Museum Objects Monthly Archives: June 2008
Dairyland Rat Poison
Dairyland Rat Poison container made for the Wisconsin Pharmacal Co. of Milwaukee, 1955-1965. (Museum object #1999.143.34) The same substance that can save your life can also kill you. This is emphatically the case for the compound dicumarol, developed in the...
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Posted June 26, 2008
War of 1812 Cannonball
Fragment of six-pound cannonball fired in battle between American and British forces on July 1814 at Prairie du Chien, Illinois Territory (now Wisconsin). (Museum object #H162) Few people may be aware that the War of 1812 was partially waged in...
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Posted June 19, 2008
Civil War Loyalty Flag
20-star United States Flag used in initiation ceremonies to the Union League, where members swore to protect the Union and its values, Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, 1862-1865. (Museum object #1951.213) Most Americans believe that the Civil War consisted of two...
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Posted June 12, 2008
Surveyor's Tree Blaze
Surveyor's tree blaze from the 1841 expedition to lay out the boundary between Wisconsin and Michigan, found at Trout Lake, Vilas County, Wisconsin. (Museum object #1977.97) Surveying is the means by which European settlers turned the North American landscape into...
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Posted June 5, 2008
Want to see unusual museum objects in person?
Come to the Wisconsin Historical Museum's Odd Wisconsin Exhibit, opening October 3, 2008.
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