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Animal Coloring Contest Display

Date: 07 24 1932
Description: "Bring 'em back alive" coloring contest display in the Capitol Theatre, at 209 State Street.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union Art Show

Date: 01 10 1948
Description: Dorothy Proudfoot, Wilmette, Illinois, shown hanging a sign announcing the University of Wisconsin Memorial Union art exhibit entitled "Abstraction in Art"...
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Memorial Union Art Show

Date: 07 15 1948
Description: Graduate art students left to right: James Storey, Robert Overman Hodgell, and John Wilde, all University of Wisconsin graduate art students, display their...
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Elvehjem Museum of Art

Date: 1972
Description: Interior view over Paige Court of Elvehjem Museum of Art on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus at 800 University Avenue.
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Madison Art Guild's Annual Exhibition

Date: 04 03 1949
Description: Pictured admiring the water color "Landscape" by Mrs. M.J. (Genevieve) Cass, which was first place winner in water color class of the Madison Art Guild's a...
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Quilts and Rugs in Hobby Show

Date: 05 13 1939
Description: A hobby show with quilts hanging from the wall. Rugs are draped over radiators. There are also bedside tables, lamps, a bookshelf, and a rocking chair. A s...
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Bows, Arrows, and Target at Hobby Show

Date: 05 13 1939
Description: Display of bows, arrows and a target in a corner with tree branches and gravel at a hobby show. There are labels on some of the items.
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Objects on Display at Craftshow

Date: 05 13 1939
Description: A table spread with crafts at a hobby show with cards identifying the artist. The objects on display include two sets of bookends, one made by "Faye Gore" ...
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Madison Art Association Exhibit — "American Open House"

Date: 04 01 1952
Description: Donald Haugen and Mrs. William F. Ackerman painting a coal stove which is part of a school room setting to be used for the display of the Winslow Homer pai...
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Madison Art Association Exhibit — "American Open House"

Date: 04 01 1952
Description: Richard Houghton, left, and Charles Haycock, assistant curators of exhibits at the Wisconsin Historical Museum, working on a descriptive background panel f...
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Wisconsin Historical Society Display of Cliff Dweller Pottery

Date: 1900
Description: The Wisconsin Historical Society Museum display of Cliff Dweller Pottery from the Robert Laird McCormick Collection. Pottery is displayed in a glass case w...
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The "Family of Man" Exhibit

Date: 10 01 1958
Description: Guests at the evening opening party for the "Family of Man" photographic exhibition at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. The exhibition was organi...
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The "Family of Man" Exhibit

Date: 10 01 1958
Description: Guests at the evening opening party for the "Family of Man" photographic exhibition, at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. The exhibition was organ...
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The "Family of Man" Exhibit

Date: 10 01 1958
Description: Guests at the evening opening party for the "Family of Man" photographic exhibition, at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. The exhibition was organ...
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Buddhism

Date: 05 2014
Description: Thai statue of "Buddha Seated on Naga." The statue is made from sandstone and is on display at the Chazen Museum.

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