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Migrant Worker's Cabin

OBJECT HISTORY: Migrant Worker’s Cabin

This cabin, once occupied by a family of migrant workers employed by the Bond Pickle Company, is located at the property of Thomas and Jamie Sobush of Pensaukee, Wisconsin. The cabin was originally one of many other small cabins, clustered together at the Bond Village Migrant Camp on Van Hecke Avenue in Oconto, Wisconsin. The…

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September 10, 2020

Blanchardville / Object Histories / Clothing, Apparel & Fashion / Lafayette County / Curators' Favorites / Everyday Life / 1918-1945 / Region 6 - South West

OBJECT HISTORY: Permanent Wave Machine

Prior to the twentieth century, a woman with straight hair who desired curls had to spend hours heating curling irons over a flame or sleep with rags and pins in her hair in order to achieve waves. If she could not attain…

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September 10, 2020

Horlick’s Malted Milk

Dairy Industry / Wisconsin Made / Industry / Health & Medicine / Racine / Food & Cooking / Object Histories / Racine County / Everyday Life / 1848-1877 / Manufacturing & Trade / Science & Medicine / Region 8 - South East / Horlick's Malted Milk

OBJECT HISTORY: Horlick’s Malted Milk

Invented in 1873 by British food manufacturer William Horlick, malted milk is made from wheat and malted barley extract mixed with reduced, dry whole milk.

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September 9, 2020

Industry / Agriculture / Ephraim / Object Histories / Door County / Clothing, Apparel & Fashion / Everyday Life / 1945-1965 / Transportation & Tourism / Region 5 - Center East / Cherryland T-Shirt

OBJECT HISTORY: Cherryland T-Shirt

In 1927, Marilyn Färdig’s grandparents, Andrew and Esther Färdig, purchased twenty acres of land in Ephraim, Image courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society. Image ID: 79142. Wisconsin, and started a cherry orchard. With the help of their seven children and workers from a variety of locations, including the southern United States, Mexico, and Jamaica, Andrew…

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September 9, 2020

Art & Design / Home Furnishings / Art, Sport & Entertainment / Object Histories / Ethnicity & Identity / Langlade County / Everyday Life / Region 2 - North East / 1918-1945 / CCC Pillow Sham / Society & Religion

OBJECT HISTORY: CCC Pillow Sham

Created in 1933, this commemorative pillow sham was just one of a number of textiles created by second-generation Hungarian immigrant Rose Mary Drab to honor her brother Edward’s service in the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Rose Mary appliquéd the black cotton sateen sham with a small cotton tent, a blue eagle and two small stars, and hills, pine…

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September 9, 2020

Read more about the article OBJECT HISTORY: Cassel Soda Bottle

Cassel Soda Bottle (Image courtesy of Whitefish Bay Historical Society). Photograph by Elkin Gonzalez.

Object Histories / Milwaukee County / Food & Cooking / Whitefish Bay / Everyday Life / Manufacturing & Trade / 1900-1918 / Society & Religion / Region 8 - South East / Cassel Soda Bottle

OBJECT HISTORY: Cassel Soda Bottle

This soda bottle was sold by the Cassel Soda Company in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, in the early 1900s. Conrad Cassel owned and managed the company from 1897-1917. The company, along with other Wisconsin soda companies during that time, made carbonated water, a beverage that would gain special significance during Prohibition. The Cassel Soda Company sold its soda to Whitefish…

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September 9, 2020