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@RecollectionWi

Discover photos, maps, books, oral histories and more from #Wisconsin libraries, archives and museums. We're Wisconsin's Service Hub for @DPLA.

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From Oshkosh Public Library, a rare, grainy image of one of Wisconsin's own mythical beasts. Happy Halloween from Recollection Wisconsin and Happy #ArchivesMonth to one and all! bit.ly/3UtmbOX #wihistory #sschat #PrimarySources #hodag
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West Salem Canning Company employees, circa 1916, smiling in overalls and hairnets. From West Salem Historical Society & West Salem Public Library, via Winding Rivers Library System. bit.ly/3Njm4mk #ArchivesMonth #sschat #PrimarySources
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Hang on! The Globe Shipbuilding Company of Superior launched the Pitkin in 1945, 5 months before WWII ended. She spent the next 40 years as a merchant ship for the US and Brazil. Image from @UWDigiCollec digital.library.wisc.edu/171… #ArchivesMonth #wihistory #sschat #PrimarySources
Ship: Pitkin (constructed 1945). Ship launching, April 7, 1945

ALT Ship: Pitkin (constructed 1945). Ship launching, April 7, 1945

Safe! This #ArchivesMonth action shot is for the postseason. Two women play baseball on the UW Madison campus, ca. 1916, courtesy of @UWDigiCollec and @UWMadLibraries. digital.library.wisc.edu/171… #wihistory #sschat #PrimarySources
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In this #ArchivesMonth image from @uwec_library, one woman helps another try on a traditional paj ntaub dress during a Hmong community program at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. bit.ly/3gA8XkK #wihistory #sschat #PrimarySources
One woman helps another try on a traditional paj ntaub dress during a 1990 Hmong community program at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.

ALT One woman helps another try on a traditional paj ntaub dress during a 1990 Hmong community program at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.

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If someone made a movie and called it "A Goat Named Dynamite," we would watch, especially if it included these four friends. This #ArchivesMonth #wihistory image is courtesy of the @rapidsmuseum. content.mpl.org/digital/coll… #sschat #PrimarySources
Group of children with a goat named Dynamite. Children identified as (left to right): Douglas, Kenny, Wayne and Russel Brockman. Harold and Doris are the parents

ALT Group of children with a goat named Dynamite. Children identified as (left to right): Douglas, Kenny, Wayne and Russel Brockman. Harold and Doris are the parents

Get someone who looks at you like Dr. Eloise Gerry's dog is looking at her in this #ArchivesMonth photo from @UWMadLibraries. digital.library.wisc.edu/171… #wihistory #sschat #PrimarySources
Dr. Eloise Gerry with dog

ALT Dr. Eloise Gerry with dog

Teamwork makes the dream work, as this 1906 image of a barn raising from the Manitowoc Public Library shows! digital.library.wisc.edu/171… #ArchivesMonth #wihistory #sschat #PrimarySources
Barn-raising Bee at M. T. Cooney's, Ed. Ledvina, Carpenter Contractor." Cato, Wisconsin on November 2, 1906

ALT Barn-raising Bee at M. T. Cooney's, Ed. Ledvina, Carpenter Contractor." Cato, Wisconsin on November 2, 1906

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The size of those trees! This #ArchivesMonth #wihistory image is courtesy of the Langlade County Historical Society. The vast forests and riverways made Wisconsin a powerful draw for the logging industry. content.mpl.org/digital/coll… #sschat #PrimarySources
Loggers in the forest: Loggers posed in the woods among some very large trees

ALT Loggers in the forest: Loggers posed in the woods among some very large trees

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This unidentified woman was part of an important Wisconsin community. Pleasant Ridge in Grant County was home to a number of freed and escaped enslaved people. Image from Grant County Historical Society content.mpl.org/.../collecti… #wihistory #sschat #PrimarySources #ArchivesMonth
Unidentified woman, Pleasant Ridge: Portrait of unidentified woman wearing long dress and hat. Hand-tinting has been added to image. This photograph is from the African American community at Pleasant Ridge, which was founded in the late 1840s.

ALT Unidentified woman, Pleasant Ridge: Portrait of unidentified woman wearing long dress and hat. Hand-tinting has been added to image. This photograph is from the African American community at Pleasant Ridge, which was founded in the late 1840s.

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