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Portrait of Susan S. Frackelton

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Description: Studio portrait of Mrs. Susan S. Frackelton of Milwaukee, WI. Caption: "Mrs. Susan S. Frackelton of Milwaukee. Artist in ceramics and inventor of the gas k...
Book or Pamphlet

Frackelton Design

Date: 1886
Description: Color plate number III from Susan Frackelton's Tried by Fire showing a Vinenna style of decoration.
Print

Tried by Fire Advertising

Date: 1886
Description: Cover of an advertising pamphlet for Susan Frackelton's Tried by Fire. The ad features quotations from reviews and drawings of several medals won by...
Photograph

Susan S. Frackelton Painting Bowl

Date: 02 17 1901
Description: Studio portrait of Susan Frackelton, sitting at a table painting a bowl and surrounded by her art work and a large medal. Caption on back reads: "Mrs. Susa...
Historical Object

Frackelton/Ohr Pottery Bowl

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Description: This earthenware bowl, which was designed by Susan Frackelton and thrown by George Ohr, is squat and bulbous. It is red with mottled green glaze on the ext...
Photograph

Shrout Family making Christmas Decorations

Date: 12 16 1952
Description: Mrs. Marie Shrout, 1102 Grant Street, preparing Christmas tree decorations with her children, Jim, 13, Patrick, 3, Douglas, 4, Susan, 9, Michael, 7, and St...
Photograph

Art Guild Yule Gifts

Date: 10 1954
Description: A combination candelabra and lazy Susan made by Mrs. Winfield Martin is on display at the Art Guild holiday exhibit. The round base is an old ceiling fixtu...
Historical Object

Stoneware Punch Bowl

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Description: Stoneware bowl with a clear glaze on gray clay. Exterior has raised grape clusters in blue and painted blue underglaze. Interior surface has hand-painted b...
Photograph

Washington School First Graders

Date: 04 28 1948
Description: First grade students at Madison's Washington School used special activities to help build their vocabularies. In this photograph students are watching a "m...
Historical Object

Stoneware Vase

Date: 1893
Description: Stoneware vase is ovoid-shaped with a flared rim. It is gray with a salt-glaze. The dark brown on the lower body and the top of the neck may be caused by a...

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