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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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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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College Shop

Date: 06 03 1927
Description: View across street towards the College Shop at 720 State Street. The Wisconsin Historical Society is in the background.
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Wisconsin Historical Society Museum Pharmacy

Date: 12 06 1944
Description: A woman, her son, and a sales clerk, all in period costumes in the drug store / pharmacy display in the Wisconsin Historical Society museum, then located o...
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Ruth Harris and "Henry"

Date: 10 05 1944
Description: Ruth Harris, acting curator of the Wisconsin Historical Society, is putting a man's coat from 1870 on a mannequin named Henry or Henrietta, if it is dresse...
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Combine at Harvester Farm Exhibit

Date: 1946
Description: Roen and Elizabeth Hart examining a combine (harvester-thresher) at the Harvester Farm exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry. A mannequin is sittin...
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International Harvester Tractor Display

Date: 1946
Description: Display in the Harvester Farm exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry. The display consists of a McCormick Farmall tractor with a male mannequin sitt...
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Historic Christmas Tableau

Date: 11 27 1946
Description: Helen Weinstein, left, and Donna Grossman, observe a special Christmas season exhibit in the State Historical Museum featuring two life-sized dolls in a Ch...
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"Country Store Farm Museum"

Date: 04 18 1965
Description: The "Early American Country Store Farm Museum." Storefront view of an antique shop with various farm implements on its front porch.
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Volcano Trading Post and Museum

Date: 1961
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...
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National Business Women's Week

Date: 10 06 1953
Description: Joy Morrison dresses in costume while working in an old-time drug store at the Wisconsin Historical Society Museum. The pharmaceutical items were used in W...
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700 Block of State Street

Date: 06 1967
Description: Partial composite panoramic view of the north side of the 700 block of State Street. From the left is The State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Library Ma...
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Fur Trading Post

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Description: A diorama depicting several people, including a small child, gather at a fur trading post in Juneau, Alaska.
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Streets of Yesterday at House on the Rock

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Description: The Streets of Yesterday, a nostalgic faux downtown, on exhibit at House on the Rock. This photograph was used in the original brochure for House on the Ro...
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"Streets of Yesterday"

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Description: View of "Streets of Yesterday" at House on the Rock.
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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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Matanuska Maid Milk Products Display

Date: 06 2019
Description: Display of Matanuska Maid Milk Products. From the Palmer Historical Society: "Matanuska Maid" was first the brand name of the Matanuska Valley Farmers Coop...
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Cans of Matanuska Maid Peas

Date: 01 2019
Description: Display of a can of peas at the Palmer Museum of Art and History. "Matanuska Maid" was first the brand name of the Matanuska Valley Farmers Cooperating Ass...

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