A Wisconsin Historical Society Menu Sampler |
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View menus selected from the collections of the Wisconsin Historical Society. |
Learn about the history of Christmas cards and their various uses during World War I and II, and in postwar America. |
Photographs from the Apostle Islands |
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Learn about the history of the Apostle Islands in the northnmost part of Wisconsin, a popular summer refuge for tourists and residents. |
Images of a Milwaukee Manufacturing Powerhouse |
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Read about one of Milwaukee's most successful manufacturing companies and view vintage photographs of the corporation. |
Avid Amateur Photographer |
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Learn about the career of photographer Harry Dankoler, who captured images of his experiences throughout life and experimented with photo manipulation. |
Promotions on Paper, 1850s-1975 |
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Custom-designed letterheads were a universal way of proclaiming who you were. Historical letterheads are prime examples of early branding. |
Automobiles in Wisconsin History |
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Read about the evolution of the automotive industry and the drastic changes in manufacturing work, road infrastructure, the economy and American culture. |
Milwaukee's First Photojournalist |
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Read about the life and career of photojournalist John Robert Taylor, who captured the spirit of Milwaukee through photographs in the early 20th century. |
View the online collection of Photo Copy Service photographs taken in Madison from the 1920s through 1960s. |
A Greenbelt Town |
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Read about how the suburban community of Greendale, Wisconsin, was engineered and view photographs documenting its development. |
Madison's Soap Box Derby |
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Learn about the history of Madison's Soap Box Derby, a popular racing sport amongst young boys nation-wide in the early to mid-1900s. |
View many photographs of Cassville Wisconsin's varied river life, taken by Frank W. Feiker |
Images relating to Daisy Bates, former Arkansas NAACP President |
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View photographs from the collection of Daisy Bates, an American civil rights activist, publisher and writer. |
A Historical Look at Service Stations |
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Photographs of Wisconsin gas stations portray the development of service station architecture. |
See images that document the stories of 18 Wisconsin survivors of the World War II Holocaust. |
Circus images from the 1860s to the 1960s. |
1850-2009 |
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Photographs of political campaign techniques of the past. |
A Visual Biography, 1908-1957 |
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Learn about the four years Senator Joseph McCarthy held the nation in his grasp with his anti-Communist rhetoric. |
View Edmund Eisenscher's photographs of the personal and work life of Milwaukee union members from 1938-1956 |
View this beautiful collection of Valentine's Day greeting cards collected from 1840 through 1980. |
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