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| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Painting by N.C. Wyeth depicting the public demonstration of the first reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steele's Tavern, Virginia in 1831. The painting sh... |
| Date: | 04 26 2002 |
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| Description: | Former Governor Tommy G. Thompson speaks at the unveiling of his official portrait, painted by portrait artist George Pollard. The event took place at The ... |
| Date: | 04 26 2002 |
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| Description: | Former Governor Lee Sherman Dreyfus speaks at the unveiling of a portrait of Governor Arthur McArthur at The Madison Club. The painting is by portrait arti... |
| Date: | 04 26 2002 |
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| Description: | Portrait artist George Pollard (left) and former Governor Tommy G. Thompson at the unveiling of Pollard's portrait of Thompson at the Madison Club. |
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| Description: | A farmer is planting corn using the planter wire method. |
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| Description: | A town scene featuring the blacksmith shop and horses. |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | Member of the anti-Castro group Commandos L spray painting a homemade explosive device with a camouflage pattern under a covered porch. Parked cars and tre... |
| Date: | 1974 |
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| Description: | Black watercolor of a single-story store with large wood-framed, plate-glass windows, a false front and a pitched roof. The building's external side wall b... |
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| Description: | Sid Boyum painting the body of "Abstract Girl." The pattern on her body was based on one of his canvases titled "Traffic." He used Disguise Stix© on the mo... |
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| Description: | Display of Sid's art works on the street at what appears to be a fair on the Capitol Square. A man, possibly Steve Boyum, is sitting in a chair behind the ... |
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| Description: | Artists and vendors are sitting in wooden chairs next to displays of paintings for sale. Two women, dressed in traditional Swiss dresses, are looking at th... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Crowds of people around the Wisconsin State Capitol at an art fair. On the left, paintings are displayed for sale. |
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| Description: | Three rows of paintings are displayed outdoors on a lawn. Men and women are walking among the rows looking at the pieces for sale. |
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| Description: | Full-length portrait of Doris White standing outdoors. She is holding a paintbrush in her right hand. A small table is in front of her, holding brushes and... |
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| Description: | An artist (M. Merkt) is sitting indoors at an easel near a large picture window. He is holding a paintbrush in each hand while painting a duck. |
| Date: | 1976 |
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| Description: | Photograph of an original oil painting on canvas by Sid Boyum titled "Traffic." The work pictures a multi-colored abstract piece displayed vertically again... |
| Date: | 08 1976 |
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| Description: | Photograph of an original oil painting of an autumn scene by Sid Boyum. The work shows a small, solitary man in dark greenish hat and coat using a walking ... |
| Date: | 08 1976 |
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| Description: | Photograph of an original oil painting of a dramatic sky scene by Sid Boyum. The works shows a broad cloudy sky over a dark rural landscape, divided by a n... |
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| Description: | Formally dressed audience members are watching a beauty pageant in a smoky beer hall. The men are wearing suits with ties; the women are wearing dresses an... |
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