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| Date: | 07 24 1932 |
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| Description: | "Bring 'em back alive" coloring contest display in the Capitol Theatre, at 209 State Street. |
| Date: | 05 16 1957 |
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| Description: | Kenneth Mills, 10, with his toothpick sculpture that he named "Pickalator." The work was part of an exhibit of children's art at Racine's Wustum Museum of ... |
| Date: | 01 10 1948 |
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| Description: | Dorothy Proudfoot, Wilmette, Illinois, shown hanging a sign announcing the University of Wisconsin Memorial Union art exhibit entitled "Abstraction in Art"... |
| Date: | 07 15 1948 |
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| Description: | Graduate art students left to right: James Storey, Robert Overman Hodgell, and John Wilde, all University of Wisconsin graduate art students, display their... |
| Date: | 05 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster announcing M.F.A. art exhibition for David G. Thompson. Held May 21-28, 1971, at the Wisconsin Center Concourse Gallery in Madison. Features various... |
| Date: | 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising for Genesis IV, a showcase of short films presented at the Madison Art Center. Features a colorful pop comic image of figures from movie... |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | Interior view over Paige Court of Elvehjem Museum of Art on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus at 800 University Avenue. |
| Date: | 04 03 1949 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 05 13 1939 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 05 13 1939 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 05 13 1939 |
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| 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" ... |
| Date: | 04 01 1952 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 04 01 1952 |
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| Description: | Richard Houghton, left, and Charles Haycock, assistant curators of exhibits at the Wisconsin Historical Museum, working on a descriptive background panel f... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 10 01 1958 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 10 01 1958 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 10 01 1958 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1982 |
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| Description: | A woman is performing a headstand on her front lawn as an elderly woman is standing and watching from the sidewalk. A sign on the lawn reads: 'Start Under,... |
| Date: | 1982 |
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| Description: | Elizabeth Was is crouching inside two triangular walls open on one side. In front of her are two painted signs lying on the grass and read: 'Step Here' and... |
| Date: | 05 2014 |
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| 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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