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| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Front cover of a German language advertising catalog for International Harvester's Milwaukee line of harvesting machinery. Features a chromolithograph illu... |
| Date: | 06 21 1922 |
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| Description: | Exhibit of WHA and the University of Wisconsin Extension Division at a radio show in an auditorium. |
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| Description: | Entrance to "Camp Ammon," the Boy Scout camp at the Wisconsin State Fair. The camp was named for the director of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture. |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | The Lac Courte Oreilles village sponsored by the Wisconsin Archaeological Society at the 1906 Wisconsin State Fair. Several members of the society are incl... |
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| Description: | Design for Wisconsin Centennial 3 cent postage stamp with an agriculture and industries theme. |
| Date: | 04 26 1971 |
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| Description: | Led by James White, president of DRUMS, members of the organization and sympathizers staged a protest Monday at the First Wisconsin National Bank, 743 N. W... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Actors in Indian costume as seen in the film "Mishaskwut," which depicts the life of the Menominee Indians. The film was sponsored by the Wauwatosa Board o... |
| Date: | 09 14 1970 |
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| Description: | Cover of "Kaleidoscope," an underground newspaper, featuring a photograph of Native American Chief Sitting Bull, highlighted with red. |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Statue of the monk with a cross in his left hand and his right hand upraised. Behind the statue is a plaque with a carving of an Indian in a canoe near a s... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the Northwestern Lithographing Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, art lithographers, with a sidebar image of an American Indian woman with brai... |
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| Description: | A group portrait of a band of Menominee Indians posing with their instruments. They are wearing feather headdresses. |
| Date: | 1835 |
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| Description: | Shows Walker’s Point, Juneau Town and Kilbourn Town, including labeled buildings, trails and Indian villages. Relief shown by hachures. Oriented with north... |
| History of Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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| Discover historical details and explore our online collections related to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. |
| Read about the possible historic origins of the frequently used syllable "wau" in the geographic names of Wisconsin. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Early Paleo-Indian fluted spear point found in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, and made between 12,000 B.C. and 8,000 B.C. (Museum object #1985.2) |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Pouch obtained from an Oneida Indian at the 1997 Milwaukee River Front Pow-Wow. (Museum object #1999.40.1) |
| When the Beaver was King |
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| Discover how beavers transformed Wisconsin's economy in the 1650s for the next two centuries. |
| How the University was Began |
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| Discover how the lack of educational opportunities in Wisconsin helped create the University of Wisconsin. |
| Learn how epidemics erupted in Wisconsin and the ways communities responded |
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