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Indian Agency House

Date: 1930
Description: A sketch of the Indian Agency House, located near the site of Fort Winnebago. Text at bottom left reads: "Old Indian Agency House, Portage, Wisconsin, Buil...
Drawing

Fort Winnebago

Date: 1930
Description: A sketch of the surgeon's quarters at Fort Winnebago. Caption reads: "Fort Winnebago Surgeons' Quarter".
Drawing

Proposed State Office Building

Date: 1930
Description: A chalk rendering of the proposed State Office Building by State Architect, Arthur Peabody. The Wisconsin State Capitol is visible in the background.
Drawing

Water Tower

Date: 1930
Description: Water Tower Park showing Milwaukee and the bay.
Drawing

Book Cover Illustration

Date: 1930
Description: A book illustration featuring a young girl sitting on a flying book which flies over a picturesque landscape. The text reads, "Carol Witthuhn her book." Th...
Drawing

Design for Mrs. Falk

Date: 1930
Description: A hand-drawn and hand-painted design for an emerald ring, top and side views, labelled No. 1, with a handwritten note "This is Mrs. Falk choice [remainder ...
Drawing

Design for Emerald Ring

Date: 1930
Description: An art deco-influenced design for an emerald ring, showing a top and side view, hand-drawn and painted on tissue and mounted on a card. A note says "For Mr...
Drawing

Design for Necklace

Date: 1930
Description: A drawing of a design for a necklace with a large faceted blue stone hanging from a chain with circular and rectangular links.
Drawing

Design for Brooch

Date: 1930
Description: A colored drawing, on tissue, of a design for a brooch featuring a large, faceted blue stone in the center, with smaller blue cabochons at the corners. Sma...
Drawing

Design for Flower Brooch

Date: 1930
Description: Hand-colored drawing on tissue, in a cardboard mount, of a design for a brooch in the form of a flower on a stem with two leaves. The flower is represented...
Drawing

Design for Brooch

Date: 1930
Description: Hand-colored drawing for an oval brooch featuring three round, dark grey cabochons, in an intricate setting featuring multiple black and coral colored ston...
Drawing

Spider Web Brooch Design

Date: 1930
Description: Hand-colored drawing on green tissue mounted on blue cardboard, of a design for a brooch in the form of a round spider web with a fly trapped on it. The bo...
Drawing

Design for a Floral Bracelet

Date: 1930
Description: Hand-colored drawing on green cardboard of a design for a floral bracelet. Pearls form the center of flowers set in rectangular links of openwork textured ...
Drawing

Design for Bracelet

Date: 1930
Description: Hand-colored drawing on green tissue mounted on blue cardboard depicting a design for an Art Deco bracelet. There are large circular links of a smooth blac...
Drawing

Design for Pendant

Date: 1930
Description: Hand-colored drawing on beige tissue mounted on green cardboard, of a design for a pendant. A large, tear drop shaped smooth red stone hangs from a short c...
Drawing

Design for a Pendant

Date: 1930
Description: Hand-colored drawing on green tissue of a design for a pendant featuring a large faceted yellow stone. The elongated setting features a foliate design at e...
Drawing

Design for Turquoise Pendant

Date: 1930
Description: Hand-colored drawing, on grey cardboard, of a design for a "Pendant for Matrix Turquoises." The matrix is the very dark veining on the stones. The oval sto...
Drawing

Design for Pendant

Date: 1930
Description: Hand-colored drawing of a design for a pendant. A large green stone is mounted in a setting of metal which is either carved or set with smaller stones. Two...
Drawing

Design for a Ring

Date: 1930
Description: A drawing, on green paper mounted on a darker green cardboard, of a top and side view of a design for a white gold or platinum and diamond ring. The design...
Drawing

Design for a Ring

Date: 1930
Description: A hand-colored drawing on tissue mounted on beige cardboard of a design for a ring. The design depicts a tall, oval dark blue cabachon with a triangular di...

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