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New Pictures Online
Every day we add more historical images to our online collection, Wisconsin Historical Images. Not just Wisconsin, but the whole country. Not only candid snapshots, but work by major photographers. And not only photographs, but also posters, engravings, lithographs, maps and more. See the last 30 days' worth of additions by following the link above.
Museum Online Collections
Nearly 4,000 artifacts are available for viewing online. Categories include paintings, dolls, quilts, moccasins, samplers, children's clothing, ceramic art and objects chosen as Curators' Favorites. In addition, the Wisconsin Decorative Arts Database features 19th and early 20th century material culture artifacts from the collections of local historical societies around the state.
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Cruel DeceptionMen's fraternal organizations such as the Odd Fellows and Elks became very popular in America after the Civil War. Fieldworkers for the W.P.A. Wisconsin Folklore Project were told years later that residents of Lodi decided to form one of their own around 1870. They called it the One Thousand and One Club, and its sole purpose was to keep members...
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Wisconsin Magazine of History
The Summer 2010 issue of "Wisconsin Magazine of History" features articles on Madison's Sidell Sisters, who dazzled the world with their graceful dances perfected at The Kehl School of Dancing from 1922–1942; the environmental impact of Whitewater's efforts to battle Dutch Elm Disease from the 1950s–1970s using DDT; the Kraft family's Langlade County estate that became the once-popular tourist attraction known as Kraftwood Gardens; and exquisite beadwork created by Wisconsin Ojibwe artists that graces bandolier bags exhibited at the Madeline Island Museum. |
Sharing Stories in Lake Geneva October 15-16
