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| Date: | 05 17 1966 |
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| Description: | A fence made of old wagon wheels above a stone retaining wall. |
| Date: | 10 25 1946 |
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| Description: | Frances Statz, daughter of Fred L. Statz, owner of the Fred. L. Statz Company, 123 West Main Street, shown displaying framed picture in front of display of... |
| Date: | 01 30 1947 |
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| Description: | Three woman admire table decorations at the dessert bridge party of the Shorewood Hills Community League party. Pictured from the left are: Mrs. James L. ... |
| Date: | 11 11 1947 |
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| Description: | Three members of the University of Wisconsin Dames Club making Christmas gifts. Left to right are Mrs. Marvin D. Whitehead, Mrs. John S. Boyle (standing),... |
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| Description: | A detail of the engraving on the silver punch bowl that was presented to Colonel Joseph Bailey. |
| Date: | 10 13 1948 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Robert (Dorothy L.) Sirney, standing in front of a curtain and wearing a Norwegian costume. She is holding a wooden platter she has decorated with ros... |
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| Description: | A tiny clay figure uses a pipe-cleaner ladder to climb the exposed neck of Alice Bedard. |
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| Description: | A tiny clay figure in Alice Bedard's mouth. Posters of mountains and skyscrapers are on the wall in the background. |
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| Description: | A tiny clay figure sits on the exposed left breast of Alice Bedard, looking into the distance. A poster of skyscrapers is visible in the background. |
| Date: | 03 20 1951 |
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| Description: | F. Carlton Ball (left), University of Wisconsin Assistant Professor of Art, and Aaron Bohrod, University of Wisconsin Artist in Residence, pose for a portr... |
| Date: | 11 13 1951 |
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| Description: | Members of the Madison Art Association's gallery committee talk over plans for the craft fair. Left to right: Prof Alfred Sessler, Winfried Guenther, Jane ... |
| Date: | 12 13 1951 |
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| Description: | Two teenage girls are placing a garland on an artificial Christmas tree in front of a graphic depicting Santa in a sleigh holding a bag of presents. They a... |
| Date: | 07 02 1953 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Fred T. Cruse displays seven examples of her heavily decorated handmade velvet Christmas stockings, which she sells nation-wide and which retail for $... |
| Date: | 12 08 1953 |
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| Description: | "Umbrella Tree," an original holiday table/window decoration utilizing old umbrella spokes, was created by Ethel (Mrs. Philip H.) Falk of 3721 Council Cres... |
| Date: | 12 08 1953 |
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| Description: | Original holiday table decoration dubbed "Angel's Stairway" and consisting of a tall, colorful combination of shiny tree balls, magnolia leaves, and celosi... |
| Date: | 12 14 1953 |
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| Description: | Maybelle Otterson demonstrates a Christmas custom as she hangs a front door decoration on her home at 209 North Blackhawk Avenue in Shorewood. |
| Date: | 10 12 1954 |
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| Description: | View of Edna Bullard's latest hooked rug hanging on the wall at her home. It was her 35th creation. |
| Date: | 10 26 1954 |
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| Description: | Kent Kildow and Larry Brown are shown adding an extra loop of paper ribbon to the spooky figure on the band stand. Other paper decorations include skeleton... |
| Date: | 02 20 1958 |
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| Description: | A statue of St. Patrick stands at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, located at 410 East Main Street. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | A Russian birch bark container, including a top with a handle, and a painted floral design. The container was used to carry items from the market. |
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