Museum Objects Monthly Archives: January 2007
Mystery Pike from Interstate Park
Hammered copper pike from Interstate Park Bison site, Polk County, Wisconsin, c. 1000-4000 B.C. (Museum object #1956.3099) In October 1936, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) workmen found a hammered copper pike during excavation of a peat deposit at Interstate Park in...
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Posted January 25, 2007
Madison Style Ice Boat Model
Madison Style ice boat model built by the Bernard family, c. 1917, rebuilt 1977. (Museum object #1983.292) This miniature ice boat was originally built in Madison, Wisconsin about 1916-1917 by a member of the Bernard family. Museum records indicate the...
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Posted January 18, 2007
Stage Coach Sleigh Bells
Sleigh bells used for stage runs and recreational trips in Sauk County, Wisconsin during the 1870s. (Museum object #1967.341.1) It has been over 150 years since the famous winter-time song Jingle Bells was first penned, and horse-drawn sleighs have all...
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Posted January 11, 2007
Boy's Dress
Dress worn by John Kiser as a child near Oregon, Wisconsin, c. 1856. (Museum object #1950.5744) John Bonsack Kiser grew up on a farm near Oregon, just south of Madison in Dane County, Wisconsin. Born on May 2, 1855, he...
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Posted January 4, 2007
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