Was QWERTY designed to slow down the typist, or was it a deliberate design for telegraphers? The QWERTY keyboard appeared on the first Remington typewriters produced and sold in 1848.[ii] It is commonly thought that …
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Christopher Latham Sholes
Christopher Latham Sholes worked with his brothers at a Green Bay newspaper after having completed a printing internship in 1837, and in 1840 he moved to Kenosha to serve as the owner and publisher of …
OBJECT HISTORY: Sholes & Glidden Typewriter
Christopher Latham Sholes (1819-1890) had a number of interests, one of which was spending time at Kleinsteuber’s Machine Shop in Milwaukee. While there, he met other tinkerers including Samuel Soule who was a printer …
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, …
The Marathon Brewery’s Chain of Calamities
In the early 1880s, Franz Sindermann, who was trained as a brewer in Germany, formed a brewery in Marathon, Wisconsin with his brother, August, along with a third partner, Charles Klein. The brewery got off …
OBJECT HISTORY: Marathon Brewing Company “Superfine” Beer bottle
The “Superfine” beer bottle is from the 1940/1950s from the Marathon City Brewing Company. Superfine was one of the many labels produced by Marathon City Brewery over eight decades from 1881 to 1966, featuring names …
The Heileman Family: A German Immigration Story
The G. Heileman Brewing Company is often remembered by historians as the vision of the two ambitious men who founded the brewery in La Crosse, Wisconsin. At the height of its popularity in 1983, Heileman’s …
OBJECT HISTORY: King Gambrinus Statues of LaCrosse
The King Gambrinus statue located in La Crosse, Wisconsin depicts the eponymous king of beer and brewing.[1] The origins of the statue, specifically its sculptor and construction date are unknown. Weighing in at approximately 2000 …
OBJECT HISTORY: World’s Largest Six-Pack
Located in La Crosse, Wisconsin, the “World’s Largest Six-Pack” is a popular tourist attraction and landmark structure representative of the city’s renowned brewing history. At 54 feet tall, the six steel storage tanks, shaped and …
THE KOHLER COMPANY
By the year 1914, when the “Armeda” toilet pictured here appeared in the Kohler Company’s product catalogue, Kohler had become one of the largest makers of bathroom furnishings in the United States. Located four …