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Museum Patrons View the Gaugin Exhibit

Date: 03 17 1959
Description: Spectators view paintings by Paul Gaugin at the opening of an art exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago.
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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior - Museum of the Historical Society

Date: 1900
Description: The Daniel Webster carriage on display in the Historical Society's museum in the third Wisconsin State Capitol. At that time the Historical Society's quart...
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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Quarters of the Historical Society

Date: 1880
Description: Librarian Daniel S. Durrie seated in the two-story high gallery that the Historical Society occupied in the old South Wing of the Wisconsin State Capitol f...
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William Hobbins in Costume

Date: 02 08 1955
Description: William Suhr Hobbins, master of ceremonies for the Madison Art Association Beaux Arts Ball, in a large nightgown on which he painted a modernistic art pict...
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Children's Art Exhibit

Date: 09 18 1944
Description: Alford Beckwith, seventh grade student at Longfellow School, with three of his animal paintings exhibited in the "Children Look at Wisconsin" exhibition at...
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Children's Art Exhibit

Date: 09 19 1944
Description: John Gorman, 1st grader at Emerson, and Gretchen Hovig, 7th grader at Lapham, with their art work being exhibited in the "Children Look at Wisconsin" exhib...
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Max Fernekes with Paintings

Date: 10 23 1944
Description: Max Fernekes of Mineral Point with a display of his watercolors and sketches for a one-man show at the State Historical Museum. He was also a featured arti...
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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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University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union Art Show

Date: 01 10 1948
Description: Jack Jerred, Madison, hanging a picture which is part of the exhibit "Abstraction in Art" at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union Art Show`

Date: 01 10 1948
Description: Elaine Smedal, Madison, hanging a picture at the exhibit "Abstraction in Art" at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union. Ms. Smedal was the exh...
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Wisconsin State Journal Photo Show

Date: 12 16 1948
Description: Eleanor Pascale, 819 Irving Place, and Dr. Margaret Prouty, 26 Breese Terrace, view the Wisconsin State Journal Photo Exhibit at the Madison Free Li...
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16th Annual Wisconsin Salon of Art

Date: 11 06 1950
Description: The Madison Art Association's 16th Annual Wisconsin Salon of Art opened at the Memorial Union with a traditional preview reception. Mrs. Raymond J. (Doroth...
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Layton Art Gallery

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Description: Stereograph from street of Layton Art Gallery. There are pedestrians on the sidewalk and front steps. One young boy is riding a tricycle.
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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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Madison Public Library Art Display

Date: 09 21 1959
Description: Lloyd Zimmerman hangs one of his pictures as part of a display at the Madison Public Library featuring the artwork of thirteen pupils in the Irene Buck Sum...
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Kandy Lindgren

Date: 01 2003
Description: Kandy Lindgren trains her lens at the Milwaukee Art Museum.
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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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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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Youthful Madison Artists Exhibit

Date: 01 15 1955
Description: Webb Spraetz and Bruce Taylor sort watercolor paintings at Grace Episcopal Church for the Youthful Madison Artists Exhibit.
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Youthful Madison Artists Exhibit

Date: 01 15 1955
Description: Nancy Thielen, left, and Charlotte Chidester sorting paintings for the Youthful Madison Artists Exhibit at Grace Episcopal Church.

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