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| Women's coveralls worn by Teresa Kuykendall while working in a factory in Beloit, Wisconsin during World War II. (Museum object #2007.92.1) |
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| Airplane identification model constructed by junior high school students in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1942. (Museum object #1966.298.34) |
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| Concentration camp sweater worn by Tadeusz Kowalczyk while a prisoner at Auschwitz during World War II. (Museum object #1985.92) |
| 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. |
| See images that document the stories of 18 Wisconsin survivors of the World War II Holocaust. |
| Rabbit Raising in German Concentration Camps |
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| View this unusual photo album, the cover of which is made of angora rabbit wool, to see how the rabbits were raised in concentration camps. |
| View these images shot by an early female war correspondent, Dickey Chapelle from Wisconsin. |
| Learn about the exploits of the U.S. Army National Guard's Red Arrow Division during World War II. |
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