Bicycling in the 19th century
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 University of...
View ArticleTumblr Top Three: February 2013
Counting down the most-liked and most-shared posts on our Tumblr blog, Wisco Histo, for the month of February. 3. A very close tie A charming snapshot of two friends at the Kenosha County airport just...
View ArticleAbout our logo
Like our new name, our new logo reflects what we do – our program “re-collects” a wide variety of historical resources from collections around the state into a single (virtual) access point. Rounded...
View ArticlePortraits of Wisconsin workers
The thirteen photographs in this slideshow depict farm laborers, factory employees, and other Wisconsin workers from the 1890s to the 1970s. Looking at these images, we wonder: what was on the minds of...
View ArticleRecreation on and in Wisconsin’s lakes
This post is contributed by Material Culture Summer Service Learner Ally Hrkac. Ally recently completed her B.S. in Secondary Education at UW-Madison and worked with Recollection Wisconsin in Summer...
View ArticleTumblr top three: January 2014
Counting down the most-liked and most-shared posts on our Tumblr blog, Wisco Histo, for the month of January. 3. An icy playground on Lake Michigan Several boys and a dog play on a massive ice...
View ArticleTumblr top ten of 2014
And now presenting the ten posts that inspired the most comments, likes and shares on our Tumblr blog, Wisco Histo, in 2014. For more great images, see which Tumblr posts got the biggest buzz in 2013....
View ArticleWisconsin’s Civil War monuments
In 2012, guest curator Melinda Roberts set out to visit every one of the state’s 532 Wisconsin Historical Society “official” historical markers. Since then, she has photographed and researched more...
View ArticleBatter Up, Play Ball!
Many thanks to UW-Madison iSchool graduate student, Thalia Coombs, for her contribution to this exhibit! You may recall the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) from the 1992 film,...
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