1945-1965

Health & Medicine / Wausau / Science & Technology / Object Histories / Marathon County / 1945-1965 / Society & Religion / Science & Medicine / Region 4 - Center / Employers Mutual Audiometer

OBJECT HISTORY: Employers Mutual Audiometer

This Maico Audiometer was one of many devices used by health and safety consultants of the Employers Mutual Liability Insurance Company of Wisconsin throughout the mid-to-late 1960s. Employers Mutual was the very first workers compensation insurance company in the United States. The company was founded in Wausau, Wisconsin, in 1911 shortly after the nation’s first workers compensation law was…

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November 9, 2016

Art, Sport & Entertainment / Object Histories / Antigo / Langlade County / Sports & Games / Wisconsin Made / Global Connections / Manufacturing & Trade / 1945-1965 / Region 2 - North East / Vulcan Bowling Pin

OBJECT HISTORY: Vulcan Bowling Pin

This bowling pin was produced by the Vulcan Corporation in Antigo, Wisconsin, sometime in the late 1950s after Vulcan had introduced its patented “Nyl-Tuf Supreme” plastic coating (as indicated by the pin’s red label).

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February 1, 2016

Art, Sport & Entertainment / Antigo / Langlade County / Related Stories / Sports & Games / Global Connections / 1945-1965 / Region 2 - North East / Vulcan Bowling Pin

Bowling in Japan

In 1964, a representative of Japanese company Sanko Trading visited the Vulcan Corporation, a bowling-pin manufacturer based in Antigo, Wisconsin. Sanko was seeking a deal for exclusive rights to import bowling pins to Japan. At the time, Vulcan didn’t think much of the…

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February 1, 2016

Art, Sport & Entertainment / Sports & Games / Related Stories / Langlade County / Wolf River / Manufacturing & Trade / Nature & Environment / 1945-1965 / Region 2 - North East / Mepps Fishing Lure

Squirrel Tails Wanted? The Improved Mepps Lure

Driving through Antigo, visitors are often puzzled by a sign proclaiming “Squirrel Tails Wanted” advertised by Sheldons’ Inc., manufacturer of Mepps lures. Squirrel tail hair has unique properties ideal for lures. [1] Its addition to the Anglia has proven to be the…

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October 30, 2015

Art, Sport & Entertainment / Industry / Antigo / Sports & Games / Related Stories / Langlade County / Manufacturing & Trade / Nature & Environment / Region 2 - North East / 1945-1965 / 1965-1987 / Mepps Fishing Lure

Mepps Lures: The Antigo Connection

A chance encounter of an American G.I. in France after World War II with a local fisherman led to the development of a major industry in Antigo, Wisconsin and put Antigo on the sports fishing map.Frank Velek discovered a fishing lure while…

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October 30, 2015

Related Stories / Nature & Environment / 1918-1945 / Region 1 - North West / 1945-1965 / Region 2 - North East / Region 3 - Center West / Transportation & Tourism / Mepps Fishing Lure

Building a Tourism Industry in Northern Wisconsin

Equipment manufacturers played a major role in developing fishing as a part of the tourism industry in northern Wisconsin. Each year nearly two million people fish in Wisconsin’s waterways. They catch about 72 million fish of various species. Fishing lures expanded in…

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October 30, 2015