Monthly Archives for: October, 2012

Grand hotels

Posted by | Published on October 14, 2012

This gallery offers a closer look at some of the state’s grandest hotels and resorts built between the 1870s and the 1940s. Some, like Oakton Springs in Pewaukee, have long since vanished; others, like the […] 

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Bicycling in the 19th century

Posted by | Published on October 12, 2012

The guest curators for this post are Nick Hoffman and Jesse Gant. Nick is the curator at the History Museum at the Castle in Appleton and Jesse is a Ph.D. candidate in history at the […] 

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Home economics education

Posted by | Published on October 12, 2012

Our guest curator for this post is Erika Janik. Erika is an award-winning writer, historian, and the producer and editor of Wisconsin Life on Wisconsin Public Radio. She’s the author of Odd Wisconsin; A Short History […] 

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Welsh in Wisconsin

Posted by | Published on October 12, 2012

The earliest immigrants from Wales to Wisconsin arrived in 1840, with peak immigration between about 1850 and 1860. To see more photos and documents related to the history of Welsh immigrants in Wisconsin, try searching our […] 

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Recently Added Collections

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Brodhead Historical Society Online Image Archive  →

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Recollection Wisconsin recently added the Brodhead Historical Society’s online image archive to our search engine. This digital collection features more than 1300 photographs from Brodhead and neighboring communities in south […] 

Crandon High School Yearbooks, Crandon Public Library  →

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“The Cardinal endeavors not only to record a year in our School’s history, but to serve as a stimulus for recollecting our thoughts in future years. This book is merely […] 

Jay “Ding” Darling Collection, Beloit College  →

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This month we added the Jay “Ding” Darling Collection from the Beloit College Archives to our search engine. Jay Norwood Darling, better known as “Ding,” spent most of his career as an […] 

Badger Highways, Wisconsin Department of Transportation Library  →

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Wisconsin’s highways are an unremarkable part of everyday life for most of us in 2013, but in the 1920s, the expanding state and county highway system was exciting news, enough […]