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| Learn about a company that was once the world's largest manufacturer of aluminum cooking utensils. Includes links to images and a history of the industry. |
| Learn about the Kreiter Piano Company, which produced pianos in Milwaukee and Marinette between 1880 and 1945. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Madison Fire Company No. 2 silk banner, 1857. (Museum object #1951.288) |
| Industrialist and Businessman |
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| Biography of Milwaukee industrialist and businessman Louis Allis. |
| Read about the history of one of Wisconsin's largest and most successful printing firms during World War II. Includes links to images. |
| Brief biography of Cyrus Hall McCormick |
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| Read the brief biography of Cyrus Hall McCormick. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Lumber company scrip issued by Knapp, Stout & Co., Barron County, Wisconsin, between about 1878-1890. (Museum object #N4001) |
| Learn about the strong influence Wisconsin held on the national automobile industry in the early-mid 20th Century. |
| Lumberman and Timber Mogul |
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| Biography of Frederick Weyerhaeuser, the lumberman and timber mogul who founded the Weyerhaeuser Company and became the 8th richest American ever. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Bemis Riddell chaise lounge custom made for the company owner, Albert Bemis, c. 1925 (reupholstered, c. 1940). (Museum Object #1984.319.1A-B) |
| Inventor |
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| Biography of Ole Evinrude, a Norwegian-American inventor who created the first outboard motor. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Governor for hydraulic turbine engine, made by the Allis-Chalmers Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1905. (Museum object #2008.64.1) |
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| Trim lathe used by the Parker Pen Company of Janesville, Wisconsin to manufacture pen barrels and caps, c. 1946-1999. (Museum Object #2001.51.1) |
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| Six-foot Evergleam Christmas tree with 94 branches made by the Aluminum Specialty Company of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, c. 1966. (Museum object #2005.174.1.1) |
| How Industry Transformed the State |
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| Discover how skilled industries like ship building and paper milling transformed Wisconsin history. |
| Brief biography of Philip Danforth Armour who established one of the world's largest meat packing firms. |
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| Brief biography of Philip Danforth Armour who established one of the world's largest meat packing firms. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Stereo Realist f3.5 camera made by the David White Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, c. 1951. (Museum object #1980.337) |
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| 1948 Ambassador sedan, manufactured by the Nash Motors Division of the Nash-Kelvinator Corporation, Kenosha, WI, 1947-1948. (Museum object #1992.156) |
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