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Helen Farnsworth Mears

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Description: Helen Farnsworth Mears sitting on a ladder and resting her head against her hand.
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Carvers at Work

Date: 1911
Description: Carvers at work on the Karl Bitter sculpture for the fourth Wisconsin State Capitol (third in Madison). Between 1911 and 1913, a group of stone cutters (ma...
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Jean Pond Miner with "Forward"

Date: 1893
Description: Sculptor Jean Pond Miner working on her statue "Forward" in the Wisconsin Building at the Columbian Exposition.
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Carvers at the Wisconsin Historical Society

Date: 1899
Description: Three stone cutters (probably Italian) working on decorative details over the east entrance of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin (Wisconsin Histori...
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Sculpting a Figure

Date: 1950
Description: A female artist sculpting a female figure from clay.
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Home Craft Week

Date: 08 18 1948
Description: Mrs. Joseph W. (Frances) Vilas, Maple Bluff, is shown working on a figurine, with a background of other pottery pieces she has made.
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Dorothea Schon, Scupltress

Date: 02 20 1949
Description: Dorothea Schon, Sun Prairie artist, at work in her studio on her sculpture of Christ the King. When it is completed, the four and a half by three foot wood...
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Woodstock College Greenhouse

Date: 1915
Description: A man stands before the greenhouse on the campus of Woodstock College in Woodstock, Maryland. A religious statue is in front of the building's entrance.
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Portrait in Wood

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Description: Clam Lake artist Jerry Holter carving a wooden portrait of John A. Lavine, a Wisconsin newspaper publisher.
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Sculpture of "Old Black Joe"

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Description: Sculpture of a man near a wooden deck and barrels. Caption reads: "Old Black Joe."
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Worker with Pneumatic Chisel Carving Block of Limestone

Date: 1976
Description: Frank Arena carving a block of limestone with a pneumatic chisel. He is wearing a yellow sweater and a hat. He is in a large building with many windows, an...
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Raising "Wisconsin" to the Wisconsin State Capitol Dome

Date: 07 20 1914
Description: Several men are looking at the statue "Wisconsin" as she rests on a low scaffold on the roof of the West Wing. The statue is wrapped with rope and attached...
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Raising "Wisconsin" to the Wisconsin State Capitol Dome

Date: 07 20 1914
Description: A group of men look on as the statue "Wisconsin" is lifted from the crate using ropes and pulleys. Ropes are wrapped around the statue and the statue's rig...
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Holtzkopf Wood Carver Studio at House on the Rock

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Description: Exterior view of the Günter Holtzkopf Wood Carving Studio. A large ship's figurehead of a woman extends out from the balcony above the entrance. This image...
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Sid Carving Sculpture

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Description: Sid standing and carving the sculpture of a woman's torso "Biomorphic Female Abstract in Pink" with a hammer and a chisel in his backyard.
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Count de Prorok Receives Venus from Tomb of Tin Hinan

Date: 11 1925
Description: Louis Chapuis handing up a Venus statue to Count Byron de Prorok from the Tomb of Tin Hinan in Abelessa, Algeria.
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Willie Klopfenstein: Skier At Work

Date: 01 13 1959
Description: A man is leaning over a large sculpture of a woman and carving it. He is wearing a beret, a scarf, and a workshirt. Several other sculptures — all apparent...
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Pursuit of Art in Wartime

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Description: The pursuit of art in wartime. Professor August Kraus (1868-1934) modeling a bust of General von Kluck, Berlin.

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