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| Date: | 07 1959 |
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| Description: | Dickey Chapelle, photographer, on the same Milwaukee beach where she learned to swim as a young girl. She was covering "Operation Inland Seas" celebrating ... |
| Date: | 09 20 1943 |
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| Description: | Drawing submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "A Sturdy, Timely Toy For Your Youngster. General Jeep." Features a drawing of four... |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Evacuation Route road sign used to direct Milwaukee, Wisconsin residents out of town in the event of a potential nuclear bomb detonation, installed 1955-19 |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Military draft raffle drum used to select draftee names in Milwaukee, Wisconsin during the Civil War, 1863-1864. (Museum object #1966.174) |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Milwaukee Light Guard coat worn by Captain John C. Starkweather, 1858-1861. (Museum object #1957.282) |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Airplane identification model constructed by junior high school students in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1942. (Museum object #1966.298.34) |
| 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) |
| Images of a Milwaukee Manufacturing Powerhouse |
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| Read about one of Milwaukee's most successful manufacturing companies and view vintage photographs of the corporation. |
| Discover the famous lithographic company most known for its WWII posters whose goal was to mobilize public support for the American war effort. |
| View these images shot by an early female war correspondent, Dickey Chapelle from Wisconsin. |
| View the collection of images of Wisconsin women in a variety of activities: farm work, canning, suffragism, photography, war work and civil rights. |
| Date: | 1926-05-08 |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
| Date: | 1932-05-23 |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
| Date: | ????-03-25 |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
| Date: | 1933-06-09 |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
| Date: | 1921-05-31 |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
| Date: | 1933-04-22 |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
| Date: | 1917-06-17 |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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