Ever wonder why beer is so popular in Wisconsin? Wisconsin history is full of breweries and beer. |
View the online collection of Photo Copy Service photographs taken in Madison from the 1920s through 1960s. |
The Watercolors of Winifred Ford |
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Read about the life and career of painter Winifred Ford who created watercolors of historic Madison residences. |
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. |
Photographs of Public Libraries in Wisconsin |
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Learn about how the Wisconsin Free Library Commission helped to establish and improve free public libraries in Wisconsin. |
Glimpses of African American Life in the Midwest, 1865-1934 |
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Read about three generations of a Midwestern African American family. |
A Historical Look at Service Stations |
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Photographs of Wisconsin gas stations portray the development of service station architecture. |
1850-2009 |
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Photographs of political campaign techniques of the past. |
View these 19th-century panoramic, detailed maps of Wisconsin communities. |
View a pictorial review of the Wisconsin State Fair from 1851 when it began. |
View the collection of images of Wisconsin women in a variety of activities: farm work, canning, suffragism, photography, war work and civil rights. |
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