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| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | View of a car in the open doorway of a barn at the Bartlett Memorial Historical Museum. |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | Entrance marker to the museum. |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the museum, with a pine tree to the left, partially obstructing the building, and a path to the right. |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the museum, with the museum annex on the left. |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | View of the front of the museum, with the driveway in the foreground. There is a antenna on the top of the museum. |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Interior of Beloit First Congregational Church. View from aisle towards the organ and altar. |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of First Congregational Church in winter. |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Parking lot at the General Motors plant. |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Republican presidential candidate Richard M. Nixon speaks at an outdoor event. There is an airplane in the background. Patricia Nixon is shown seated behin... |
| Fort Atkinson Poet |
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| Biography of Lorine Niedecker, a poet raised in Fort Atkinson. |
| Adventurer, Explorer and Real Life Indiana Jones |
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| Biography of Roy Chapman Andrews Jones, noted adventurer, explorer and possible model for the character of Indiana Jones. |
| Brief history of the General Motors plant in Janesville. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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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) |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Trim lathe used by the Parker Pen Company of Janesville, Wisconsin to manufacture pen barrels and caps, c. 1946-1999. (Museum Object #2001.51.1) |
| Learn about the strong influence Wisconsin held on the national automobile industry in the early-mid 20th Century. |
| Automobiles in Wisconsin History |
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| Read about the evolution of the automotive industry and the drastic changes in manufacturing work, road infrastructure, the economy and American culture. |
| View a pictorial review of the Wisconsin State Fair from 1851 when it began. |
| World War II and it Effect on Blacks |
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| Discover the effects World War II had on Blacks in Wisconsin. |
| Read about Black history in Wisconsin. There are many links to original documents, pictures, eyewitness accounts, and other primary sources. |
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