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Madison Public Library Art Display

Date: 09 21 1959
Description: Lloyd Zimmerman hangs one of his pictures as part of a display at the Madison Public Library featuring the artwork of thirteen pupils in the Irene Buck Sum...
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Art Show Hung at Madison Public Library

Date: 11 07 1960
Description: Jane Evert is hanging one of her pictures in the Madison Public Library gallery while other exhibitors watch. The other girls whose work is also being show...
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Professional Women in Madison

Date: 01 29 1957
Description: Portrait of Ruth Allcott, Art Director of Madison's public schools.
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New Teachers at Madison Public Schools

Date: 09 11 1956
Description: Miss Constance Lind of 408 W. Mifflin Street, left, and Mrs. Jack Ellegard of 425 Paunack Place, are two of Madison's new "itinerant" art teachers for the ...
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Milwaukee Public School Student Art Display

Date: 03 08 1983
Description: Two room divider panels are displaying several works of art. Framed between the two panels is a man standing on the other side of the panels. Caption reads...
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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.
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Salon of School Art

Date: 05 18 1961
Description: Four teachers examine a sculpture along with the art work of 750 children and teens from Madison's 38 public schools. The 30th annual Salon of School Art w...
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Child Salon of Art

Date: 05 07 1944
Description: Billy Gorman, third grade student at Emerson School, is showing Robert Murray, sixth grade student at Lowell School, his picture displayed in the Child Sal...
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Julius Rehder with his "Portrait of a Gentleman"

Date: 02 03 1947
Description: Julius Rehder with his "Portrait of a Gentleman," which won first prize in oils at the Madison Artist's exhibition. The painting, which received the Oscar ...
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Print Show

Date: 04 07 1954
Description: Opening of a print exhibition at the Madison Art Association. Shown are Professor D.A. Severino and Professor (of math) Rudolph Langer.
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Wisconsin Historical Society Display of Cliff Dweller Pottery

Date: 1900
Description: The Wisconsin Historical Society Museum display of Cliff Dweller Pottery from the Robert Laird McCormick Collection. Pottery is displayed in a glass case w...
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Warrington Colescott's Studio Open House

Date: 10 14 1954
Description: Artist Warrington Colescott poses with paint brush in one hand and a paint palette board in the other hand as he gazes upon a nearly completed oil painting...
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Art Observer, Carl Schwarz, Admires "Art of Extra High Voltage" Exhibt at Wisconsin Center

Date: 12 07 1965
Description: Carl Schwarz, Sauk City, admiring some of the art work in the "Art of Extra High Voltge" exhibit showing at the Wisconsin Center, 702 Langdon Street. The e...
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Print Show

Date: 04 07 1954
Description: Pointing at a print on the wall is University of Wisconsin artist-in-residence, Aaron Bohrod (who lived on 715 East Gorham Street) as Professor Michael And...
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Print Show

Date: 04 07 1954
Description: Second-Class Airman Joseph Narajka stationed at Truax Field studies another exhibit at the show as he tells his friend, Nancy Zimmerman (who lived on 1010 ...
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Print Show

Date: 04 07 1954
Description: Rebekah Cochran (center), who lived on 1118 Seminole Highway, is pointing to a print as Professor James Watrous (right) of the U.W. Art History Department ...
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Winifred Ford with her Watercolors

Date: 05 01 1945
Description: Winifred (Bonnewitz) Ford with several of her watercolor paintings from the exhibit at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin titled "Old Homes in Madis...
Historical Essay

Wisconsin: A Guide to the Badger State - Image Gallery Essay

The Photographs of Harold Hone
This article describes the careers of Harold Hone and Frank Utpatel in relation to the W.P.A.
Historical Essay

William A. Jones - Image Gallery Essay

Native American Photographs
Collection of photographs documenting Native American life and the impact of federal government.

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