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State School for Girls

Date: 1956
Description: A teenage girl is sitting in a chair in the right foreground in front of a desk. A woman is sitting behind the desk facing her. Caption reads: "Oregon, Wis...
Photograph

Glassblower Wilma Erway

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Description: Wilma Erway working at the lathe in a glassblowing studio.
Photograph

Scene on the Rock River

Date: 1907
Description: View along bank of river towards a young girl walking in the grass near the shoreline. Behind her, a man and woman sit in a rowboat on the Rock River. They...
Photograph

Erway's Glassblowing Shop

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Description: Wilma and Norman Erway working in their glassblowing shop.
Photograph

Marian W. Engelke

Date: 12 19 1957
Description: Marian Engelke looks forward to a new career as a professional social worker. As part of the course work for her master's degree, she spends 20 hours a wee...
Photograph

Waterfall Motel and Restaurant

Date: 07 21 1958
Description: Exterior view of the Waterfall Motel and Restaurant, a one-story building with seven large picture windows. A free-standing sign that reads "Waterfall Rest...
Photograph

Oregon Rotary Club Ladies Night Banquet

Date: 02 29 1960
Description: Two past-presidents of the Oregon Rotary Club chat with their wives at the club's ladies night banquet. In the center are Mr. and Mrs. Roland Cross. With t...
Photograph

National Home Demonstration Week

Date: 04 12 1949
Description: Mrs. C.H. Nordberg, 44 Nygard Street, looks on as Mrs. Frank G. Miller, 1950 Koster Street, demonstrates her sewing machine skills. They are both members o...
Historical Essay

1880s "Aesthetic" Dress

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Tea gown inspired by the "Aesthetic" Movement of the late nineteenth century, worn by Annie Cronk of Oregon, Wisconsin, c. 1881. (Museum object #1952.128)
Photograph

Oregon Rotary Club Ladies Night Banquet

Date: 02 29 1960
Description: Discussing plans for the evening at the Oregon Rotary Club ladies night banquet are club president Dr. John Plummer and his wife (left), speaker Helen Math...
Photograph

Oregon Rotary Club Ladies Night Banquet

Date: 02 29 1960
Description: Greeting a special guest at the Oregon Rotary Club ladies night banquet are: Mr. and Mrs. E.A. Kozlovsky (left), and Mr. and Mrs. O.E. Richard (right). Bot...
Photograph

Milford Thompson, Republican Candidate for 16th District State Senate Seat

Date: 06 03 1964
Description: Milford Thompson, a rural Mt. Horeb farmer, a Republican candidate for the 15th district State Senate seat. He made the announcement at a meeting of the Da...
Photograph

Oregon Rotary Club Ladies Night Banquet

Date: 02 29 1960
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Butler Delany and Mr. and Mrs. George Kempf attend the Oregon Rotary Club ladies night banquet. The Delany's publish the Oregon Observer and M...
Postcard

South Main Street Scene

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Description: Real Photo Post Card of a South Main Street scene. Men and women walk along the sidewalks and many horse-drawn vehicles are tethered in front of the stores...
Photograph

Deer Park Buddhist Center Ordained Sangha

Date: 2002
Description: Geshe L Sopa, Jangste Choje Rinpoche, Yangsi Rinpoche and monks and nuns of the Deer Park Buddhist Center.
Photograph

Geshe L Sopa and Kalleen Mortensen

Date: 1977
Description: Geshe L Sopa, Kalleen Mortensen, and baby Sophi Atkins, Deer Park Buddhist Center.
Historical Essay

Boy's Dress

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Dress worn by John Kiser as a child near Oregon, Wisconsin, c. 1856. (Museum object #1950.5744)

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