Museum Objects Monthly Archives: October 2008
Cast Iron Effigy Mound Model
Cast iron Wisconsin effigy mound model in the shape of a "trunk and arms" of a human, designed by Increase A. Lapham, c. 1875. (Museum object #1975.8.1) Native American earthwork mounds were once a prominent feature of Wisconsin's landscape. It...
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Posted October 30, 2008
Wonder Spot "Book" Sign
Wonder Spot "Book" sign that greeted thousands of visitors to the beloved Wonder Spot attraction in the Wisconsin Dells area, c. 1990. (Museum Object #2007.142.8) This sign welcomed tourists to the cabin at the Wonder Spot attraction in Lake Delton,...
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Posted October 23, 2008
Racine Belles Movie Costume
Racine Belles baseball uniform costume worn in the 1992 movie, A League of Their Own. (Museum object #2008.145.1.1) By the time the motion picture A League of Their Own opened on July 1, 1992, most Americans had forgotten or never...
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Posted October 16, 2008
Allis-Chalmers Governor
Governor for hydraulic turbine engine, made by the Allis-Chalmers Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1905. (Museum object #2008.64.1) Everything about the Allis-Chalmers Company was big. Milwaukee's Edward P. Allis Co., whose roots stretched back to 1847, was already the world's biggest...
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Posted October 9, 2008
Teddy Roosevelt Campaign Bandana
Bandana featuring music score for the campaign song "We Want Teddy," used at a Milwaukee campaign rally for Theodore Roosevelt, 1912. (Museum object #1970.204) Do you for progression stand? Vote for Teddy! And reform in this great land? Vote for...
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Posted October 2, 2008
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Come to the Wisconsin Historical Museum's Odd Wisconsin Exhibit, opening October 3, 2008.
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