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Conductor's baton presented to Marquette University by John Philip Sousa in 1924. (Museum object #1980.228.12) |
Witnesses Tell Their Stories |
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Learn about the attack on Pearl Harbor through these firsthand accounts from Wisconsinites who were there when it happened. |
The Printer and the Priest |
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Discover how Wisconsin got its first printing press, and the impact that a Catholic priest would have on Ho-Chunk literacy. |
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Fragment of six-pound cannonball fired in battle between American and British forces on July 1814 at Prairie du Chien, Illinois Territory (now Wisconsin). |
Beyond Beer and Brats |
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Explore the history of Labor Day celebrations in Wisconsin. |
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Dairyland Rat Poison container made for the Wisconsin Pharmacal Co. of Milwaukee, 1955-1965. (Museum object #1999.143.34) |
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Escape trunk, restraining devices, and curtain used by magician Ben Bergor of Madison, Wisconsin, 1940s. (Museum objects #1982.159.17,19,21,23,25) |
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Control rod and replica fuel assembly from Wisconsin's first nuclear power plant. (Museum object 1997.56.13-14) |
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Ornamented bronze cuspidor (spittoon) used in the Wisconsin State Capitol, c. 1915-1955. (Museum object #1955.3600,A-B) |
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Shoe last (form) used to make boots for Frederick Shadick of Cottage Inn, Wisconsin, 1849-1854. (Museum object #1968.15.1) |
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Surveyor's tree blaze from the 1841 expedition to lay out the boundary between Wisconsin and Michigan, found at Trout Lake, Vilas County, Wisconsin. (Museu |
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Iron collar removed from a freedom seeker by Wisconsin soldiers in 1862. (Museum object #1961.73) |
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