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H.C. Miller Co. Letterhead

Date: 
Description: Letterhead of the H.C. Miller Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, manufacturing stationers, with images of five types of loose leaf business ledger bindings a...
Manuscript

Capitol During the Civil War

Date: 04 1862
Description: Hand-tinted stationery showing the Capitol in Washington, D.C. in 1862. The blue tint on the dome may have been intended to represent the unfinished natur...
Classroom Material

An 'American Letter' by Norwegian Immigrants

Use a letter written home by a Norwegian immigrant to take a closer look at the immigrant experience in 1840s Wisconsin
Photograph

Hazel Murphy Sullivan

Date: 04 27 1952
Description: Hazel Murphy Sullivan (left), editor of the Sun Prairie Star-Countryman and Wisconsin State Journal correspondent, holds the Writer's cup she...
Map or Atlas

A Map of the French Settlements in North America

Date: 1747
Description: Map of America showing rivers, lakes, mountains, and regions, but primarily focusing on the French and Native American settlements along the Mississippi th...
Photograph

Voting Day at the Madison City-County Building

Date: 09 13 1960
Description: Poll workers pass the time during a light turnout for the 1960 primary in the 1st precinct of the Third Ward held at the City-County Building. Shown (L-R) ...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Underground Newspaper Cover: The Madison Bugle-American

Date: 09 16 1970
Description: Cover of "The Madison Bugle-American," an underground newspaper, featuring a cartoon of a businessman holding a leashed dog, a woman in a lounge dress smok...
Poster

The Secretary of The Treasury, Washington, D.C. [A Message From]

Date: 1918
Description: Poster reprinting a letter from Secretary of the Treasury William Gibbs McAdoo. The letter reads: "American does not intend to become spoil for the ...
Online Store

Share your thoughts and wishes with your child, and deepen the bond between you. Twenty themed notes to write with elegant keepsake box.

Share your thoughts and wishes with your child, and deepen the bond between you. Twenty themed notes to write with elegant keepsake box.

Price: $16.95
Photograph

Aaron Bohrod in his Studio

Date: 
Description: Caption with image reads: "Aaron Bohrod, pictured here in his studio, is the established American master of trompe l'oeil ('fool the eye') painting. This i...
Historical Essay

First Practical Typewriter

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Sholes & Glidden typewriter developed by Christopher Latham Sholes of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and marketed c. 1874. (Museum object #1964.31)
Feature Story

Robert Albert Bloch

Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
Robert Albert Bloch, Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers
Historical Essay

Chaplains' Virtues are Unheeded

A Wisconsin Civil War Story
Read a soldier's letter describing how some soldiers generally treated chaplains during the Siege of Vicksburg.
Property Record

1712 SUMMIT AVE

Community: Madison
County: Dane
Historic Name: W.F. Sloan House
Reference Number: 106693
Historical Essay

Quiner, Edwin Bryant (1816-1868)

Wisconsin Civil War Historian and Author
Read about the man who wrote the most cited book on Wisconsin's involvement in the Civil War. This article includes several links to his work.
Classroom Material

Our Families' Stories in Wisconsin

Students will learn more about the history of their own family as well as the larger history of immigration to Wisconsin
Classroom Material

Badger Boys in Blue: A Soldier's Letters 1862–1865

Wisconsin and the Civil War: Camp Randall
Use the letters of Civil War solders to take a closer look at Camp Randall and Wisconsin's role in the Civil War

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