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| Date: | 08 2013 |
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| Description: | Sculpture carved on bark of an oak tree of a bearded man by local artist Peter Dove, who titled it "Hombre Verde." The tree and carving sit in the Natural ... |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | View looking up at three men and a child on top of a cliff on which are petroglyphs. Caption on photograph reads: "Pictograph Rock. Rock bearing aboriginal... |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | View looking up at three men and a child on top of a cliff on which are petroglyphs. Pictograph Rock bearing aboriginal carvings, located on the south side... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | A construction worker is chiseling a decorative element on a stone slab during the construction of the Eau Claire Public Library at Farwell Street and Gran... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Stone slabs under a roofed, open-sided wood structure at the construction site of the Eau Claire Public Library at Farwell Street and Grand Avenue. The sla... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | A worker under a roofed, open-sided wood structure is chiseling details in the capital of a Corinthian column, at left, while behind him other men are work... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Portions of columns awaiting installation are stacked near a wooden open-sided building during the construction of the Eau Claire Public Library at Farwell... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | View of a worker under a roofed, open-sided wood structure chiseling details in the capitals of what will be the top of the columns of the Eau Claire Publi... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Carving in stone of a human fugure at Gullickson's Glen. |
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| Description: | Figures carved in stone at Twin Bluffs petroglyph site. |
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| Description: | Wooden scultpure of a dragon-styled cannon, painted and decorated fancifully, resting on wood cabinet-style television in Sid's living room. There is a boo... |
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| Description: | Director Lewis Milestone reads the novel "All Quiet on the Western Front" while sitting on a sofa. Milestone directed the 1930 film version of the novel. |
| Date: | 02 1970 |
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| Description: | Wooden carved mask inspired by Pacific West coast native art styles with an eagle beak and eyes, gaping fish mouth, and fish tail motifs on its cheeks. It ... |
| Date: | 07 25 2015 |
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| Description: | Carved wooden figure of a Nisse playing a fiddle. The figure has a long white beard and is wearing a red cap. Norwegian words carved into the base of the f... |
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| Description: | A wooden chapel with a stone walkway sitting among trees and bushes. Crosses are above the door and above a small window. A bell is hanging in the bell tow... |
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| Description: | A man is posing with a number of his wood carvings. He is wearing a shirt and face-shield advertising Echo chainsaws. A chainsaw is sitting on top of a log... |
| Date: | 09 1976 |
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| Description: | A man is bracing himself on a log while using a chainsaw to carve an owl out of a log. |
| Date: | 01 13 1959 |
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| Description: | A man is leaning over a large sculpture of a woman and carving it. He is wearing a beret, a scarf, and a workshirt. Several other sculptures — all apparent... |
| Date: | 10 09 1954 |
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| Description: | Four men standing at a banquet table with a Bucky Badger ice sculpture as the centerpiece. One is holding one of the chrysanthemums that decorated the tabl... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | A crowd browsing the art at a fair in a small town. The booth is displaying mostly owls and may belong to artist Clarence P. Cameron. |
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