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| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Carvers at work on the Karl Bitter sculpture for the fourth Wisconsin State Capitol (third in Madison). Between 1911 and 1913, a group of stone cutters (ma... |
| Date: | 11 01 1939 |
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| Description: | Football field diorama made with soap carvings taken for East High School "Tower Times," 2222 East Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 11 01 1939 |
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| Description: | Battlefield diorama made with soap carvings taken for East High School "Tower Times," 2218-22 East Washington Avenue. |
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| Description: | Eight men, including C.L. (Neal) Harrington, posing at a memorial pole together. |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Building completed about 1926-27. Corner view with parked cars lining the street. A flag is flying from the roof. A decorative band of a classical relief l... |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Waupun Public Library. The library opened in 1905. In the foreground is a large librarian's desk, with ink wells, and a card box. Behi... |
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| Description: | Interior view of the White Memorial Library. The library opened in 1904 and was funded with a $15,000 donation from Flavia White. In the room are reading t... |
| Date: | 08 12 1960 |
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| Description: | Walter Lofblad, a Cumberland farmer, with miniature Milwaukee Braves figures he carved from basswood. The carved set includes the entire starting lineup, m... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Film still of interior palatial scene with large group of actors and actresses dancing and celebrating in Indian costumes, some with turbans. |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | A person is standing under the arched entrance of the Saint Paul Winter Carnival's ice palace. Inside the palace there is an ice animal sculpture on a plat... |
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| Description: | The totem pole has a carved wooden bear clinging to the top. The totem pole was erected in 1927 in honor of the aboriginal inhabitants of Wisconsin. Potawa... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Edward Petersen at home, wearing a smoking jacket with quilted collar and cuffs. He is sitting in a wide doorway, hanging with tasseled draperies, holding ... |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | View looking up at three men and a child on top of a cliff on which are petroglyphs. Caption on photograph reads: "Pictograph Rock. Rock bearing aboriginal... |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | View looking up at three men and a child on top of a cliff on which are petroglyphs. Pictograph Rock bearing aboriginal carvings, located on the south side... |
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| Description: | Figures carved in stone at Twin Bluffs petroglyph site. |
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| Description: | Director Lewis Milestone reads the novel "All Quiet on the Western Front" while sitting on a sofa. Milestone directed the 1930 film version of the novel. |
| Date: | 01 13 1959 |
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| Description: | A man is leaning over a large sculpture of a woman and carving it. He is wearing a beret, a scarf, and a workshirt. Several other sculptures — all apparent... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | View of a totem pole at a Civilian Conservation Corps camp. An automobile parked next to barracks in the background. |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | A crowd browsing the art at a fair in a small town. The booth is displaying mostly owls and may belong to artist Clarence P. Cameron. |
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