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| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | State Historical Society of Wisconsin Director, Clifford Lord, posing with a volume from the McCormick collection shelved on the right. |
| Date: | 07 01 1863 |
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| Description: | A two page diary entry written at the Gettysburg battlefield by Rufus R. Dawes. |
| Date: | 1863 |
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| Description: | A Gettysburg battle casualty tabulation in Rufus Dawes' diary noting how many people were killed, wounded, and missing. |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Threatening note written on a matchbook, signed "K.K.K." (Ku Klux Klan) that was thrown through Daisy Bates' window in August 1957 with a rock and rag. The... |
| Date: | 08 31 1945 |
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| Description: | Letter to Albert Maltz from Frank Sinatra dated August 31, 1945. Sinatra is telling Maltz how moved he was after seeing the film "The Pride of the Marines... |
| Date: | 01 1960 |
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| Description: | Museum officials and International Harvester truckers unload an 1884 Deering grain binder to store it in Stonefield's main building. Caption reads: "Reapin... |
| Date: | 01 1960 |
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| Description: | A man in hat and glasses is unpacking boxes. In the foreground on top of a box is a sculpture of a plowing scene. Original caption reads: "17th-century plo... |
| Date: | 01 1960 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Intricate detail of scale model is shown in 1900 hay rake. Museum usually draws 12,000 visitors during May to October season, expects big r... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| 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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| 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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| Description: | Page 21 from the script for the CBS Studio One production of "Twelve Angry Men" by Reginald Rose. The page includes handwritten revisions done in pencil. |
| Date: | 08 1977 |
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| Description: | International Harvester archives display area. |
| Date: | 08 1977 |
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| Description: | International Harvester archives display area. |
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| Description: | Portrait of Edward Alexander, director of the Wisconsin Historical Society, holding a reel of microfilm, and Benton Wilcox, librarian of the Wisconsin Hist... |
| Speakers Bureau |
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| Peter Shrake is a WHS Museums and Historic Sites member and a member of the Wisconsin Historical Society Speakers Bureau. |
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| Emil Hoelter is a WHS Library and Archives member and a member of the Wisconsin Historical Society Speakers Bureau. |
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