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Ship Bremen

Date: 1987
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Paul & Matilda Wegner Grotto. Ship Bremen 1930. Located on Highway 71, 1/4 mile west of Hwy. 27, 9 miles north of Sparta, WI. One o...
Postcard

Little Glass Church

Date: 1987
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Paul & Matilda Wegner Grotto. Little Glass Church ca 1930-1934. Located on Highway 71, 1/4 mile west of Hwy. 27, 9 miles north of S...
Photograph

Descending Perspective

Date: 1975
Description: Elevated view of the interior of Milwaukee City Hall. An American Flag is hanging from a pole in the center, and there is an intricate round design on the ...
Photograph

Saint Raphael Cathedral — New Altar

Date: 02 27 1955
Description: Interior of Saint Raphael Cathedral, 216 West Main Street, showing the new altar.
Historical Object

Wisconsin Historical Society Floor Mosaic

Date: 1899
Description: Mosaic in the north lobby floor of the Wisconsin Historical Society. The Elzivirs, Amsterdam printers in 1620, were known by this illustration of a hermit ...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Historical Society Floor Mosaic

Date: 1899
Description: Mosaic in the central lobby floor of the Wisconsin Historical Society, near the statue "Forward." This is the printer's mark of the Riverside Press. It was...
Photograph

Lawn Decoration

Date: 05 27 1961
Description: A mosaic lawn decoration made of various objects set in cement. The decoration is approximately thirty inches in diameter and revolves on a post.
Photograph

Rural Art Exhibit at State Historical Society Building

Date: 1945
Description: Exhibit of contemporary rural art on display in the first floor hallway of the State Historical Society building. The view is looking north toward the eas...
Photograph

Christmas Tree and Exhibit at the State Historical Society

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Description: Christmas tree and costume exhibit in the first floor lobby of the State Historical Society building. The view, based on identification in the floor mosai...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick Catalog Cover

Date: 01 1901
Description: Lithograph cover illustration in a mosaic styled design for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog of a woman holding a miniature McCormick grain...
Photograph

Interior View of Dome

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Description: Interior view of dome with four pendentives, arches, and the painting, "Resources of Wisconsin," in the Wisconsin State Capitol.
Photograph

"Legislation" Pendentive

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Description: "Legislation" pendentive, one of four panels of glass mosaic by Kenyon Cox, in the Wisconsin State Capitol. The artist sought the decorative properties of ...
Photograph

"Justice" Pendentive

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Description: "Justice" pendentive, one of four panels of glass mosaic by Kenyon Cox, in the Wisconsin State Capitol. The artist sought the decorative properties of the ...
Photograph

"Government" Pendentive

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Description: "Government" pendentive, one of four panels of glass mosaic by Kenyon Cox, in the Wisconsin State Capitol. The artist sought the decorative properties of t...
Photograph

"Liberty" Pendentive

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Description: "Liberty" pendentive, one of four panels of glass mosaic by Kenyon Cox, in the Wisconsin State Capitol. The artist sought the decorative properties of the ...
Photograph

Art Exhibit at State Historical Society

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Description: Art exhibit on the first floor of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin Building.
Book or Pamphlet

Osborne Catalog Cover

Date: 1905
Description: Front cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester's Osborne line of farm implements. Features a chromolithograph with a mosaic of a woman w...
Painting

Drawing of Goose

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Description: Multi-colored pointillist watercolor of a goose in flight on a golden background of bright oranges and yellows. Text in ink and graphite indicate that Sid ...
Photograph

Mosaic at Holy Name Seminary Installed

Date: 04 16 1965
Description: A mosaic designed by Felix G. Senger measuring 24 by 30 feet and composed of 360,000 pieces of mosaic was installed in the new chapel of Holy Name Seminary...
Photograph

Mosaic

Date: 1930
Description: A close-up view of a mosaic with vivid geometric patterns, possibly in Constantine, Algeria.

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