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| How Industry Transformed the State |
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| Discover how skilled industries like ship building and paper milling transformed Wisconsin history. |
| Read about Earth Day's founder, Gaylord Nelson, a Wisconsin senator and early environmentalist. |
| Learn more about the entrepreneur and manufacturing innovator who established, Allis Company, Milwaukee's largest industrial employer in the late 1880s. |
| Promotions on Paper, 1850s-1975 |
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| Custom-designed letterheads were a universal way of proclaiming who you were. Historical letterheads are prime examples of early branding. |
| How the Women of Wisconsin Helped Win the War |
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| Discover how women on the Wisconsin home front helped win the Civil War. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Early household dishwasher manufactured by Hydro-Electric Manufacturing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, c. 1930. (Museum object #1997.35.1A-D) |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Artisans Day Ribbon possibly worn during parade in Milwaukee, September 3, 1888. (Museum object #H12653) |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Toy-Moulds set made by the Make-A-Toy Co. and used by the Asmuth family of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1930s. (Museum object #1962.228.30,A-U) |
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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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