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Jefferson, Wisconsin, Looking North

Date: 1893
Description: Bird's-eye map of Jefferson, looking north. Crayfish River at left and center, Rock River from upper center to bottom center, joins at left of center; thir...
Photograph

National Business Women"s Week

Date: 10 04 1949
Description: The Madison Business and Professional Women's club celebrates National Business Women's Week by honoring some of its members. Pictured is Ms. Sadie G. Muns...
Photograph

Professor Richard C. Emmons

Date: 06 31 1953
Description: Professor Richard C. Emmons, of the University of Wisconsin Geology Department, who is holding a gem case of glass replicas of 10 of the largest and best-k...
Print

Bunde & Upmeyer Co. Letterhead

Date: 
Description: Letterhead of the Bunde & Upmeyer Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with two putti setting a ring with a radiating, faceted gemstone. They are hovering amid...
Photograph

Jeweler Alfreda Fauerbach

Date: 08 10 1956
Description: Portrait of Alfreda Fauerbach, president and treasurer of O.M. Nelson and Son jewelers, after 50 years of service with the firm.
Photograph

Pearl Buyers

Date: 
Description: Probable group of pearl buyers posed curbside. The partial wall of the building behind the men has a window and the bricks are painted with an advertisemen...
Photograph

Madison Vocational And Adult Education School

Date: 01 22 1957
Description: Mrs. Annaliese Steppart, new member of the faculty at Madison Vocational and Adult Education School, demonstrates enameling to two of her students in a jew...
Photograph

Oregon Business Section and Water Tower

Date: 1912
Description: View across road of the central business section. The commerical buildings along the sidewalk include a printer, butcher, barber and jeweler. Above the sho...
Drawing

Design for Mrs. Falk

Date: 1930
Description: A hand-drawn and hand-painted design for an emerald ring, top and side views, labelled No. 1, with a handwritten note "This is Mrs. Falk choice [remainder ...
Drawing

Design for Emerald Ring

Date: 1930
Description: An art deco-influenced design for an emerald ring, showing a top and side view, hand-drawn and painted on tissue and mounted on a card. A note says "For Mr...
Drawing

Design for Emerald Ring

Date: 02 20 1952
Description: A design for an emerald and diamond ring, hand-drawn and painted on tissue mounted on a card. The design, labeled 4-B, is identified as Michelson and dated...
Drawing

Design for Ring

Date: 1950
Description: A design for a woman's ring with a large blue stone, hand-drawn and colored on card. The front is labeled 3064. On the back is handwritten "Job 3890. mount...
Drawing

Design for Diamond Ring

Date: 1950
Description: Hand-colored drawing, on card, of a design for a diamond and platinum ring with the specifications for eight diamonds. The design was for Mrs. R.M. Weyerha...
Drawing

Design for Ring

Date: 1950
Description: Hand-colored drawing, on translucent plastic, of a design for a ring with seven gemstones. Cards such as this were used as sales samples by the artist for ...
Photograph

Design for Ring

Date: 09 30 1965
Description: A drawing on tissue of a ring setting showcasing a 2.26 carat pear shaped diamond. Specifications for smaller stones and ring size are also recorded. Drawi...
Drawing

Design for Ring

Date: 1960
Description: Hand-colored drawing on translucent plastic mounted in a card, of a design for a ring with thirteen stones. It is labeled "No. 2" and the number 11079 appe...
Drawing

Design for Necklace

Date: 1920
Description: A highly detailed design for a necklace featuring a large green stone and two teardrop shape stones hanging below it.
Drawing

Designs for a Brooch

Date: 1920
Description: A drawing of a design for a buckle shaped brooch featuring blue square cut stones. The two halves of the design represent options III and IV to be offered ...
Drawing

Design for Necklace

Date: 1930
Description: A drawing of a design for a necklace with a large faceted blue stone hanging from a chain with circular and rectangular links.
Drawing

Design for Brooch

Date: 1930
Description: A colored drawing, on tissue, of a design for a brooch featuring a large, faceted blue stone in the center, with smaller blue cabochons at the corners. Sma...

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