Museum Objects Monthly Archives: June 2007
3100 Gallon "Bright Beer" Tank
"Bright beer" storage tank made by Dunck Tank Works of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, c. 1910 and used by the Stevens Point Brewery, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, c. 1915-1995. (Museum object #2007.83.2) Wisconsin has always been popularly conceived of as having a...
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Posted June 28, 2007
Bemis Riddell Chaise Lounge
Bemis Riddell chaise lounge custom made for the company owner, Albert Bemis, c. 1925 (reupholstered, c. 1940). (Museum Object #1984.319.1A-B) Relaxing in a lounge chair while taking in views of Wisconsin's lake beauty is a summertime tradition enjoyed by generations...
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Posted June 21, 2007
1809 Map Sampler
Sampler embroidered by Cecilia Lewis at a boarding school in 1809. (Museum object #1984.294.1) Cecilia Lewis of Flushing, New York made this map sampler when she was a school girl of eighteen. On her embroidered map of the United States...
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Posted June 14, 2007
'Kewtie' Woman's Razor
Early woman's "Kewtie" brand razor purchased in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1940s. (Museum object #1976.392.43) While rapidly raising hemlines on women's skirts may be the more readily-recognized "shocking" change in American fashions after World War I, at about the same time a...
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Posted June 7, 2007
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