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Mrs. Anna Woodward

Date: 
Description: Mrs. Anna Woodward, Kate Quinney's employer, seated in an electric car parked in front of a city building.
Photograph

Driving in Delavan

Date: 1920
Description: View of a tree lined dirt road from the passenger seat of a Ford Model T, including hood ornament.
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Deck of the Avalon

Date: 1924
Description: View of smokestacks and seated passengers on the deck of the Avalon traveling to Catalina Island.
Photograph

Car in the Farmyard

Date: 1916
Description: Will and Lorena Holloway seated in a car parked in a farmyard while chickens forage in the foreground.
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Willow on Monona Bay

Date: 11 20 2014
Description: The trunk of a willow is arching over the ice ccovering Monona Bay. Rocks partially covered with snow are along the shoreline. The Wisconsin State Capitol ...
Photograph

Hail Mary in the Window at Lakeside Street Coffee House

Date: 11 21 2014
Description: View through window looking into a cafe at a paper mache statue of Mary stepping on the head of a snake on top of a globe of the Earth.
Photograph

Rain Gauge on the Balcony at Home

Date: 11 23 2014
Description: Close-up view of a rain gauge. A little under an inch of water is in the gauge. The gauge is on a decorative metal support that includes a painted sculptur...
Historical Essay

Interweaving the Autobiographical, the Philosophical and the Visual - Image Gallery Essay

Photographs by Richard Quinney
Discover the photographs of Richard Quinney from his book "Things Once Seen," containing more than 40 years of photos documenting his life.
Drawing

Sledding at the Farm

Date: 1945
Description: Two boys sled down a snow covered hillside at the farm. Two leafless trees are on the right. Along the horizon is a red building on the left with a fence s...
Photograph

Kitten on the Radio in the Barn

Date: 08 2013
Description: A photograph of a photograph of a kitten sitting on an old radio. The photograph is hanging in a wood frame from the rafters of the barn.
Photograph

Morning at the Zoo

Date: 09 2013
Description: View across fence towards two giraffes standing in an enclosure. The giraffe in the foreground is leaning its head over the fence. Trees and a tall, umbrel...
Photograph

Waiting in Line

Date: 09 2013
Description: The bronze and plaster sculpture by George Segal depiciting five men waiting in a bread line at a door. The sculpture is on the rooftop garden of the Madis...
Photograph

Tiger, Tiger

Date: 09 2013
Description: View through fence of a tiger walking along the a well worn path at the Henry Vilas Zoo. There is a tree in the left foreground, and more trees and grasses...
Photograph

Black-and-White Rocks

Date: 10 2013
Description: Close-up view of stones in a retaining wall. Pine branches are along the top of the stones, and Hen-and-chicks are growing between the crevices. Fallen lea...
Photograph

Bluestem

Date: 11 2013
Description: A light layer of snow covering the shorter grass in the foreground, which is bordered by tall bluestem grass. The tall grass is obscuring the view of two f...
Photograph

Hospital

Date: 01 2014
Description: View down hallway towards a person, obscured by a doorway, resting in a reclining hospital chair while receiving an infusion of chemicals for cancer treatm...
Photograph

Ice Skating at Tenney Park

Date: 02 2014
Description: Two young men are playing hockey on the lagoon at Tenney Park. Snow is on the ground and the small foot bridge is in the background.
Photograph

Rock River at Koshkonong

Date: 03 2014
Description: View looking down slope towards ice floes drifting down the Rock River. The steel frame of a dock protrudes from the shoreline on the left, which has a cov...
Photograph

A Skull in Sand

Date: 04 2014
Description: Overhead view of a portion of Tenmyouya Hisashi's art installation at the Chazen Museum entitled "Rhyme." The piece resembles a zen garden, with neatly rak...
Photograph

Seabed on the Hill

Date: 05 2014
Description: View across fence and road towards a house on a hill of outcroppings in the Driftless Area. There are fence lines, telephone and electric poles, and a few ...

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