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Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Hall

Date: 05 25 1962
Description: A general view of the "War museum," originally in the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.), Civil War Memorial hall, on the top floor of the Wisconsin State...
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Pioneer Drugstore Exhibit

Date: 10 1946
Description: Interior view of the Wisconsin Historical Society Pioneer Drugstore Exhibit. Pictured are several decorative showglobes, a leech jar, and shelves of variou...
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Early Apothecary Shop Exhibit

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Description: Early Apothecary Shop exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry.
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Early Chicago Drugstore

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Description: Museum exhibit for the Chicago Historical Society depicting what a typical early Chicago drugstore looked like.
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Juliusspital Apotheke

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Description: The palace-like Juliusspital was founded in 1576 by Prince Bishop Julius Echter as a refuge for the sick and the poor. The Rococo apothecary (reproduction ...
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Employees at Pioneer Drugstore Exhibit

Date: 08 25 1936
Description: Elevated view of Wisconsin Historical Society employees Dawn Young and Ray Lamb who are staffing the museum's historical drugstore exhibit.
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International Harvester Company Parade Float for "A Century of Progress"

Date: 1934
Description: International Harvester Company parade float for the "A Century of Progress" Worlds Fair. The two-section float is parked in front of the Field Museum and ...
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Lanterns in Exhibition

Date: 05 15 1943
Description: Wisconsin Historical Society museum display of railroad lanterns in the "Building Wisconsin Railroads" exhibit.
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Milwaukee Public Museum

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Description: View of natural history objects at Milwaukee Public Museum, including skeletons, stuffed birds and fish. There are two cuspidors on the floor in front of e...
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Public Museum Natural History Exhibit

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Description: Interior view of Public Museum. Focuses on display area in center of room that contains skeletal remains and tortoise shells.
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Smithsonian Apothecary Shop

Date: 07 22 1946
Description: Members of the American Pharmaceutical Association Council visit the old Apothecary Shop exhibit at the Smithsonian.
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Native American Artifacts

Date: 1926
Description: Prehistoric Wisconsin Native American implements and weapons, from the Wisconsin State Historical Society collection.
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Native American Artifacts

Date: 1926
Description: Wisconsin Native American implements and weapons from the Wisconsin State Historical Society collection.
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Native American Artifacts

Date: 1926
Description: Wisconsin Native American implements and weapons from the Wisconsin State Historical Society collection.
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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Gallery of the Historical Society

Date: 1880
Description: A two-story gallery of the Historical Society in the Wisconsin State Capitol, with captured Confederate army flags on display. This photograph was taken in...
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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior - Museum of the Historical Society

Date: 1900
Description: The Daniel Webster carriage on display in the Historical Society's museum in the third Wisconsin State Capitol. At that time the Historical Society's quart...
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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Museum Exhibit

Date: 1900
Description: Artifacts from the New Richmond tornado on display in the Historical Society's museum in the Wisconsin State Capitol. The display of such curiosities, now ...
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Old Abe and Historical Society Museum

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Description: The Civil War Room of the Historical Society Museum photographed sometime after 1900 when the society moved from third Wisconsin State Capitol to its new b...
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Surgical Tools

Date: 1927
Description: Surgical instruments on display at the Wisconsin Historical Museum.
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Medicine Chest

Date: 1935
Description: A medicine chest and its contents on display at the Wisconsin Historical Museum.

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