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| Description: | An early printing press exhibited at the Smithsonian Institute. |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | No. 15. Volcano Trading Post and Museum. Building originally erected in 1851. "Old Abe," the famous Civil War cannon, was smuggled into Volcano in a coffin... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | John Jenkins, museum director, and Ruth K. Harris, museum curator, of the (then) State Historical Society of Wisconsin museum prepare a display case for an... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | John Jenkins, museum director of the (then) State Historical Society of Wisconsin museum, examines a pitcher in preparation for an exhibit of English luste... |
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| Description: | Observers stand around a circular railing looking at a large, rotating globe in the Daily News Building, constructed in 1930. |
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| Description: | Elevated interior view of the Fairbanks Museum of Natural History taken from the balcony. Established in 1891, the museum features animals and artifacts. A... |
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| Description: | View across lawn toward the campus art museum. Large arched windows run along the facade, and the main entrance is nestled into a corner tower. The brickwo... |
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| Description: | Interior of the museum building of the New York Botanical Garden. Completed in 1901, the entrance hall features columns and a staircase that leading up to... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, founded in 1870. The building, completed in 1880, features neoclassical architecture. In front of the muse... |
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| Description: | Model of the Mayflower in Pilgrim Hall, a museum built in 1824. The flags of England top the sails. Copyright by A.B. Burbank, Plymouth, Massachusetts. |
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| Description: | View of a fountain entitled, "The Tritons," featuring two figures embracing, facing different directions. The fountain is located at Parrish Art Museum, bu... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | "Old Abe," eagle mascot of the 8th Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. After his death in 1881 he was stuffed, mounted, and put in the Capitol museum.<... |
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| Description: | An eagle of the same type as "Old Abe," eagle mascot of the 8th Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War, displayed in the Civil War Roo... |
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| Description: | A mailman in a horse-drawn mail wagon makes a delivery to a man standing beside him in an exhibit at the Farmer's Museum. |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of an exterior view of the State Historical Library, now the headquarters building of the Wisconsin Historical Society. Text at top read... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of an exterior view of the State Historical Library, now the headquarters building of the Wisconsin Historical Society. The text at the ... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of the upper campus viewed from the State Street entrance of the State Historical Library, now the headquarters building of the Wisco... |
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| Description: | Exterior of Pilgrim Hall in a town setting. A horse and carriage waits outside the museum with a colonnaded porch. |
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| Description: | Exterior of the Colonial Museum of stone in Putnam Park. |
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| Description: | View of a woman weaving with a loom as an exhibit at the Farmer's Museum, which opened in 1944. There is another loom behind her. |
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