Region 7 – South Center

Art, Sport & Entertainment / Baraboo / Music, Theatre & Cinema / Related Stories / 1900-1918 / Sauk County / Region 7 - South Center / Usher Uniform

The Al Ringling Theater

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 the construction of the Ringling Theatre. Al also played an incredibly important role within the circus as its program…

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July 18, 2024

New Object Histories / Baraboo / Art, Sport & Entertainment / Object Histories / Music, Theatre & Cinema / Clothing, Apparel & Fashion / 1900-1918 / Sauk County / Region 7 - South Center / Usher Uniform

OBJECT HISTORY: Ringling Theater Usher Uniform

On November 17, 1915, the Ringling Theatre opened in the city of Baraboo, Wisconsin; the newest movie palace in the area at a time, these venues were becoming increasingly popular throughout the United States. Movie palaces were a curated experience, where one…

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July 17, 2024

Art, Sport & Entertainment / Columbia County / Broad History / Dane County / Milwaukee County / Milwaukee / Madison / Lodi / Related Stories / Sports & Games / Ethnicity & Identity / Global Connections / Region 7 - South Center / Region 8 - South East / Wooden Curling Stone

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

Columbia County / Art, Sport & Entertainment / Broad History / Lodi / Sports & Games / Related Stories / Ethnicity & Identity / Global Connections / Society & Religion / Region 7 - South Center / Wooden Curling Stone

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

Columbia County / Art, Sport & Entertainment / Lodi / Object Histories / Sports & Games / 1877-1900 / Region 7 - South Center / Wooden Curling Stone

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

Wisconsin Dells / Columbia County / Related Stories / Everyday Life / 1900-1918 / Nature & Environment / Transportation & Tourism / Region 7 - South Center / Lefeber Glass Plate Negatives

Images of the Wisconsin Dells (Waterparks Not Included!)

More than a century before the Wisconsin Dells became the "Waterpark Capital of the World," it was a famous tourist destination known for its scenic beauty. Guides began taking sightseers in rowboats along the Wisconsin River as early as the 1850s, and…

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February 21, 2024