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Jean Pond Miner with "Forward"

Date: 1893
Description: Sculptor Jean Pond Miner working on her statue "Forward" in the Wisconsin Building at the Columbian Exposition.
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Kohler Opens History Exhibit

Date: 10 08 1955
Description: Governor Walter J. Kohler, Jr., cuts a ribbon to open the "They Did It Themselves: 50 Years Ago" exhibit at the State Historical Society. Mrs. Vincent W. K...
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Exhibit for Pregnant Women

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Description: A nurse is showing expectant mothers an exhibit. including maternity clothes. Posters on health are displayed on the wall behind them.
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Brooks McCormick with Unidentified Man

Date: 1969
Description: Brooks McCormick standing outdoors next to an unidentified man who is holding an International Pay Hauler toy truck in his hands. Behind them a man stands ...
Print

World's Columbian Exposition Tea Room Menu

Date: 1893
Description: One-page tea room menu from the Woman's Building at the World's Columbian Exposition. At the top is an illustration of a gondolier steering a couple in a c...
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Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Farmer Stevens Doll Exhibit

Date: 1909
Description: Sixteen dolls are posed together, with some seated and some standing. The caption reads: "Dolls owned by Mrs. Breese J. [Mary Elizabeth Farmer] Stevens, 40...
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Ethnology Building

Date: 1901
Description: Well-dressed men and women are strolling the wet pavement at the Pan American Exposition in front of the Ethnology Building. Some people are standing on th...
Poster

"Fifteen Hundred Little Pictures" Exhibit Poster

Date: 02 10 1986
Description: Silkscreen poster announcing the Fifteen Hundred Little Pictures Polaroid Photography show. The photographers names are Joann Jensen, Mark Porter and Mike ...
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Robert Hall

Date: 08 1951
Description: Robert Hall, curator of anthropological materials, standing in the anthropology room of the Wisconsin Historical Museum.
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Howells, Jenkins, and Baerreis

Date: 1950
Description: Group portrait of, from left to right: Professor Howells, John W. Jenkins (chief curator of the Wisconsin Historical Museum), and Professor Dave Baerreis.
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Walter Dunn

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Description: Walter Dunn dressed as a trapper is giving a demonstration to onlookers.
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Young Girl at Wisconsin Dells Minirama

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Description: A young girl wearing a bathing suit is standing in almost knee-deep water in a Miniature model of the Wisconsin Dells. A small excursion boat is in the wat...
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Atomic Disintegration

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Description: Harvey Doerring demonstrates Atomic Disintegration during a presentation.
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Electroluminescent Lighting

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Description: Clive Frazier demonstrates electroluminescent lighting through a presentation.
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Visitors in the Pioneer Gallery

Date: 1957
Description: Two children are standing and looking at an exhibit that features tools, a map, and some text. Caption reads: "Visitors in the pioneer gallery of the State...
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Walter Dunn and Others Inside Historymobile

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Description: Two men wearing suits are standing in the foreground, with the man on the right holding a pipe in his hand. Behind them is a man standing and operating a W...

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