1900-1920

Region 8 - South East / Milwaukee / Victor Berger Campaign Banner / Milwaukee County / Politics, Society & Government / Art, Sport & Entertainment / 1900-1920 / Object Histories

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.

Read More

0 Comments

September 10, 2018

Home Furnishings / Manufacturing & Trade / Science & Medicine / Object Histories / 1900-1920

OBJECT HISTORY: Vacuum

People in the early 20th century witnessed the invention of all kinds of household tools we take for granted today, such as the vacuum cleaner, laundry machine, and refrigerator. This is a manual vacuum cleaner from 1911 at the Wisconsin Historical Museum. This small upright vacuum was designed to be operated by hand and easy…

Read More

0 Comments

September 10, 2018

Region 8 - South East / Related Stories / Paramount Records 78 / Port Washington / Ozaukee County / Manufacturing & Trade / Art, Sport & Entertainment / 1900-1920 / 1920-1940

Paramount Records

The Wisconsin Chair Company’s (WCC) decision to enter the record label industry was an economic one. With their subsidiary company, the United Phonographic Corporation (UPC), picking up steam, management at the WCC began pressing records. The UPC’s first record labels, Puritan and…

Read More

0 Comments

August 24, 2018

Related Stories / Wausau / A Hudson's Bay Company Point Blanket Coat / Region 2 - North East / Marathon County / Manufacturing & Trade / 1900-1920 / Nature & Environment / 1920-1940 / Transportation & Tourism

The Wausau Group: The Businessmen Who Revived Wausau’s Economy

Located on the Wisconsin River, Wausau developed as a logging town in the 1830s. George Stevens chose the site because of the waterfall that spanned the river, which provided power for sawmills used to turn the felled trees into lumber.  The waterfall,…

Read More

Comments Off on The Wausau Group: The Businessmen Who Revived Wausau’s Economy

June 15, 2018

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

Read More

0 Comments

May 24, 2018

Related Stories / 2020-2040 / 2000-2020 / Old Abe, the Live War Eagle / 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…

Read More

0 Comments

May 24, 2018