Museum Objects Monthly Archives: February 2008
Ella Wheeler Wilcox Doll
Doll depicting Wisconsin poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox made by Milwaukee artist Joan (Beringer) Pripps, 1947-1948. (Museum object #2007.139.19) Joan M. Beringer knew from an early age she would be an artist and, after studying at the Milwaukee Art Institute and...
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Posted February 28, 2008
Brooks Stevens Railroad Car Seat
Reclining seat designed by Brooks Stevens for one of the Milwaukee Road's Hiawatha luxury railroad cars, 1948 (Museum object #1991.92) In an era when the choice between interminably boring highway drives and jam-packed, delay-prone airplanes seems equally dismal, cross-country travel...
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Posted February 21, 2008
Courtship Advice Fan
Victorian scrapbook fan made by Julia Morris of Madison, decorated with suggestions about courtship, love and marriage, 1895-1899. (Museum object #1955.480A) We often tend to think of women from the conservative Victorian era as demure and ladylike in their behavior,...
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Posted February 14, 2008
Ho-Chunk Hide Scraper
Wooden handled hide scraper with steel blade made and used by Ho-Chunk Indians in Wisconsin in the early 20th century. (Museum object #1951.949) Hide scrapers have long been an essential tool for Native Americans living in Wisconsin and throughout the...
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Posted February 7, 2008
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