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Historical Essay

Early Electric Dishwasher

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Early household dishwasher manufactured by Hydro-Electric Manufacturing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, c. 1930. (Museum object #1997.35.1A-D)
Historical Essay

Lead Toy Soldier Casting Kit

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Toy-Moulds set made by the Make-A-Toy Co. and used by the Asmuth family of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1930s. (Museum object #1962.228.30,A-U)
Historical Essay

1930s Permanent Wave Machine

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Frederics permanent wave machine used in Crisella's Beauty Shop in Blanchardville, Wisconsin, late 1930s. (Museum object #1986.79.2)
Historical Essay

UW Union Terrace Sunburst Chair

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Deauville-style chair used at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Memorial Union Terrace on Lake Mendota, 1930s. (Museum object #1982.271.9)
Historical Essay

CCC Trunk

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Trunk used by Werner Brunner while working on Civilian Conservation Corps projects in La Crosse County, Wisconsin, 1934-1935.(Museum object #1990.165.26,A)
Historical Essay

Elto Cub Outboard Motor

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Elto Cub outboard motor made by the Evinrude Motors Division of Outboard Marine and Manufacturing Co., Milwaukee, WI, 1939. (Museum object #1997.35.3)
Historical Essay

Hoard's Dairyman Farm Milk Bottle

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Half gallon milk bottle used by Hoard's Dairyman Farm of Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, c. 1934-1944. (Museum Object 1977.354.84)
Historical Essay

1930s UW Gym Suit

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
University of Wisconsin student gym suit worn by George Williams, 1933-1934. (Museum object #2005.144.1.1-2)
Historical Essay

Ho-Chunk Eagle Feather Dance Staff

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Eagle feather dance staff used at 1933 World's Fair by Ho-Chunk dancers from the Wisconsin Dells. (Museum object #2001.49.1)
Historical Essay

Frank Lloyd Wright Cardboard House Model

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Frank Lloyd Wright house model featured in Life magazine, 1938. (Museum object #2005.133.1)
Historical Essay

Milwaukee Handicraft Project Depression-Era Artwork

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Block-printed wall hanging produced by workers of the Milwaukee Handicraft Project, 1935-1943. (Museum object #1981.184.4)
Historical Essay

'Broken Star' 4-H State Fair Quilt

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
"Broken Star" quilt made from flour and feed sacks for a 4-H project, 1931. (Museum object #2005.115.1)
Historical Essay

Home Childbirth Training Kit

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
"Miniature Home Delivery Kit" used to instruct expectant mothers by the Bureau of Maternal and Child Health, c. 1938. (Museum object #1995.6.1-51)
Historical Essay

Schlitz 'Sunshine Vitamin D Beer Can'

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Schlitz "Sunshine Vitamin D" Beer Can featuring Continental Can Co.'s new crown top design, 1936. (Museum Object 2011.77.1)

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