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Mrs. Frances Hawkins Painting in the Studio

Date: 04 25 1932
Description: Artist Frances Hawkins sitting in a wicker chair and painting at the easel in her studio.
Postcard

Stevens Point Railroad Bridge

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Description: Colorized view depicting the Wisconsin Central Railroad bridge at Stevens Point, with several men standing on top of the bridge painting the structure. Cap...
Photograph

Exterior View of House

Date: 1869
Description: Ladies sit on the front porch of a long two-story house. One woman is next to a baby carriage. On the porch's roof is a man with a ladder painting the hous...
Photograph

Gallery Covered in Ivy

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Description: Small building completely covered in ivy, with a chimney projecting at the top left side of the roof.
Photograph

Painters on Safway Steel Scaffolds

Date: 06 05 1946
Description: Two painters, shown on a Company scaffold from Safway Steel Scaffolds, at Villa Maria, 615 Howard Place. Safway Steel Scaffolds Company, offices at 940 Wil...
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Madison Art Guild

Date: 09 13 1949
Description: Madison Art Guild members Mrs. D. Murray (Dorothy) Angevine (left) and Mrs. Alden (Kathlene) White are sitting on a blanket outdoors while painting.
Photograph

Madison Art Guild

Date: 09 13 1949
Description: Madison Art Guild member Mrs. Oscar (Mary) Torgeson painting outdoors.
Photograph

Madison Art Guild

Date: 09 13 1949
Description: Madison Art Guild members painting outdoors. From left are Mrs. Walter W. (Marion) Engelke, Mrs. Justin Waterman, and Mrs. Russell W. (Fern) Fowler.
Photograph

Madison Art Guild

Date: 08 13 1949
Description: Madison Art Guild members sitting on a blanket for a picnic during an outdoor painting session. From left are Mrs. George W. Janet Washa, Mrs. Winfield (Et...
Poster

Haddon Hall and the Wye Valley

Date: 1947
Description: An original colored lithograph advertising the London Midland and Scottish Railway Company, and promoting Haddon Hall and the Wye Valley as "The Peak Distr...
Photograph

Art Room

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Description: Interior of an art room. Female students are sitting at tables and easels, painting or doing craft projects. Large windows open to a garden outside.
Photograph

Barn Painting

Date: 09 25 1980
Description: Pastoral panoramic painting on the side of a barn. Two people on scaffolding can be seen working on the mural at right. A silo juts above the barn. There i...
Photograph

Solomon Juneau House

Date: 07 1981
Description: "Betty Zedler, artist, poses with her painting of the Solomon Juneau House."
Photograph

Water Tower

Date: 07 1987
Description: "This workman is painting 'Theresa' on the water tower."
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Harvester Co. Catalog Front and Back Cover

Date: 1885
Description: The front cover features a color illustration of a man and woman relaxing near a lake or river. The woman is sitting on a chair under an umbrella painting ...
Photograph

Model and Painted Horse

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Description: A female model is standing next to a horse painted with polka dots. The reverse side of the horse (unseen) is painted with stripes. Three men, one of them ...
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Art Fair

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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...
Photograph

Artist Doris White

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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...
Photograph

Painting Norbert Anderson's Home

Date: 08 16 1958
Description: Norbert Anderson's friends who pitched in to help paint his home at 1522 Jefferson Street. Checking out their painting job are, from left; Joe Frye; Lorin ...
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Painting Norbert Anderson's Home

Date: 08 16 1958
Description: Overhead view of Norbert Anderson's friends who pitched in to help paint his home at 1522 Jefferson Street. At right, Kenneth Jones demonstrates his painti...

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