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Susan S. Frackelton Painting Bowl

Date: 02 17 1901
Description: Studio portrait of Susan Frackelton, sitting at a table painting a bowl and surrounded by her art work and a large medal. Caption on back reads: "Mrs. Susa...
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Mrs. Frances Hawkins Painting in the Studio

Date: 04 25 1932
Description: Artist Frances Hawkins sitting in a wicker chair and painting at the easel in her studio.
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Spring Fashions

Date: 02 21 1949
Description: Pattie Neilson, recent art school graduate of the University of Wisconsin, and a fashion illustrator and copy writer for a Madison women's specialty shop, ...
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Madison City School Art Show

Date: 05 25 1952
Description: The two award winners in the "Salon of School Art" show. On the left is the high school winner, William Bunce, a student at West high school. On the right ...
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Pierre Sidell in Dancing Costume

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Description: Full-length portrait of Pierre Sidell posing onstage in a dancing costume.
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Pierre Sidell with Cigarette

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Description: Pierre Sidell wears a white fur hat and tunic with a fur collar. She is holding a cigarette as she poses with one foot up on a bench.
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Leo Kehl Dancing

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Description: Leo Kehl performs a dance, costumed as a woman.
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Billie Sidell Posing on a Car

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Description: A fashionably-attired Billie (Violet) Sidell poses seated on the front fender of an automobile, which appears to be parked on a bridge.
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Hilo Hattie

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Description: Candid portrait of Hilo Hattie (born Clarissa "Clara" Haili), who was a Hawaiian musician, dancer, actress and comedian. There is a guitar on the ground ne...
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Happy Holidays From Chappell's Ad Dept.

Date: 1930
Description: Holiday card from Chappell's Ad Dept. The card has seven consecutive panels accordion folded. The front panel shows a bell hanging by a ribbon surrounded b...
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Dorothy Schoenbrun

Date: 1967
Description: Villagers near Phat Diem gathered to watch American Dorothy Schoenbrun sketching near an irrigation canal. Mrs. Schoenbrun was accompanying her husband, jo...
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Studio of Panorama Artist

Date: 1900
Description: Friedrich Wilhelm Heine at work in his studio. An unidentified woman paints at an easel. Many paintings and sketches surround them. Heine was the Superviso...
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Art Fair

Date: 1955
Description: Prospective buyers examine artwork at an art fair at City Park.
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Garbage

Date: 12 24 2001
Description: Color publicity photograph of the band members of Garbage, a Madison, Wisconsin rock band. From left to right are Shirley Manson, Steve Marker, Duke Erikso...
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Helen Farnsworth Mears Art Contest

Date: 03 23 1960
Description: Randy Olson holds his fourth-prize winning landscape painting at the Helen Farnsworth Mears art contest for eighth graders. Admiring the painting are three...
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Youthful Madison Artists Exhibit

Date: 01 15 1955
Description: Judy Fiedler pointing to a painting at the Youthful Madison Artists Exhibit at Grace Episcopal church, as Nancy Kinney, and Rev. John H. Keene, rector of G...
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Maya Angelou, Donna Shalala, and Three Men

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Description: Group portrait including Maya Angelou and Donna Shalala.
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UW Artist-in-Residence Aaron Bohrod and Family

Date: 07 08 1960
Description: University of Wisconsin Artist-in-Residence Aaron Bohrod is shown posing with his family. Shown (L-R) are Aaron Bohrod, Mrs. Ruth Bohrod, Georgi (14), and ...

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