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  1. Toy - 1993.003.09

    A plastic Playskool toy. Rounded blue base. White shirt with red tie and collar, blond hair, blue eyes, red fire fighter's helmet.

    Record Type: Object

    Toy
  2. Toy - 1994.063.033

    Cast iron toy water pump. Basin at bottom is painted blue, pump and pump handle are painted gold. Appears to work, but was not tested.

    Record Type: Object

    Toy
  3. Toy - 1994.063.036

    Toy train steam engine, black iron. Wheels move, and were connected to a geared spring so it could be wound and would move on its own.

    Record Type: Object

    Toy
  4. Toy - 2000.006.02

    Plastic toy with a pastel pink girl holding a flower basket standing light pastel blue ball base. The base is weighted and filled with material that makes a rattling sound. Stamped on bottom is made in Hong Kong.

    Record Type: Object

    Toy
  5. Toy - 2000.006.03

    Mechanical wind-up toy. White dog in blue basket with off-white lace trim, inscription on crank: made in china.

    Record Type: Object

    Toy
  6. Toy - 2003.023.01

    Small toy won at the La Crosse Inter-State Fair by Alfred C. Peterson. Marionette toy monkey wearing a red top hat and a black pipe in its mouth. The monkey has wooden arms and legs covered in white fur that has been painted pink on the body. The body of the toy is made of hollow molded celluloid. Toy has handwritten marker on the back of the monkey's hat with text about being won in 1954.

    Record Type: Object

    Toy
  7. Toy - 2003.023.02

    Small toy won at the La Crosse Inter-State Fair by Alfred C. Peterson. Imitation Mickey Mouse toy made of cork covered in plaster. Mouse figure has springs for arms and legs that are attached to molded hands and feet. Mouse is wearing white shorts with green buttons. Toy has handwritten marker on the back of the mouse's head with text about being won in 1954.

    Record Type: Object

    Toy
  8. Toy - 2003.023.03

    Small toy won at the La Crosse Inter-State Fair by Alfred C. Peterson. Small plaster human figure toy with ribbons for legs and springs for arms, painted on hair and facial features and wearing a fur vest. Toy has handwritten marker on the back of the figure's head with text about being won in 1954.

    Record Type: Object

    Toy
  9. Toy - 2008.052.02

    11 piece child's tea set: tea pot with lid, sugar bowl with lid, creamer, 3 saucers and 3 cups. Predominantly white and green, with the 2 lids reddish-brown. Saucers are solid green; the rest of the pieces have baby-doll faces molded in the clay and painted with blue eyes and blond hair, reminiscent of Kewpie doll faces.

    Record Type: Object

    Toy
  10. Toy - 2011.014.236

    A model train car based on trains that moved Peerless Beer. The car is yellow with a brown roof and sides. The decoration is the same on either side of the car. "Peerless" is written in the center of either side of the car. Other text on the train says "National Car Company," "Ventilator - Refrigerator," "La Crosse Breweries Inc," and "Elfenbrau."

    Record Type: Object

    6a
  11. Toy - 2011.014.237

    A model train car based on the trains that moved Peerless Beer. The train is light brown with darker brown roof and sides. The decoration is the same on either side. The text is black and red. "Peerless" is written in black cursive in the center of the train. Other text includes "National Car Company," "Ventilator-Refrigerator," "Elfenbrau," and "La Crosse Breweries Inc."

    Record Type: Object

    15
  12. Toy - 2014.fic.354

    A Kenner Easy-Bake Oven. Plastic aqua oven modeled to look like an oven on top of a cabinet beside a stove. Some metal parts like the cook top on the stove. Vent at top of oven, still contains light bulb. Black with metallic silver pinstripes sticker with the label Kenner Easy-Bake Oven. A 200 watt lightbulb cooks the food in the oven portion and it cools in the stove portion.

    Record Type: Object

    Toy
  13. Toy - 2019.008.01

    KAYanEE Sew Master toy metal sewing machine made in Germany. The sewing machine is blue and has a wheel that turns and makes the machine work. Sewing machine also has an on/off toggle. The brand name- KAYanEE SEW MASTER-is printed on the side of the sewing machine.

    Record Type: Object

    Toy
  14. Toy - 2021.041.39

    Bag of small foam owl "stress" toys in green, blue, red, and yellow purchased online from Oriental Trading Company.

    Record Type: Object

    Toy
  15. Toy, Car - 1982.092.34

    Varianto Elekrtro 3118 model electric and clockwork toy car produced by Schuco Patent in Nuremberg West Germany. Station wagon design. Light blue body with silver/chrome trim and orange windows. The car is tin. The car has 4 wheels, one is mechanized and additional caster grooved wheel for staying on the track. The bottom is labeled Schuco Patent, Varianto Elektro Station-car 3118, Patents Int. APPLD For, made in Western Germany.

    Record Type: Object

    Toy, Car
  16. Track - 1995.008.01

    A section of track from the quarrying of Granddad's Bluff.

    Record Type: Object

    Track
  17. Train - 1990.074.02

    Wooden model train set consisting of a green locomotive (a) with one wheel missing, a black tender with 6 wheels missing (b), a red open car (d) with 7 wheels missing, a yellow boxcar (c) with 7 wheels missing, and a red caboose (e) with 7 wheels missing. All cars originally had two sets of four wooden wheels on metal axles.

    Record Type: Object

    Train
  18. Trap, Beaver - 2008.040.01

    Beaver trap made from wrought iron. Connecting chain has a wrought iron double hook at the end.

    Record Type: Object

    Trap, Beaver
  19. Tray - 1926.005.04

    Saloon Tray - Hussa Brewery. Rectangular metal tray with image of the brewery in Bangor. Beer bottles for Crystalline and Hussa Beer on each side.

    Record Type: Object

    Tray
  20. Tray - 2018.fic.672

    Oval metal tray with a lithographed masquerade scene. Sticker on back "Leinfelder, Handwrought, La Crosse. Wis".

    Record Type: Object

    Tray

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