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  1. Uniform, Military Dress - 2019.060.02

    WWII olive drab wool dress uniform worn by Lester Olson A) Eisenhower dress military jacket with center front button closure. Jacket is size 36 Regular with inside and outside pockets, outside left pocket has black stain. On the front left is a Combat Infantryman Badge, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Ribbon with four bronze Service Stars, Army Good Conduct Ribbon, American Campaign Ribbon, World War II Victory Ribbon. On the front righ...

    Record Type: Object

    Uniform, Military Dress
  2. Uniform, Military Dress - 2019.060.03

    WWII olive drab wool dress uniform worn by Everett Olson. A) Eisenhower dress military jacket with center front button closure. Jacket is size 36 Long with inside and outside pockets. On the front left is a Combat Infantryman Badge, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Ribbon with two bronze Service Stars, Army Good Conduct Ribbon, Army of Occupation Ribbon, World War II Victory Ribbon, Bronze Star Ribbon. On the front right is a machine-sti...

    Record Type: Object

    Uniform, Military Dress
  3. Uniform, Military Dress - 2023.014.01

    Maxine Overton's Women's Army Auxiliary Corps or W.A.A.C. uniform from World War II. A) Khaki jacket for uniform with patches on right and left sleeves. On the right sleeve is the rank patch, Technician Fifth Grade. On the left sleeve is the patch for the US 6th Service Command. B) Khaki skirt with button and zipper at the waist. C) Khaki hat with W.A.A.C. insignia.

    Record Type: Object

    Uniform, Military Dress
  4. Uniform, Occupational - 1979.009.01

    Black cotton maid's uniform dress. Long sleeves, with plackets and one button at each wrist, blind placket in front with three buttons and snap at neck. Belt around waist with two snap closures. Tag on neck reads "WHITE SWAN UNIFORMS." Associated apron, collar, cuffs, and headpiece.

    Record Type: Object

    Uniform, Occupational
  5. Uniform, Occupational - 1983.047.02

    Navy Blue Conductors Coat, metallic buttons with BR insignia. Label with Ed V. Price & Co. Has label in right breast pocket with the name Wm. J. Zurn and date 2/21/56.

    Record Type: Object

    Uniform, Occupational
  6. Uniform, Occupational - 1987.002.01

    Navy blue postal workers' jacket. Polyester dacron and cotton. Has three buttons running down the front. On left breast pocket there is a maroon patch with white trim, it depicts a man riding a horse. The patch says "Post Office Dept. USA". The jacket was made by Fechheimer company. Size 46.

    Record Type: Object

    Uniform, Occupational
  7. Uniform, Occupational - 1987.002.02

    White postal worker's shirt, 100% cotton. Has short sleeves, 5 plastic buttons running down the front. Made by the "Flying Cross Company". There is a maroon patch with white trim on the left shoulder depicting a man riding a horse. It says " Post Office Department USA".

    Record Type: Object

    Uniform, Occupational
  8. Uniform, Occupational - 1991.013.01

    World War I La Crosse Red Cross nurse's uniform worn by Ann Kenyon. Uniform is white with a center back closure of 3 buttons. There are 2 pockets at the waist and a small breast pocket. The top center has a small patch with a red cross and "La Crosse" embroidered.

    Record Type: Object

    Uniform, Occupational
  9. Uniform, Occupational - 2018.016.02

    A) Gray cotton Red Cross uniform, princess seams. White plastic buttons up front (Held on white cotton pins) white cotton collar, cuffs, and epaulette, sleeves snap at wrist, darts at shoulder, patch pockets, Red Cross on breast pocket, red stripe on sleeve. B) Cap: front white cotton with Red Cross with a grey georgette veil. C) Stockings: Gray nylon. D) Two gray cotton belts, one with a matching white button, one missing button.

    Record Type: Object

    Uniform, Occupational
  10. Uniform, Sports - 1987.062.03

    Black and white striped dress shirt and white knickers. Likely a football referee uniform from the 1920s. Shirt is a button down with white buttons. Pants fasten with four white buttons at the top and have strap and loop buckles that can be used to tighten around the calf after they have been put on.

    Record Type: Object

    1987.062.03a
  11. Uniform, Sports - 1996.014.01

    A short sleeved, cotton twill, ultramarine blue baseball jersey. The jersey has yellow raglan sleeves with a blue stripe by the openings for the sleeves. There is a gold stripe down the front of the jersey on both sides of the 4 buttons running down the front. There is a yellow felt "P D" on the front and a yellow felt police badge on the back. Size 40. Tag in jersey says "Sport Shop La Crosse".

    Record Type: Object

    Uniform, Sports
  12. Uniform, Sports - 1996.014.02

    A knit baseball t-shirt, ultramarine blue, gold raglan sleeves. Gold felt badge on the front says " Police La Crosse WI". Tag on the inside says "General Athletic Products, Greenville, Ohio".

    Record Type: Object

    Uniform, Sports
  13. Uniform, Sports - 2002.008.01

    Item is a nylon La Crosse Bobcats basketball jersey. It is while with a red, white and purple striped band around the arm and neck openings. THe top right portion of the front has a gold colored "W" that stands for Wilson the maker of the jersey. The top left portion has a small blue basketball and the letters "cba". "LA CROSSE" is written in purple letters across the front, and below this there is a purple triangle with a red and white border wi...

    Record Type: Object

    Uniform, Sports
  14. Uniform, Sports - 2015.025.01

    Two piece mens black baseball or softball uniform with "Rubber Mills" as the name on the back is raised white lettering. The shirt has black, white, and orange trim along the neckline and short sleeve arm cuffs. The pants have a white and orange stripe down the side and white pockets at the back.

    Record Type: Object

    Uniform, Sports
  15. Uniform, Sports - 2015.025.02

    Burnt red wool fleece boxer's warm-up jacket/robe with the name "Tillman" on the back and "Tillman Bros" on the left arm. The jacket has a collar on the left side of the neckline and a long scarf piece on the right side ending in a gray pom-pom ball that could be thrown over the left shoulder. The jacket has long sleeves, a snap closure down center front, and a belt that gathers the fullness of the jacket at the waist with a snap closure. On the ...

    Record Type: Object

    Uniform, Sports
  16. Valentine - 1983.018.05

    Beaded heart-shaped valentine made by Annie Ironhawk. Beaded design of blue, green, gold, white, and clear seed beads on black cotton fabric, bordered by red polka dot fabric and more white beading along border.

    Record Type: Object

    Valentine
  17. Vaporizer - 1982.060.007

    Cardboard box, on side it says " standard electresteem controlled steam vaporizer 10(^2)24" inside has glass jar was black screw on lid with 2 holes in it, also has black base with cord coming out of it for the jar to sit in.

    Record Type: Object

    Vaporizer
  18. Vaporizer - 1982.060.012

    Yellow box that says " Vapolite The lamp of a thousand uses" inside is a lamp base with a green felted bottom, and a brown and tan cord with plug, also screwed into the base is a blue light bulb with a concave top

    Record Type: Object

    Vaporizer
  19. Vase - 1956.005.67

    Blue and white bisque vase with tree branches, birds, bird nests, and grapes and grapevines. Vase is Parian, Bennington Ware.

    Record Type: Object

    Vase
  20. Veil, Wedding - 1992.066.04

    Wedding veil of Mildred Hoover. The veil is very fine netting with artificial white roses and greenery hand sewn onto fabric tape and then sewn to the veil.

    Record Type: Object

    Veil, Wedding

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