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Read more about the article The Heileman Family: A German Immigration Story
John Gund Brewing Company postcard, c. 1911, courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society, Image 35952.
La Crosse / Ethnicity & Identity / Related Stories / Global Connections / 1840-1860 / Manufacturing & Trade / La Crosse County / 1860-1880 / 1880-1900 / 1900-1920 / Region 3 - Center West / 1920-1940 / 1940-1960 / 1960-1980 / 1980-2000 / King Gambrinus Statues of LaCrosse

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 was the fourth largest brewery in the…

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August 17, 2021
Read more about the article OBJECT HISTORY: Slovak Catholic Altar
Art, Sport & Entertainment / Ino / Ethnicity & Identity / Bayfield County / Curators' Favorites / Global Connections / Region 1 - North West / 1900-1920 / Religion

OBJECT HISTORY: Slovak Catholic Altar

During the 19th and early 20th century, immigrants from all across Europe began coming to Wisconsin. Some had heard of economic opportunity from industries like mining, logging, or farming. Some were being treated unfairly in their home countries because of their race or religion.…

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October 6, 2020
Read more about the article OBJECT HISTORY: Potawatomi Beaded ‘Soldier Coat’
Object Histories / Clothing & Fashion / Door County / Ethnicity & Identity / 1900-1920 / Politics, Society & Government / Region 5 - Center East / Potawatomi Beaded 'Soldier Coat'

OBJECT HISTORY: Potawatomi Beaded ‘Soldier Coat’

An elder spokesman for the Potawatomi Indians, Chief Simon Onanguisse Kahquados made a number of trips to Washington, D.C. in the early twentieth century in an effort to regain land that his people had lost through treaties with the United States government in the 1800s. Kahquados wore this coat on his last trip to Washington and also wore it on other important occasions, such as trips to the state capital in Madison where he often spent time researching and presenting information about his ancestry.

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September 10, 2020
Read more about the article OBJECT HISTORY: Paramount Records 78
Art, Sport & Entertainment / Port Washington / Object Histories / Ozaukee County / Paramount Records 78 / Manufacturing & Trade / 1900-1920 / Region 8 - South East

OBJECT HISTORY: Paramount Records 78

Created by the management of the Wisconsin Chair Company, a furniture making business based in Port Washington, Wisconsin, Paramount Records was initially incorporated to help sell phonographic cabinets in the late 1910s. Relying on resourceful talent recruiters and a relatively cheap production process, Paramount Records became one of the leading blues music record producers in the 1920s, and is today recognized by…

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September 10, 2020
Read more about the article OBJECT HISTORY: Old Abe, the Live War Eagle
Dane County / Madison / Object Histories / 1900-1920 / Politics, Society & Government / Region 7 - South Center / Old Abe, the Live War Eagle

OBJECT HISTORY: Old Abe, the Live War Eagle

A bald eagle stands guard over the State Assembly Chamber in Wisconsin’s Capitol building. Between two and three feet tall, the raptor has the characteristic white head and tail feathers, a brown body, and a yellow beak and talons. He sits atop a tree stump in front of a large mural called Wisconsin that represents the state’s…

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September 10, 2020

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