Information on over 7,000 photographers who were active in Wisconsin from about 1840 to 1976. |
A Wisconsin Historical Society Menu Sampler |
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View menus selected from the collections of the Wisconsin Historical Society. |
Mid-Century Photographs from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources |
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Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Elaborately beaded jacket worn by pianist, performer, and Wisconsin native Liberace during his performances in the late 1970s. (Museum object #2008.77.1) |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Southern Colonial dollhouse handmade and furnished by Ann Little of Columbus, Wisconsin, 1976-1977. (Museum object #2007.191.1) |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Red velveteen vest worn by Wisconsin Governor Lee Sherman Dreyfus, c. 1975. (Museum object #1982.450.15) |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Industrial sewing machine used to make one of Wisconsin's signature products for over 40 years, 1950s-1997. (Museum object #1997.54.1A-D) |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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"Bright beer" storage tank by Dunck Tank Works, Milwaukee, c 1910. Used by Stevens Point Brewery, Stevens Point, c 1915-1995.(Museum object #2007.83.2) |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Magnavox Odyssey Home Video Game System played by Susan and John Gyarmati of Cedarburg, Wisconsin during the 1970s. (Museum object #2006.95.2) |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Leopard Lodge League bowling shirt costume worn on Happy Days television series, 1977-1984. (Museum object #2006.39.1) |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Shotz Brewery smock used in Laverne and Shirley television series, 1976-1980. (Museum object #2006.38.1) |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Bunk beds used by the Contreras family, Mexican-American migrant workers, in Wautoma, Wisconsin, 1970s-1980s. (Museum object #1999.16.1A-G) |
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) |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Land of the Freed-up Woman American flag banner made from bras, 1971. (Museum object #2000.79.1) |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Pink flamingo from the flock that graced Bascom Hill on on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, 1979. (Museum object #1979.302A-C) |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Engine fragment from the van used in the Sterling Hall bombing, 1970. (Museum object #1994.8) |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Patch that accompanied "Deke" Slayton on Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, July 15-24, 1975. (Museum object #1982.432.1) |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Trade figure from the Big Boy restaurant on South Park Street, Madison, Wisconsin, 1971-1985. (Museum object #1993.52) |
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Learn about the history of Christmas cards and their various uses during World War I and II, and in postwar America. |
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