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| Date: | 1823 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter view of girl's faded gray coat with red velvet trim. Worn by Jane Larned (Williamson) Hague (born 1819) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Costume collection exhibit in the first floor lobby of the State Historical Society building. View is of the west wall looking toward the south entrance. |
| Date: | 11 20 1961 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Leslie H. Fishel, Jr. He was the Director of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin from 1959 until 1969. |
| Date: | 06 10 1955 |
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| Description: | A small group is gathered for the dedication and unveiling of the First Church of Christ, Scientist historical marker in Oconto. Raymond Sivesind, supervis... |
| Date: | 06 15 1965 |
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| Description: | Leslie Fishel, Director of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, speaking from the stage at the dedication and unveiling of the Milwaukee-Downer Colle... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Possibly the officers of the Wisconsin Chapter of the Junior National Association of the Deaf sitting in front of the historical marker documenting Wiscons... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Historical Museum, Erected as the First Church in 1858. Stoughton, Wisconsin." Handwritten on reverse: "Look this [??]t history of St... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Gallery 405 in the museum of the State Historical Society. Interior showing paintings on the walls, and a skylight in the ceiling. |
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| Description: | First bookcase at the Wisconsin Historical Society, with two glass paneled doors that are slightly open to show three shelves with books. |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice, Marvin Rosenberry broadcasting over a WHA microphone located in the first floor lobby of the State Historical Society. Th... |
| Date: | 05 1953 |
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| Description: | Dr. Clifford L. Lord posed standing examining large bound volumes from the Cudahy papers in the collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 06 01 1933 |
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| Description: | A close-up of the Langlade County Historical Society seal. It was designed by noted sculptor Sidney Bedore and bore an idealized likeness of his ancestor C... |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Cyanotype image with the caption "An old historical landmark" -- 1888 -- "The last log house in Frankfort" -- Burned June 1889. |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Color postcard of an exterior view of the Wisconsin State Historical Society Building, now the headquarters of the Wisconsin Historical Society. Students a... |
| Date: | 12 09 1964 |
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| Description: | Mrs. James Sima, a child when the Phillips Fire of 1894 raged, standing next to the historical marker documenting the horrific fire. |
| Date: | 09 17 1955 |
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| Description: | Vistors entering and exiting the Wisconsin Historical Society Historymobile parked at Point Beach State Park. |
| Date: | 08 12 1931 |
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| Description: | Five women in historical costumes who won the style show contest, outdoors at Blackhawk Country Club, 3606 Blackhawk Drive. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A spinning wheel, chair, and other kitchen objects in the corner of a room. Caption reads: "Corner of Pioneer Kitchen, Douglas County Historical Museum, Su... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Douglas County Historical Society Museum, also known as the A.A. Roth Memorial. The museum was located here from 1939 until 1963. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Benjamin Butts posing outside the Wisconsin Historical Society where he worked as a messenger. |
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