Region 7 – South Center

Usher Uniform / Baraboo / Art, Sport & Entertainment / Related Stories / Sauk County / 1900-1920 / 1920-1940 / Region 7 - South Center

Stars of Silent Film

The Ringling Theatre featured many forms of entertainment throughout the years, including live theatrical performances as well as silent films. At the time when the theatre was built in 1915, silent films were becoming more popular because advancements in film technology allowed…

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July 18, 2024

Usher Uniform / Art, Sport & Entertainment / Baraboo / Related Stories / Sauk County / 1900-1920 / Region 7 - South Center

The Al Ringling Theatre

General View from the South, Al Ringling Theatre. Photo by Douglass C. Green for HABS (Survey #WI-261), ca. 1970. Albert (“Al”) Ringling was the eldest brother of the Ringling family and was credited with both the creation of the famous Ringling Brothers Circus and…

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July 18, 2024

Usher Uniform / Baraboo / Art, Sport & Entertainment / New Object Histories / Object Histories / Sauk County / 1900-1920 / Region 7 - South Center

Object History: Ringling Theater Usher Uniform

Usher's Uniform Coat, from the collection of the Sauk County Historical Society.Usher's Uniform Pants, from the collection of the Sauk County Historical Society.Usher's Uniform Hat, from the collection of the Sauk County Historical Society. On November 17, 1915, the Ringling Theatre opened…

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July 17, 2024

Wooden Curling Stone / Lodi / Columbia County / Milwaukee / Dane County / Milwaukee County / Madison / 1860-1880 / 1880-1900 / 1900-1920 / 1920-1940 / 1940-1960 / 1960-1980 / 1980-2000 / Region 7 - South Center / 2000-2020 / 2020-2040 / Region 8 - South East

Curling’s Growth in Wisconsin

When the Scottish migrated to the United States in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, they brought more with them then just bagpipes; they brought the growth of curling, a winter sport in which the players slide heavy granite blocks across icy terrain…

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June 20, 2024

Wooden Curling Stone / Lodi / Columbia County / Related Stories / 1880-1900 / 1900-1920 / 1920-1940 / 1940-1960 / 1960-1980 / 1980-2000 / 2000-2020 / Region 7 - South Center / 2020-2040

The Lodi Curling Club: 150 Years of Curling

How do you bring leisure and fun to a newly founded city? Build a curling club of course! At least that’s what James Otis Eaton did just over a decade after the small Wisconsin town of Lodi was officially founded in 1869.…

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June 20, 2024

Wooden Curling Stone / Lodi / Columbia County / New Object Histories / Art, Sport & Entertainment / Object Histories / 1880-1900 / Region 7 - South Center

Object History: Wooden Curling Stone

A stone slides across the ice as millions of people hold their breath. Furiously, two men sweep their brooms across the ice, attempting guide the hurdling block of granite to its destination. The stone slows to a crawl, hovering across the slick…

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June 20, 2024