Museum Objects Monthly Archives: November 2006
Miss Annie Mae's Church Hat
Hat worn by Annie Mae McClain to services at the Tabernacle Community Baptist Church, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Museum object #2006.103.2) “But every woman that prayeth or propesieth with her head uncovered dishonoreth her head.” I Corinthians 11:5 Annie Mae McClain of...
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Posted November 30, 2006
Potawatomi Beaded “Soldier Coat”
Army jacket decorated with Native American beadwork worn by Chief Simon Onanguisse Kahquados of the Forest County Potawatomi. (Museum object #1943.330) An elder spokesman for the Potawatomi Indians, Chief Simon Onanguisse Kahquados made a number of trips to Washington, D.C....
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Posted November 22, 2006
Watercolor Farm Scene by Paul Seifert
Landscape view of the Martin Luetscher II farmstead, Honey Creek Township, Wisconsin, c. 1875 (Museum object #2005.182.1) This vibrant watercolor painting, by renowned German American folk artist Paul Seifert, documents an early Wisconsin farmstead, the pioneer farm family who resided...
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Posted November 16, 2006
Lice Comb from Fort Crawford
Bone lice comb from site of first Fort Crawford in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, 1816-1829. (Museum object #1997.62.11941) Everyday life at a frontier fort in the early nineteenth century was no easy affair. When the United States Army decided to...
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Posted November 9, 2006
Punch Card Voting Device
Votomatic punch card voting device used in Walworth County, Wisconsin, until 2000. (Museum object #2006.24.1) This Votomatic punch card voting device was last used in used in the City of Delavan, Walworth County, Wisconsin on election day, November 7, 2000....
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Posted November 2, 2006
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