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Historical Essay

Atomic Age Evacuation Route Sign

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
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
Historical Essay

Civil War Draft Drum

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Military draft raffle drum used to select draftee names in Milwaukee, Wisconsin during the Civil War, 1863-1864. (Museum object #1966.174)
Historical Essay

Milwaukee Light Guard Uniform Coat

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Milwaukee Light Guard coat worn by Captain John C. Starkweather, 1858-1861. (Museum object #1957.282)
Historical Essay

World War II Airplane ID model

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Airplane identification model constructed by junior high school students in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1942. (Museum object #1966.298.34)
Historical Essay

Native American Vietnam Veteran Pouch

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Pouch obtained from an Oneida Indian at the 1997 Milwaukee River Front Pow-Wow. (Museum object #1999.40.1)
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Andrew Snyder writes of old pioneer New Berlin family

Date: 1933-02-??
County: Waukesha
City: New Berlin
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Forty-second anniversary is observed

Date: 1923-05-25
County: Waukesha
City: Waukesha
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Waukesha County in the Spanish-American War

Date: 1931-10-27
County: Waukesha
City: Waukesha
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Will perpetuate Cushing's memory

Date: 1914-01-27
County: Waukesha
City: Waukesha
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Col. Sidney A. Bean

Date: 1863-06-16
County: Waukesha
City: Waukesha
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Death of Col. Sidney A. Bean Fourth Wisconsin Regiment

Date: 1863-06-16
County: Waukesha
City: Waukesha
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Unveil marker soldier 1776

Date: 1918-06-27
County: Waukesha
City: Brookfield
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Veterans in line

Date: 1906-10-11
County: Waukesha
City: 
Newspaper Article/Clipping

The complete history of Company L.

Date: 1917-11-20
County: Waukesha
City: Waukesha

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