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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) |
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| Concentration camp sweater worn by Tadeusz Kowalczyk while a prisoner at Auschwitz during World War II. (Museum object #1985.92) |
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| University of Wisconsin student gym suit worn by George Williams, 1933-1934. (Museum object #2005.144.1.1-2) |
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| Land of the Freed-up Woman American flag banner made from bras, 1971. (Museum object #2000.79.1) |
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| Gold-plated commemorative Ray-O-Vac flashlight produced to celebrate production milestone, 1950. (Museum object #1950.2541) |
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| Variation of a friendship quilt using neckties made by Allie Crumble, 1982. (Museum object #1996.118.16) |
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| Mirro Sno-Coaster sled manufactured by Aluminum Goods Manufacturing Co. of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, 1955. (Museum object #2006.2.1) |
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| Influenza quarantine placard, c. 1910-1924, from the period of the "Spanish flu" epidemic. (Museum object #1978.404.50) |
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| Oldest known surviving license plate in Wisconsin, issued to a Mount Horeb man, 1905. (Museum object #1966.493.1) |
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| Cardboard Hanukkah decoration used by three generations of a Wisconsin family, c. 1960. (Museum object #2002.388.6) |
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| German bisque doll with her trunk of clothes and accessories, c. 1908. (Museum object #1966.408.1) |
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| Six-foot Evergleam Christmas tree with 94 branches made by the Aluminum Specialty Company of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, c. 1966. (Museum object #2005.174.1.1) |
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| Shirt given to a child leaving St. Joseph Orphanage, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, c. 1920. (Museum object #2005.82.1) |
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| Winning entry for the first Alice in Dairyland dress design, 1948. (Museum object #2005.157.1) |
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| Eagle feather dance staff used at 1933 World's Fair by Ho-Chunk dancers from the Wisconsin Dells. (Museum object #2001.49.1) |
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| Deer hide jacket of Ruel Garnich Baldwin, c. 1915. (Museum object #2005.147.1) |
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| Pouch obtained from an Oneida Indian at the 1997 Milwaukee River Front Pow-Wow. (Museum object #1999.40.1) |
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| Frank Lloyd Wright house model featured in Life magazine, 1938. (Museum object #2005.133.1) |
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| "Spanish Lady" costume worn for Halloween by Virginia Shaver in 1922. (Museum object #2003.29.1) |
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| Baseball bat issued to Milwaukee Braves second baseman Red Schoendienst for the 1957 World Series. (Museum object #2005.128.1) |
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