1920s. In 1929 Boeing purchased Ham...
Historical Object

Apollo 13 Patch

Date: 1972
Description: Mission patch design for Apollo 13. This patch was worn by Commander James A. Lovell, Jr., formerly of Milwaukee; John L. Swigert, Jr.; and Fred W Haise, ...
Photograph

Helicopter Hero Scott Alwin

Date: 1968
Description: Helicopter pilot Scott Alwin, a native of Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, with his UH-1 ("Huey"). Alwin spent five tours of duty in Vietnam from 1967 to 1972, se...
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Surveying Fire Damage

Date: 1904
Description: Aftermath of the Wisconsin State Capitol fire of February 26-27. This image provides the best of only a few known photographs of the ornamentation of the w...
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Billy Huber, Motorcyle Racer

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Description: Billy Huber of Reading, PA, dubbed "America's most popular motorcycle competition rider" by the American Motorcycle Association, is shown astride his Harle...
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Wisconsin Civil Air Corps Card

Date: 06 28 1948
Description: Wisconsin Civil Air Corps card, Escanaba chapter, issued to Meinhardt Raabe.
Photograph

Grant Family Bible Page

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Description: Page of photographs removed from the Grant Family bible. Included are images of Grandma and Grandpa Dent, an unidentified man, an unidentified woman, Mrs. ...
Photograph

Keyes Residence

Date: 1897
Description: Interior of the Keyes residence, home of political leader Elisha W. Keyes. According to Keyes' daughter, Mrs. John C. Gaveney of Whitehall, Wisconsin, the...
Print

Schlitz Beer Label

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Description: Label, cut in the shape of a parallelogram, for a bottle of Schlitz beer bearing the Schlitz insignia and the slogan: "The beer that made Milwaukee famous....
Photograph

Sigrid Schultz, War Correspondent

Date: 1930
Description: Studio portrait of Sigrid Schultz in her U.S. War Correspondent uniform.
Photograph

Log Stamp Patterns

Date: 1951
Description: A collection of end stamp patterns used to identify the owners of logs, as exhibited in the Paul Bunyan Camp Museum in Carson Park.
Photograph

Slot-Machines in Penny Arcade

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Description: A night photograph of 'obscene' slot-machines in a penny arcade. On display are pennants on the wall, including "Iowa" and "Nebraska." Another machine hold...
Photograph

Lewis Arms on a Motorcycle

Date: 09 1960
Description: View from behind of Lewis Arms riding his 1946 Harley-Davidson Flathead motorcycle on the sidewalk of the 1800 block of Beld Street. On the back of his ja...
Historical Object

Fromm Label

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Description: Label from a Fromm Golden Glory Fox fur. The company's insignia is a stylized fox head.

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