Wisconsin 101

OBJECT HISTORY: Victor Berger Campaign Banner

Milwaukee teacher and newspaper editor Victor L. Berger was arguably the most successful Socialist politician in the United States. This large poster documents Berger's campaign for United States Senate in a special election in April 1918.

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September 10, 2018

Langlade County / Mepps Fishing Lure / 1600-1800 / Pre-1600 / Region 2 - North East / 2020-2040 / 2000-2020 / Wolf River / Related Stories / 1800-1820 / 1820-1840 / Manufacturing & Trade / 1840-1860 / Politics, Society & Government / 1860-1880 / 1880-1900 / 1900-1920 / 1920-1940 / Nature & Environment / 1940-1960 / 1960-1980 / 1980-2000 / Transportation & Tourism

The Wolf River

Todd Sheldon first discovered the virtues of the Mepps Aglia spinner and later realized improvements afforded by a tuft of squirrel tail while fishing at one of his favorite spots: the Wolf River. Today the Wolf continues to be a destination for sports…

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May 24, 2018

Old Abe, the Live War Eagle / 2000-2020 / 2020-2040 / Related Stories / Politics, Society & Government / 1880-1900 / 1900-1920 / 1920-1940 / 1940-1960 / 1960-1980 / 1980-2000

Old Abe’s Visual Legacy

Old Abe began his career as a real, live eagle, serving as a mascot during the Civil War. In the decades that followed, the Grand Army of the Republic brought the bird on tours around the country. In the many years since Old Abe’s…

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May 24, 2018

Region 5 - Center East / 1600-1800 / Green Bay / Le Maire Sundial / Related Stories / Brown County / Manufacturing & Trade / Politics, Society & Government / Science & Medicine / Religion / Global Connections

French Wisconsin at Fort la Baye

French explorers, voyageurs (fur traders), Jesuit priests, and other settlers began arriving in the Upper Great Lakes region of North America in the mid-1600s. Jean Nicolet supposedly landed near present-day Green Bay, Wisconsin in 1634, naming the waterway La Baye des Puants, literally “Bay of…

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May 24, 2018

Marathon County / Region 2 - North East / Wausau / Employers Mutual Audiometer / Related Stories / Manufacturing & Trade / Politics, Society & Government / 1900-1920

The 1911 Workman’s Compensation Act and the Birth of an Industry

Wisconsin passed the nation’s first constitutionally upheld worker’s compensation law in 1911. It is one of the great successes of Progressive-era social legislation and a triumph of the Wisconsin Idea.[1]Previously, American workers toiling in industrialized workplaces had often faced the threat of injury at…

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May 24, 2018

2000-2020 / 2020-2040 / Employers Mutual Audiometer / Related Stories / Manufacturing & Trade / Politics, Society & Government / Science & Medicine / 1940-1960 / 1960-1980 / 1980-2000

Preventing Hearing Loss

In 1953, Wisconsin added occupational hearing loss to the list of claimable conditions under workers compensation. Employers Mutual of Wausau quickly created a program that would make the company an industry leader in hearing loss prevention. Creating a hearing loss prevention program not only…

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May 24, 2018