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| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Leopard Lodge League bowling shirt costume worn on Happy Days television series, 1977-1984. (Museum object #2006.39.1) |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Shotz Brewery smock used in Laverne and Shirley television series, 1976-1980. (Museum object #2006.38.1) |
| Wisconsin Civil War Officer |
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| Read about the colonel of the 6th Wisconsin Infantry who was also one of the leaders of the Iron Brigade. This article includes several links. |
| A Wisconsin Educator |
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| Read about the Wisconsinite who was one of the first women to attend the University of Wisconsin and became the president of Milwaukee-Downer College. |
| Learn more about the entrepreneur and manufacturing innovator who established, Allis Company, Milwaukee's largest industrial employer in the late 1880s. |
| Grain Trader and Promoter of Railroad Rate Regulation |
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| Discover the history of Edward Payson Bacon |
| Politician and former Police Officer |
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| Discover the history of Leon D. Young |
| Brief history of the labor movement in Wisconsin. |
| World War II and it Effect on Blacks |
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| Discover the effects World War II had on Blacks in Wisconsin. |
| Industrial Designer |
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| Learn more about this Milwaukeean whose life's work greatly influenced the field of industrial design and the art of salesmanship. |
| Milwaukee's Desegregation and Fair Housing Movement |
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| Discover the life and times of activist Juanita Adams |
| A Popular Speaker Sways Opinion |
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| Discover the connection between P.T. Barnum and the 1853 statewide referendum on liquor sales. |
| Learn about the history of Arab communities in Wisconsin. This article includes statistical data on countries of origin and the process of assimilation. |
| Wisconsin Civil War Officer, U.S. Marshall, Wisconsin Board of Regents Member |
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| Israel's First Female Prime Minister |
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| Learn about the life of Israel's first female prime minster, her role in the Zionist movement, and her early years living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. |
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