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Unlocking the Vault

Preview artifacts from our special collection! The following objects and archival materials tell a story, either about their connections to Milwaukee County’s past, or about their acquisition by the Historical Society.

1887 Election Cannon	1909 Sears Motor Buggy	1957 Braves Indian
A.O. Smith Flyer	Allen Bradley Collection	Allis Chalmers Collection
Amrhein Cathedral	Andrae Highwheeler	Base Hospital 22 Albums
Battle of Manilla Bay Panorama Painting	Bay View Glassworks Canes	Bishop Henni Cope
Centurama Ribbon	Christopher Bach Violin	GAR Sketchbooks
Civilian Conservation Corps	Cup of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion	Daniel Hoan Collection
Face of Golden Justice	Flag of the 7th Light Battery	Gimbel Brothers Collection
Gugler Lincoln Lithographic Print	Gustave Stearns Collection	Hamilton Field Propeller
Harold Stanfield Photographs	Heine Diaries	Home Fair Journal
Hunkel Christmas Pyramid	Increase Lapham Bookcase	James H. Thompson Diary
Jeremiah Curtin Artifacts	Jeremiah Curtin Collection	John Sisk Marquette Football Uniform
Kilbourn Daguerreotypes	Kirchhoff and Rose Book	Klopf Sidewalk Clock
Know Nothing Party Flag	Lady Elgin Collection	Lighthouse Lens
Lighthouse Library	Lindberg Torchlight Parade Mural	Louis Frank Album
MacArthur Desk	Metik the Eskimo Coat	Milwaukee Business Album
Milwaukee County Transit System Collection	Milwaukee Sentinel Cup	Miss Annie Mae’s Hats
NAACP Youth Council Sweatshirt	Naturalization Papers	Oberwise Slides
Old Settlers Club Albums	Otto Schomberg Bat	Blessed Virgin of Pompeii Paintings
Pabst Advertisements	Pfister and Vogel Busts	Redwork Quilt
Roosevelt Battle Flag	Rufus King Fire Trumpet	Safety Sam of Allen Bradley
Schlitz Brown Bottle Key	Seal of the City of Milwaukee	Silk Edition of the Milwaukee Journal
Socialist Party Records	Solomon Juneau Frockcoat	Solomon Juneau Ledger
Susan Frackelton Punch Bowl	Toser Weinstubbe Cask Cover	United Community Services Time Capsule
Vanderbilt Cup Race	William George Bruce Collection	WPA Dolls