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The Wisconsin Historical Society offers an ever-growing digital collection. Digitized materials reflect the full range of items in the collections including photographs, letters, newsletters, films, posters, architectural drawings, menus, and ephemera.
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Radiophone
circa 1920-1929
A woman takes down menus and recipes that she hears on her radiophone.
Dreams Come True
circa 1950-1959
Advertisement for International Harvester refrigerators and freezers. Depicts a woman wearing an apron over a dress standing near a freezer and refrigerator.
Mother and Children with Typewriter
circa 1950-1959
A woman and two small boys are sitting at a typewriter in the kitchen.
Sears Roebuck "Wizard" Washing Machine
1913
1913 Sears Roebuck catalog page of woman with "Wizard" washing machine.
Woman in Kitchen
circa 1900-1909
Composite photograph/painting of a woman standing and pouring (fake) water into a cracked basin, with the water spilling onto the floor.
