Date: | 1904 |
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Description: | Front cover of a German language advertising catalog for International Harvester's Milwaukee line of harvesting machinery. Features a chromolithograph illu... |
Date: | 06 21 1922 |
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Description: | Exhibit of WHA and the University of Wisconsin Extension Division at a radio show in an auditorium. |
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Description: | Design for Wisconsin Centennial 3 cent postage stamp with an agriculture and industries theme. |
Date: | 04 26 1971 |
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Description: | Led by James White, president of DRUMS, members of the organization and sympathizers staged a protest Monday at the First Wisconsin National Bank, 743 N. W... |
Date: | 09 14 1970 |
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Description: | Cover of "Kaleidoscope," an underground newspaper, featuring a photograph of Native American Chief Sitting Bull, highlighted with red. |
Date: | 1960 |
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Description: | Statue of the monk with a cross in his left hand and his right hand upraised. Behind the statue is a plaque with a carving of an Indian in a canoe near a s... |
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Description: | Letterhead of the Northwestern Lithographing Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, art lithographers, with a sidebar image of an American Indian woman with brai... |
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Description: | A group portrait of a band of Menominee Indians posing with their instruments. They are wearing feather headdresses. |
Date: | 1835 |
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Description: | Shows Walker’s Point, Juneau Town and Kilbourn Town, including labeled buildings, trails and Indian villages. Relief shown by hachures. Oriented with north... |
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Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Pouch obtained from an Oneida Indian at the 1997 Milwaukee River Front Pow-Wow. (Museum object #1999.40.1) |
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Date: | 1850 |
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Description: | Map showing Indian mounds and graves as well as ground cover types at Township 8, Range 22. There is an inset diagram of an effigy mound labeled "The Cross... |
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Description: | Map showing Indian mounds in Milwaukee's Second Ward from a sketch made by Increase Lapham in 1836. Streets shown on the map include 6th Street, 5th Street... |
Date: | 03 04 1902 |
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Description: | Souvenir menu from the banquet in honor of H.R.H. Prince Henry of Prussia given by the citizens of Milwaukee at the Hotel Pfister. On the cover is a waterc... |
Date: | 02 22 1892 |
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Description: | Back cover, front cover, and menu page for the Old Settlers' Club of Milwaukee County annual banquet. The back page includes an illustration of a monument ... |
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