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Woman and Religious Painting

Date: 1955
Description: A woman stands beside a religious painting (of her own making?).
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Oil Painting of Farm Scene

Date: 05 1947
Description: Oil painting of a rural scene showing silos, farm buildings, cows and fields. Taken for Brock Engraving company.
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Robert Hodgell Exhibiting his Paintings

Date: 10 05 1946
Description: Robert Overman Hodgell (left), is shown viewing some of his paintings which were done while he was serving with the navy in the South Pacific. Byron C. Jo...
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Traffic Safety Award Ceremony

Date: 04 28 1947
Description: Harry Porter, Jr., representing the National Safety Council, Chicago, presenting a plaque to Governor Rennebohm in recognition of an outstanding state traf...
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University of Wisconsin Dames Club

Date: 11 11 1947
Description: Four members of the University of Wisconsin Dames Club doing textile painting. Left to right are Mrs. William E. Peterson (standing), chairman of the grou...
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Wisconsin Governor's Residence

Date: 11 25 1947
Description: Mrs. Oscar (Mary) Rennebohm arranging flowers in the drawing room of the Wisconsin Governor's residence, 130 East Gilman Street. The house is 93 years old ...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union Art Show

Date: 01 10 1948
Description: Jack Jerred, Madison, hanging a picture which is part of the exhibit "Abstraction in Art" at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union.
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Central High School Student Council

Date: 01 29 1948
Description: Officers of the Central High School Student Council posed in front of a mural: left to right are Donna Neu, secretary; Coleman Jackson, treasurer; Carl Car...
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Madison Artists Exhibition

Date: 02 01 1948
Description: Tom Dietrich, Appleton, juror for the Madison Artists Exhibition, standing next to the painting "Black Cat and Ruins" by Mrs. Fred Logan, winner of the "Aw...
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University of Wisconsin Farm and Home Week

Date: 02 04 1948
Description: Three women looking at an exhibit at the University of Wisconsin Farm and Home Week, showing room furnishing revolving around rural paintings. Pictured lef...
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Two Randall School Students

Date: 04 15 1948
Description: Two Randall School students admiring a picture of a Pilgrim and another of George Washington made by Randall school third graders and displayed on an easel...
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University of Wisconsin Madison Student Art Show

Date: 05 06 1948
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison student art show winners are Gene Pizzuto, Ted Wolff, and Richard Houghton. Pizzuto is chairman of the show's sponsoring co...
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Ruth Myre

Date: 06 11 1948
Description: Mrs. Ruth Myre, watercolor artist, shown in her home painting. One of Mrs. Myre's watercolor paintings took second place at the Madison Artists' guild annu...
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Crater Players

Date: 06 25 1948
Description: Crater Players on stage rehearsing for the play, "The Drunkard". Left to right are: organizer Professor Ronald E. Mitchell, Olaf Ussing, Josephine Bomgardn...
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Crater Players

Date: 06 25 1948
Description: Professor Ronald E. Mitchell's Crater Players. Left to right are: Muriel Berkson, Edwin Morgan, Clifford Owen and Josephine Bomgardner rehearsing on stage.
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Group of Men in Governor's Conference Room

Date: 07 10 1948
Description: Large group of men in Wisconsin Governor's conference room at the Wisconsin State Capitol. (Possibly group of National Guardian Life insurance agents from ...
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Mrs. Celin Furu and Her Rosemaled Folkart

Date: 12 06 1948
Description: Mrs. Celin Furu is shown in Norwegian costume displaying her rosemaled painted platters and sideboard cabinet. She was a wartime resident of Bergen, Norway...
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Mrs. Celin Furu and Her Oil Painting

Date: 12 06 1948
Description: Mrs. Celin Furu is shown in Norwegian costume displaying her oil painting of Trolfjord, as well as Rosemaled furniture. She was a wartime resident of Berge...
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St. Mary's of the Lake Catholic Church

Date: 12 21 1948
Description: Interior view of St. Mary's of the Lake Catholic Church.
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Carl A. Anderson House

Date: 02 04 1949
Description: View of the living room of the Carl A. Anderson home on East McKinley Street. A portrait of the Anderson's daughter, Mrs. Owen Klongland, hangs above the s...

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