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Children's Toy Exhibit

Date: 12 1948
Description: Two girls looking at dolls on a table. Caption reads: "Exhibit of children's toys. About Christmas, 1948."
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Children with Horse and Buggy Model

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Description: Five children are standing around a model on a table. Caption reads: "Madison, Wis. State Historical Society of Wis. Children looking at model of a horse a...
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Richard Graef and Threshing Machine Model

Date: 02 1953
Description: Caption reads: "Richard Graef, Franksville, Wis., a student at the University of Wisconsin, shown adjusting the bagging device on the scale model threshing...
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Elizabeth Schlom

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Description: Caption reads: "Elizabeth Schlom, Curator of Educational Services and later Registrar of the Museum of the State Historical Society."
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Rodney Coenen in Drug Store Exhibit

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Description: Caption reads: "Rodney Coenen, museum exhibit preparator, in the early drug store exhibit in the museum of the State Historical Society."
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Bernadette Bowers Lighting Candle

Date: 01 1956
Description: Caption reads: "Bernadette Bowers, museum office secretary, lighting candle in a candle jack displayed in the museum of the State Historical Society."
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Harry Lichter with Double-barreled Pistol

Date: 1955
Description: Caption reads: "Harry E. Lichter, curator of collections in the museum, examining a specially designed double-barreled automatic machine pistol in the Wald...
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The Zerk Museum Interior

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Description: Exhibits in the Zerk museum. Display tables are in the foreground. Photographs are along the back wall, and above them are murals of dinosaurs and other ex...
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Zerk Museum Exhibits

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Description: An exhibit of petrified wood sections and other objects on tables and display cases in the Zerk Museum. Paintings, photographs, jewelry and other objects a...
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We Saw You . . . at Photo Preview

Date: 09 24 1958
Description: Members of the Madison Art Association and the Women's Auxiliary of the State Historical Society get a preview of "The Family of Man" photographic exhibit ...
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We Saw You . . . at Photo Preview

Date: 09 24 1958
Description: Members of the Madison Art Association and the Women's Auxiliary of the State Historical Society get a preview of "The Family of Man" photographic exhibit ...
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We Saw You . . . at Photo Preview

Date: 09 24 1958
Description: Members of the Madison Art Association and the Women's Auxiliary of the State Historical Society get a preview of "The Family of Man" photographic exhibit ...
Photograph

We Saw You . . . at Photo Preview

Date: 09 24 1958
Description: Members of the Madison Art Association and the Women's Auxiliary of the State Historical Society get a preview of "The Family of Man" photographic exhibit ...
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U.W. Freshmen Welcome

Date: 09 11 1958
Description: A long line of U.W freshmen students on the Library Mall waiting to enter the Memorial Library to register for the fall semester. The Wisconsin Historical ...
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Land of Make Believe

Date: 1950
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Land of Make Believe in the Center of Door County. Unique Museum. Largest Collection Anywhere. Old Marshall Field Window Mechanical...
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Land of Make Believe

Date: 1950
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Land of Make Believe in the Center of Door County. Unique Museum. Largest Collection Anywhere. Old Marshall Field Window Mechanical...
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Douglas County Historical Museum

Date: 1939
Description: Text on front reads: "Douglas County Historical Museum, A.A. Roth Memorial, Superior, Wis." This home housed the Douglas County Museum from 1939 to 1963. T...
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Moe Museum & Old Country School

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "Moe Museum & Old Country School - (Hy N. North) Sun Prairie, Wis. Visitors Welcome on Sunday afternoon 1 to 4 P.M.-May 1 to Sept. 15....
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Wigwam Diorama — State Historical Society

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Description: Text on back reads: "Interior of a Wisconsin Indian wigwam about 1600 A.D. Diorama at the Museum, State Historical Society of Wisconsin."
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Historical Markers

Date: 1988
Description: Photo collage of historical markers and the Mazomanie Historical Society Museum.

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