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Wisconsin Historical Society Architectural Exhibit
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Professor J.F. Kienitz, on the left, and Edward J. Law, committee member of the Historic American Buildings Survey in Wisconsin, examining a miniature model of an early "shaving horse" used for making shingles. The "shaving horse" is part of an exhibit of the Wisconsin Historical Society on Wisconsin's early architecture.
March 27, 1945
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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Wisconsin Historical Society Indian Life Exhibit
January 31, 1959
Staff members Mary Bolgrien (left) and Kathy Martin view a miniature exhibit of Indian life at the Wisconsin Historical Society.
School Architecture Exhibit
August 16, 1944
John J. Flad, architect, and John Guy Fowlkes, professor of education at the University of Wisconsin, viewing the exhibit "Modern Architecture for Modern Schools," at the Historical Museum.
Julius Rehder Art Show
January 2, 1945
Julius Rehder, artist (1861-1955) with his son, University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Helmut Rehder, looking at an oil painting done by the father when the boy was at a young age. The art exhib...
Student in the Wisconsin Historical Society Library Stacks
February 14, 1945
Yvonne Hauge, University of Wisconsin sophomore, in the crowded stacks at the Wisconsin Historical Society Library.
Southern Wisconsin Sports Show
April 11, 1945
Kessenich Marine and Sporting Goods display at the Southern Wisconsin Sports Show in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House.
Rural Art Show Horse Statue
February 15, 1945
Wood carving of a stallion by Agnar Ole, Washburn, Wisconsin, one of the entries in the sixth Rural Art show at the University of Wisconsin Memorial Union.
