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| Date: | 10 03 1960 |
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| Description: | View of a barn decorated with painted Pennsylvania-German hex signs. |
| Date: | 05 26 1950 |
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| Description: | Three Madison women and a display of their crafts. The women, members of the Wisconsin Designer-Craftsmen Society, and their crafts are: Mrs. Bentley (Lean... |
| Date: | 08 08 1950 |
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| Description: | Paul Hennie, wholesale metal engraver, working on a large trophy in his office at 23 North Pickney Street. |
| Date: | 10 05 1950 |
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| Description: | Making decorations for West High School's homecoming dance are the following West students: Richard Hanson, Betsy Severson, Marilyn Jones, and Julie Torris... |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | Letter from Carol Lampe of Fairfield, Connecticut to Women for a Peaceful Christmas written on colorful stationery with a writing surface in the shape of a... |
| Date: | 03 20 1951 |
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| Description: | F. Carlton Ball (left), University of Wisconsin Assistant Professor of Art, and Aaron Bohrod, University of Wisconsin Artist in Residence, pose for a portr... |
| Date: | 04 24 1951 |
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| Description: | An unidentified man sits at a loom making a rug while receiving instruction in weaving as a participant in the Madison Vocational School home craft program... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View of a tree lined dirt road from the passenger seat of a Ford Model T, including hood ornament. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | An old oil lamp with a cut cased glass font and a cast metal base in the form of a cavalier. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A display of glass barber's bottles in the home of the photographer. There are examples of blown glass in a variety of painted, iridescent, and hobnail de... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A room in the home of Ephraim Burt and Alice Kent Trimpey. The walls are decorated with photographs, paintings, and prints. There are two glass-topped wood... |
| Date: | 11 13 1951 |
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| Description: | Members of the Madison Art Association's gallery committee talk over plans for the craft fair. Left to right: Prof Alfred Sessler, Winfried Guenther, Jane ... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | The Island Woolen Mill dam and bridge over the Baraboo River. In the foreground is a concrete "pergola" which shades a small bench. Molded into a concrete ... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | A decorative page featuring Dane County public buildings, including a court house, a jail, the poor farm building, and two views of an asylum. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | A decorative page with photographs of school buildings in the township of Verona and Vienna. Some of the photographs have groups of students with their tea... |
| Date: | 12 04 1951 |
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| Description: | Four members of the West Side Garden Club examining Christmas holiday table decorations at their Holiday House Tea. Left to right are Mrs. Wilfred J. Harr... |
| Date: | 12 13 1951 |
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| Description: | Two teenage girls are placing a garland on an artificial Christmas tree in front of a graphic depicting Santa in a sleigh holding a bag of presents. They a... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | A view of the rotunda at Fonthill Castle, with the floors decorated with parquetry. Two doorways lead to additional rooms while another in the center is op... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A view of the living room at the Switzer Foundation for Girls. Bookshelves flank the fireplace in the background, and groupings of chairs and tables fill t... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View looking south inside a guest room at 'Fairlawn' Hotel (?). The room features tables, chairs, and decorative items above a fireplace. Published by Ye... |
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