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Red Cross Volunteers Fill Rosemaled Box

Date: 08 22 1961
Description: Two teen girls examining the contents of large rosemaled (painted decorations) wooden box. The original caption states: "Norwegian rosemaling on a American...
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Irving Dickman's 3-D Oil Paintings

Date: 08 08 1961
Description: Irving Dickman demonstrates his use of small brushes in his paintings to build up the paint, giving the impression of 3-D. The example he is using is his p...
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Give 'till It Helps...Yes, Someone Cares

Date: 10 1961
Description: The Madison Area Retardation Council is one of 29 United Givers agencies. Some of the services the council provides for the mentally retarded are sheltered...
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Art to Live With

Date: 01 14 1964
Description: Members of the arts study group of the Monona American Association of University Women have undertaken the framing of pictures to be rented to the public t...
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State Capitol Rewiring and Remodeling Project

Date: 07 22 1964
Description: A painter is working on a wall in the State Capitol during the process of redecorating. Over a four-year period that started in 1961 the state Building Com...
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Governor's Council on the Arts Honors Individuals at Governor's Executive Residence Dinner

Date: 10 08 1964
Description: Fourteen individuals, or schools, are honored by the Governor's Council of the Arts at a Governor's Executive Residence dinner. The recipients are honored ...
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VA Director Dr. A.M. Gottlieb's Art Work

Date: 09 17 1965
Description: Prize-winning artist, Dr. A.M. Gottlieb (also Director of the Madison Veterans Administration Hospital), is shown with two paintings he created for his gra...
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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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