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Governor Kohler Portrait Unveiled

Date: 12 15 1958
Description: Governor Vernon Thomson (left) and former Governor Walter J. Kohler Jr. examine the oil portrait of Kohler which was unveiled in the Governor's private off...
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We Saw You . . . Aiding Atwood Avenue Center

Date: 12 13 1958
Description: Members of Zeta Beta Tau fraternity take some of their free time to paint and repair at the Atwood Avenue Community Center. Shown (left to right) are Steve...
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We Saw You . . . Aiding Atwood Avenue Center

Date: 12 13 1958
Description: Members of Zeta Beta Tau fraternity at the University of Wisconsin take some of their free time to paint and repair at the Atwood Avenue Community Center. ...
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We Saw You . . . Aiding Atwood Avenue Center

Date: 12 13 1958
Description: Member of Zeta Beta Tau fraternity at the University of Wisconsin took some of their free time to paint and repair at the Atwood Avenue Community Center. C...
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Madison Art Guild's Annual Art Salon

Date: 04 08 1959
Description: First prize winners at the Madison Art Guild's Annual Art Salon include, from left to right, Eloise Haas, Ellsworth Mack, Dorothy Angevine, and Rea Ragatz.
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Unofficial Ambassadors to Sponsor Tour of Mexican Art

Date: 06 18 1959
Description: Unofficial Ambassadors, Inc., a non-profit corporation devoted to further international understanding through cultural exchange, will sponsor a tour of Mex...
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Junior Chamber Of Commerce Fashion Show

Date: 09 09 1959
Description: Mrs. John (Janice) Lebedoff, 607 South Orchard Street and Mrs. Gerald (Jacquelyn) Goll, 3617 Eliot Lane, are painting a set for the Jaycettes bridal show s...
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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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Madison Public Library Art Display

Date: 09 21 1959
Description: Edith Johnson, left, and June Anderson preparing to hang their pictures as part of a display at the Madison Public Library, featuring the artwork of thirte...
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Madison Art Association Invitational Exhibition

Date: 10 07 1959
Description: Blanche Nesbit, Dr. Mark Nesbit, and Dorothy Guild posing in front of a large painting during the Madison Art Association Invitational Exhibition.
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Madison Art Association Invitational Exhibition

Date: 10 07 1959
Description: Shown viewing a painting, are, left to right: Helen Zillman, Dean Zillman, and Helen Schmedeman.
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Rural Arts and Crafts Show

Date: 01 04 1960
Description: Mrs. Wilbur Schoephorster shows her oil painting, "Hunter's Cabin," which was awarded one of 38 top state honors in last year's Rural Arts and Crafts Show....
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Farm Short Course Reunion

Date: 01 27 1960
Description: The Farm Short Course is a 74-year-old institution at the University of Wisconsin which has enrolled 12,414 students over the years. Attending the reunion ...
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Helen Farnsworth Mears Art Contest

Date: 03 23 1960
Description: Randy Olson holds his fourth-prize winning landscape painting at the Helen Farnsworth Mears art contest for eighth graders. Admiring the painting are three...
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Helen Farnsworth Mears Art Contest

Date: 03 23 1960
Description: Contest judge Mrs. Daisy Breyer (left) and Central High school art teacher Mrs. Merrie Wisiol (right) admire the painting of Beverly Fries, a fifth-place w...
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Helen Farnsworth Mears Art Contest

Date: 03 23 1960
Description: Sandy Rasmussen discusses her first-prize winning painting in the Helen Farnsworth Mears art contest for eighth graders with Ruth Allcott, art director of ...
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Helen Farnsworth Mears Art Contest

Date: 03 23 1960
Description: Portrait of two prize winners in the Helen Farnsworth Mears art contest for eighth graders. Mary Jo Ylitalo (left) won second prize, and Sarah Christenson ...
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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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