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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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Katherine Aurner at the Easel

Date: 04 27 1932
Description: Katherine Aurner (Mrs. Robert R. Aurner), paints at her home studio located at 1029 Seminole Highway in Nakoma.
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Sculpting a Figure

Date: 1950
Description: A female artist sculpting a female figure from clay.
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Rosemaling a Smorgasbord Platter

Date: 1941
Description: Mr. Per Lysne rosemaling a smorgasbord platter.
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Chuck Seals, Artist and Craftsman

Date: 03 22 1944
Description: Charles B. (Chuck) Seals, with pipe, a 25 year-old handicapped shut-in, who is a painter, a sculptor, a student and omnivorous reader, a fisherman, a swimm...
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Gimbel Brothers Art Competition

Date: 07 21 1949
Description: Madison and University of Wisconsin artists carried off the major share of the prizes and awards in the 1949 Gimbel Brothers art competition. Seated, left...
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National League of American Pen Women

Date: 07 02 1951
Description: Eddie Tomlinson watches as his grandmother, Mrs. E.B. (Florence) Tomlinson make one of her famous wood engravings. Mrs. Tomalinson, who teaches art at the ...
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One-Man Art Show

Date: 04 11 1956
Description: Don Eastin, Dorothy Angevine, and Louise Brown looking at a piece of artwork held by artist John Bergman that will be displayed at the Wisconsin Neurologic...
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Youth Summer Theater Alumni

Date: 05 17 1957
Description: Portrait of some of the active alumni of the Youth Summer Theater. Seated in front is Mary Kate Lorenz. Others left to right: David Starkweather (standing,...
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Christmas Play at Neighborhood House

Date: 1923
Description: Performers lined up on the stage in "The Toy Shop," a Christmas play, with a Santa figure, a boy in harlequin dress, two boys in military uniforms, girls i...
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Worker with Pneumatic Chisel Carving Block of Limestone

Date: 1976
Description: Frank Arena carving a block of limestone with a pneumatic chisel. He is wearing a yellow sweater and a hat. He is in a large building with many windows, an...
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John Eustice, Designer of China Patterns

Date: 04 28 1958
Description: Portrait of John Eustice, a designer of china patterns, at work in his studio. A graduate of University of Wisconsin, and New York State College of Ceramic...
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Blackhawk Council of Girl Scouts Art Contest

Date: 04 08 1959
Description: Top winners in the "Home Frontier" art contest sponsored by the Blackhawk Council of Girl Scouts are Betsy Van Roo, left, daughter of George and Mary Greel...
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Madison Art Guild's Annual Art Salon

Date: 04 08 1959
Description: First prize winners at the Madison Art Guild's Annual Art Salon include, from left to right, Eloise Haas, Ellsworth Mack, Dorothy Angevine, and Rea Ragatz.
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Braided Rugs

Date: 10 08 1959
Description: Mary Paulick sitting on the floor while working on a large braided rug.
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Rural Arts and Crafts Show

Date: 01 04 1960
Description: Mrs. Wilbur Schoephorster shows her oil painting, "Hunter's Cabin," which was awarded one of 38 top state honors in last year's Rural Arts and Crafts Show....
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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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Helen Farnsworth Mears Art Contest

Date: 03 23 1960
Description: Contest judge Mrs. Daisy Breyer (left) and Central High school art teacher Mrs. Merrie Wisiol (right) admire the painting of Beverly Fries, a fifth-place w...
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Helen Farnsworth Mears Art Contest

Date: 03 23 1960
Description: Sandy Rasmussen discusses her first-prize winning painting in the Helen Farnsworth Mears art contest for eighth graders with Ruth Allcott, art director of ...
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Youthful Madison Artists Exhibit

Date: 01 15 1955
Description: Parnell Bach, West High School teacher and art instructor, helping Jon Buschke hang a painting for the Youthful Madison Artists' Exhibit at Grace Episcopal...

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