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• Young Girl's Burial Dress :: May 15
• Asbestos Baby Bottle Warmer :: May 08
• Victor Berger Campaign Banner :: May 01
• George Pollard's Palette :: Apr 24
• John Muir's Clockwork Desk :: Apr 17
• De Langlade Fur Trade Pouch :: Apr 10
• 1960s Paper Dress :: Apr 03
• Shot Tower Lead-Melting Bowl :: Mar 27
• Jose Canseco Baseball Card :: Mar 20
• Beaver Top Hat :: Mar 13
• "Space Age" Brassiere :: Mar 06
• Ella Wheeler Wilcox Doll :: Feb 28
• Brooks Stevens Railroad Car Seat :: Feb 21
• Courtship Advice Fan :: Feb 14
• Ho-Chunk Hide Scraper :: Feb 07
• Father Groppi Collage :: Jan 31
• Lumber Company Scrip :: Jan 24
• Polka Rhythms Bandstand :: Jan 17
• Governor Dreyfus's Red Vest :: Jan 10
• Paleo-Indian Fluted Spear Point :: Jan 03
• First Lady's Irene Evening Gown :: Dec 27
• Lead Toy Soldier Casting Kit :: Dec 20
• Governor Doyle's Festivus Pole :: Dec 13
• Chris Farley's Black Sheep Jacket :: Dec 06
• Skunk Grease Medicine :: Nov 29
• Ristaucrat Jukebox :: Nov 22
• Carpenter's Tool Chest :: Nov 15
• Civil War Draft Drum :: Nov 08
• Menominee Fancy Dance Bustle :: Nov 01
• Magician's Escape Trunk :: Oct 25
• Nuclear Fuel Assembly :: Oct 18
• Wisconsin's Spanish Currency :: Oct 11
• World Series Welcome Sign :: Oct 04
• Stereo Realist 3-D Camera :: Sep 27
• 1930s Permanent Wave Machine :: Sep 20
• Synagogue Window :: Sep 13
• Hill Street Blues Badge :: Sep 06
• Workman's Time Recorder :: Aug 30
• 1850s Personal Appointment Calendar :: Aug 23
• "Rosie the Riveter" Coveralls :: Aug 16
• OshKosh B'Gosh Sewing Machine :: Aug 09
• British Open Golf Glove :: Aug 02
• Donald's "Educational" Marbles :: Jul 26
• Milwaukee Light Guard Uniform Coat :: Jul 19
• Gold Rush Shawl :: Jul 12
• Campers' Wash-Up Kit :: Jul 05
• 3100 Gallon "Bright Beer" Tank :: Jun 28
• Bemis Riddell Chaise Lounge :: Jun 21
• 1809 Map Sampler :: Jun 14
• 'Kewtie' Woman's Razor :: Jun 07
• Babcock's Revolutionary Dairy Invention :: May 31
• UW Union Terrace Sunburst Chair :: May 24
• Warner's 'Newfangled' Speedometer :: May 17
• CCC Trunk :: May 10
• Hopewellian Human Figurine :: May 03
• State Capitol Spittoon :: Apr 26
• Bull Semen Parachute :: Apr 19
• Suzy Favor Hamilton's Olympic Track Shoes :: Apr 12
• Prohibition Soda Pop :: Apr 05
• World Famous Duncan Butterfly Yo-Yo :: Mar 29
• First Practical Typewriter :: Mar 22
• 1857 Promenade Dress :: Mar 15
• Burt's Solar Compass :: Mar 08
• Vel Phillips's Common Council Desk :: Mar 01
• Mrs. Fairchild's Worth Gown :: Feb 22
• Scotch Giant's Shoe Last :: Feb 15
• Native American Courting Flute :: Feb 08
• Child's Chamber Pot and Washbasin :: Feb 01
• Mystery Pike from Interstate Park :: Jan 25
• Madison Style Ice Boat Model :: Jan 18
• Stage Coach Sleigh Bells :: Jan 11
• Boy's Dress :: Jan 04
• Sue Ann Thompson's Inauguration Gown :: Dec 28
• Odyssey Home Video Game System :: Dec 21
• 1950s Pink Kitchen :: Dec 14
• World War II Airplane ID model :: Dec 07
• Miss Annie Mae's Church Hat :: Nov 30
• Potawatomi Beaded “Soldier Coat” :: Nov 22
• Watercolor Farm Scene by Paul Seifert :: Nov 16
• Lice Comb from Fort Crawford :: Nov 09
• Punch Card Voting Device :: Nov 02
• Spiritualist's Séance Robe :: Oct 26
• Milwaukee Braves Baseball Jersey :: Oct 19
• Original Model Barbie Doll :: Oct 12
• Wild Rice Threshing Machine :: Oct 05
• X-Ray Shoe Fitting Machine :: Sep 28
• Portable Teletype Machine for the Deaf :: Sep 21
• Cranberry Harvesting Rake :: Sep 14
• Happy Days Bowling Shirt :: Sep 07
• Seamen’s Union Knotwork Plaque :: Aug 31
• Early Two-Piece Bathing Suit :: Aug 24
• Shotz Brewery Costume :: Aug 17
• Early Kelvinator Home Microwave :: Aug 10
• Nash Ambassador Automobile :: Aug 03
• Madison Fire Company Banner :: Jul 27
• Harley-Davidson Knucklehead :: Jul 20
• Frontier Clay Pipe Fragment :: Jul 13
• Elto Cub Outboard Motor :: Jul 06
• Sousa Conductor's Baton :: Jun 29
• Copper Swiss Cheese Kettle :: Jun 22
• Bolens Garden Tractor :: Jun 15
• Migrant Workers’ Bunk Beds :: Jun 08
• Hoard's Dairyman Farm Milk Bottle :: Jun 01
• World War I "Sons in Service" Flag :: May 25
• Anti-spearfishing Concrete Walleye Decoy :: May 18
• Rosemaled Norwegian Immigrant Trunk :: May 11
• Victorian Baby Carriage :: May 04
• Parker Pen Trim Lathe :: Apr 27
• Auschwitz Concentration Camp Sweater :: Apr 20
• 1930s UW Gym Suit :: Apr 13
• Rosaline Peck's Violin :: Apr 06
• Early Madison Hand-Carved Table :: Mar 30
• Vinnie Ream Marble Sculpture :: Mar 23
• Bra Flag :: Mar 16
• Gold-plated Ray-O-Vac Flashlight :: Mar 09
• Forward Statue :: Mar 02
• Wooden Curling Stone :: Feb 23
• George Washington Portrait by Thomas Sully :: Feb 16
• FitzRandolph World Cup Racing Skin :: Feb 09
• Necktie Quilt by Allie Crumble :: Feb 02
• Mirro Sno-Coaster: Cold Weather (and Cold War) Fun :: Jan 26
• Ojibwe Winter Spearfishing Decoy :: Jan 19
• Flu Quarantine Sign :: Jan 12
• Oldest Wisconsin License Plate :: Jan 05
• Hanukkah Decoration for the Home :: Dec 29
• Nancy Hanks Doll: An Historic American Girl :: Dec 22
• Pink Evergleam Aluminum Christmas Tree :: Dec 15
• Milwaukee Orphanage Shirt :: Dec 08
• Alice in Dairyland Dress Model :: Dec 01
• Ho-Chunk Eagle Feather Dance Staff :: Nov 23
• Deer Hide Jacket :: Nov 17
• Native American Vietnam Veteran Pouch :: Nov 10
• Frank Lloyd Wright Cardboard House Model :: Nov 03
• "Spanish Lady" Halloween Costume :: Oct 27
• Milwaukee Braves World Series Bat :: Oct 20
• Glass Used by Teddy Roosevelt after Assassination Attempt :: Oct 13
• Ho-Chunk Beaded Reebok Baby Shoes :: Oct 06
• August Schlaak’s Exquisite Marquetry Table :: Sep 29
• Milwaukee Handicraft Project Depression-Era Artwork :: Sep 22
• Pioneering Carbon Fiber Trek Bicycle :: Sep 15
• Brett Favre's Packers Jersey :: Sep 08
• Bascom Hill Pink Flamingo :: Sep 01
• The "Incomparable" Hildegarde Record :: Aug 25
• Sterling Hall Bombing Engine Fragment :: Aug 18
• Murderer's Execution Restraints :: Aug 11
• "Broken Star" 4-H State Fair Quilt :: Aug 04
• Black Hawk War Powder Horn :: Jul 28
• Aqualand Water Ski :: Jul 21
• "Deke" Slayton Space Souvenir :: Jul 14
• Oneota Ceramic Vessel :: Jul 07
• Fairchild Portrait by John Singer Sargent :: Jun 30
• "Midget Wedding" Dance Costume :: Jun 23
• Fugitive Slave Collar :: Jun 16
• La Follette Casket Flag :: Jun 09
• Frank Lloyd Wright Furniture :: Jun 02
• Civil War Silver :: May 26
• 1960s Prom Dress :: May 19
• Norwegian Trinket Box :: May 12
• Home Childbirth Training Kit :: May 05
• Oldest Toast in Wisconsin? :: Apr 28
• "Blitz Fog" Pesticide Cocktail :: Apr 21
• Multi-Purpose Food from Fallout Shelter :: Apr 14
• The "Monster Knife" of John Fox Potter :: Apr 07
• Hardanger Fiddle :: Mar 31
• Ukrainian Decorated Egg :: Mar 24
• Purim Costume :: Mar 17
• Birchbark Maple Sugar Container :: Mar 10
• Wittenberg Grays Baseball Uniform :: Mar 03
• Woman Suffrage Tunic :: Feb 24
• Feather from Old Abe the War Eagle :: Feb 17
• Ojibwe Presentation Pipe :: Feb 11
• Arndt Vest :: Feb 04
• Big Boy :: Jan 31
• Electric Drink Mixer :: Jan 24
• Fair Ribbon Quilt :: Jan 17