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Historical Essay

Pauline Pottery Covered Jar

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Hand-painted earthenware jar manufactured by the Pauline Pottery, Edgerton, Wisconsin, 1888-1892. (Museum object # 1964.95.1,A)
Historical Essay

1809 Map Sampler

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Sampler embroidered by Cecilia Lewis at a boarding school in 1809. (Museum object #1984.294.1)
Historical Essay

Watercolor Farm Scene by Paul Seifert

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Landscape view of the Martin Luetscher II farmstead, Honey Creek Township, Wisconsin, c. 1875 (Museum object #2005.182.1)
Historical Essay

Rosemaled Norwegian Immigrant Trunk

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Decorated trunk brought to Wisconsin from Norway by immigrant Mette Kristina Larsdotter Mokrid, c. 1845. (Museum object #2000.77.1)
Historical Essay

Rosaline Peck's Violin

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Violin and bow played by Madison, Wisconsin pioneer Rosaline Peck, 1830s. (Museum object #1969.304.2,A)
Historical Essay

Early Madison Hand-Carved Table

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Early hand-carved table made by Levi Havemann, a German immigrant to Madison, c. 1860. (Museum object #1998.21.1)
Historical Essay

Vinnie Ream Marble Sculpture

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Spirito Del Carnevale (Spirit of the Carnival)sculpture by Vinnie Ream, 1870. (Museum Object #1965.270.2)
Historical Essay

'Forward' Statue

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
'Forward' statue by Wisconsin artist Jean Pond Miner, 1893. (Museum object #1998.1.1)
Historical Essay

George Washington Portrait by Thomas Sully

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Copy of Gilbert Stuart's portrait of George Washington painted by Thomas Sully, 1854. (Museum object #1942.506)
Historical Essay

Fairchild Portrait by John Singer Sargent

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Portrait of Lucius Fairchild by John Singer Sargent, 1887. (Museum object #1942.305)
Historical Essay

Norwegian Trinket Box

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Trinket box brought to Wisconsin by Norwegian immigrants, c. 1870. (Museum object #1993.6.2)
Historical Essay

Hardanger Fiddle

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Mid-nineteenth century violin converted into Hardanger fiddle by Knute Hellund, c. 1893. (Museum object #1973.56)

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