Art, Sport & Entertainment

Art, Sport & Entertainment / Marathon / Food & Cooking / Related Stories / Marathon County / Manufacturing & Trade / Region 2 - North East / 1920-1940 / Marathon Brewing Company "Superfine" Beer Bottle

Marathon City Brewing and the Wee Willy Basketball Team

The Marathon City Brewery sponsored local sports teams like the Wee Willy basketball team, originally known as the Catholic Youth Organization Team, which organized in 1936. Though the team temporarily disbanded during World War II, in the mid-1940s, young men from the…

Read More

0 Comments

September 14, 2021

Delonge Studio, Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright, c. 1930. Courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society, Image ID 26555.

Home Furnishings / Art, Sport & Entertainment / Related Stories / Religion / 1940-1960 / Frank Lloyd Wright Pew/Bench

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Organic Architecture

Born in 1867 in Richland City, WI, Frank Lloyd Wright designed nearly 150 buildings in Wisconsin alone, as well as numerous homes and churches across the United States. Wright’s philosophy of matching an architectural structure to its natural environment, along with his…

Read More

0 Comments

August 19, 2021

Engelman talks with peers at the University of Green Bay. Courtesy of UW-Green Bay Archives.

Art, Sport & Entertainment / Brown County / Green Bay / Education / Related Stories / Politics, Society & Government / 1940-1960 / Region 5 - Center East / The Land of the Freed-up Woman

Marge Engelman and Equal Opportunity at UW-Green Bay

In the 1940s, it was rare for young women like Marge Engelman to pursue higher education. Having grown up in Illinois on her parents’ farm, Engelman was pressured by her father to stay on the family farm and to marry a farmer. In…

Read More

0 Comments

August 19, 2021

Marge Engelman, "The Land of the Freed-up Woman," 1971. Courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society, object 2000.79.1

Art, Sport & Entertainment / Brown County / Green Bay / Object Histories / Ethnicity & Identity / Politics, Society & Government / 1960-1980 / Region 5 - Center East / The Land of the Freed-up Woman

OBJECT HISTORY: The Land of the Freed-up Woman

Marge Engelman’s  The Land of the Freed-Up Woman embodies the progressive thinking of the Women’s Liberation Movement of the 1970s. Engelman’s decision to use two symbols of womanhood—birth control pills and bras—as the medium for her artwork transformed the recognizable flag into a message…

Read More

0 Comments

August 19, 2021

La Crosse / Art, Sport & Entertainment / Object Histories / Global Connections / Manufacturing & Trade / La Crosse County / 1920-1940 / Region 3 - Center West / King Gambrinus Statues of LaCrosse

OBJECT HISTORY: King Gambrinus Statues of La Crosse

The King Gambrinus statue located in La Crosse, Wisconsin depicts the king of beer and brewing.[1] The origins of the statue, specifically its sculptor and construction date, are unknown. Weighing in at approximately 2,000 pounds, this concrete statue is 15 feet tall.…

Read More

0 Comments

August 17, 2021

Fish boil meal, courtesy of the White Gull Inn.

Art, Sport & Entertainment / Food & Cooking / Related Stories / Door County / 1880-1900 / Region 5 - Center East / Two-sided Spork

The Fish Boil Tradition

Familiar to many Wisconsinites, the Door County fish boil is more than just a cookout, it is a social experience. It begins when guests arrive early to sit outside around a crackling fire, where they enjoy a drink selected from the beverage…

Read More

0 Comments

May 3, 2021