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Old Wade House; Dining Room

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Description: Ektachrome postcard of the dining room with the table set with dinnerware. Text on reverse reads: "The Dining Room tables are set with the original iron...
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Old Wade House; Spare Bedroom

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Description: Text on reverse reads: "On the second floor landing of the back stairs is a 'spare' bedroom with its trundle bed. Early travelers' accounts describe Wade H...
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Old Wade House; Grey Parlor

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Description: Ektachrome postcard of the Grey Parlor. Text on reverse reads: "The Grey Parlor with the adjoining bedroom beyond the open door was the Hollis Wade suit...
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Wade House; Barroom

Date: 1953
Description: Kodachrome postcard of the barroom, with two male mannequins in period dress standing at the bar. Text on reverse reads: "The Wade House is one of the f...
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Wade House; Ballroom

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Description: Ektachrome postcard of the Wade House ballroom. Text on reverse reads: "The Ballroom was the scene of dances, concerts, shows and lectures, a social cen...
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Woman with Doll

Date: 1930
Description: An unidentified woman is holding a doll while standing beside an open glass topped display case. She is in a gallery or museum, with paintings hanging on t...
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Inside the First Kindergarten

Date: 1968
Description: View from back of display of people visiting the first kindergarten building. A mannequin dressed as a nineteenth century teacher is sitting in a chair on ...
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Hall of Flame Fire Museum

Date: 1968
Description: A family looking at an exhibit at the Hall of Flame Fire Museum. The exhibit contains motorized and horse-drawn fire engines, as well as fire pumps.
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Group Portrait of the Division of Historic Preservation

Date: 09 20 1990
Description: Group portrait of the Division of Historic Preservation at the Wisconsin Historical Society. Names, back row, l to r: Dan Duchrow, Rick Dexter, Brian McCor...
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Wooden Bicycle "Crabtree Special"

Date: 1891
Description: Wooden bicycle on display against a wall at the Wisconsin State Historical Museum, circa 1920. It is known as the "Crabtree Special" because it was reporte...
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Vargueno, 17th c. Decorative Spanish Writing Cabinet

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Description: Vargueno on display in a museum vitrine. The label card reads: "Vargueno/Spanish-Moorish/XVII Century "Purchased by General Lucius Fairchild in Madrid...
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Carriage of Daniel Webster

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Description: Carriage of Daniel Webster on display at the Wisconsin State Historical Museum, circa 1910-20. Formally displayed at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago in th...
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Wisconsin Historical Society Museum Pharmacy

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Description: View of the pharmacy display at the Wisconsin Historical Society Museum. This installation with furnishings, equipment, and other stock supplies found in a...
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Wisconsin Historical Society Museum Pharmacy

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Description: View of the pharmacy installation. It includes furnishings, equipment, and other stock supplies found at a druggist came from stores around Wisconsin. S...
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Juneau Exhibit Dedicated

Date: 11 11 1971
Description: One woman and two men standing near a museum exhibit, with a statue of a Native American and part of a log structure in the foreground. Caption reads: "JUN...
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Clifford Lord with McCormick Collection Records

Date: 1952
Description: State Historical Society of Wisconsin Director, Clifford Lord, posing with a volume from the McCormick collection shelved on the right.
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Paul Vanderbilt Portrait

Date: 1986
Description: Casual portrait of Paul Vanderbilt taken in his Emeritus office at the Wisconsin Historical Society. He was the Curator of the Iconographic Collections fro...
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Wigwam Diorama — State Historical Society

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Description: Text on back reads: "Interior of a Wisconsin Indian wigwam about 1600 A.D. Diorama at the Museum, State Historical Society of Wisconsin."
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Ruth S. (Johnson) Shuttleworth

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Ruth S. (Johnson) Shuttleworth. Ruth worked as a stenographer at the State Historical Museum from 1917 to 1946, an assist...
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State Historical Society of Wisconsin Museum

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Description: Interior view of a room displaying a carriage, spinning wheel, and two chairs. Paintings are on display, hanging from molding along the walls.

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