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| Description: | Waist-up portrait of Mrs. John Kinzie, born Juliette Augusta Magill (1808-1870), author of "Wau-Bun", from an oil painting made in 1855 by G.P.A. Healey. |
| Date: | 03 22 1944 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1863 |
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| Description: | Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), Danish poet and author of fairy tales. Inscription at bottom of card reads, "H... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Four Madison authors are shown together holding books they have written. Seated are Francis F. Bowman and Prof. William Hesseltine. Standing are Miss Emil... |
| Date: | 03 02 1949 |
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| Description: | The Wisconsin Players presented "River Boat," an original centennial drama written by Robert Gard of Madison and Dore Reich of Milwaukee at the Memorial Un... |
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| Description: | A fraternity party photographed for Smiles Magazine. Harold Gauer and Alice Bedard sit on a couch while Robert bloch pours a drink for Angie Vail. |
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| Description: | August Derleth posed with part of his comic collection. The image is from a tinted photograph by Carmie Thompson. |
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| Description: | Wisconsin writer August Derleth and his jazz collection. |
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| Description: | Vignetted portrait of Francis Scott Key, author of the poem that inspired "The Star Spangled Banner". The poem was written while he was on a ship in Baltim... |
| Date: | 10 19 1957 |
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| Description: | Deems Taylor, 'Composer-Critic-Author,' talking with William Doudna, television editor of the Wisconsin State Journal about TV. Taylor is chairman o... |
| Date: | 12 19 1957 |
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| Description: | Jerry C. McNeely, associate professor of speech at the University of Wisconsin, has had two major television plays produced, one on "Studio One" and the ot... |
| Date: | 06 06 1953 |
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| Description: | Carl Sandburg posing with two of the guides at Wade house during his visit to the restored stagecoach inn for its dedication as a historic site. Speaking a... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Irna Phillips is seated, and drawing a floor plan. On a table next to her are framed photographs of her children. |
| Date: | 04 20 2012 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the cast, crew and extended family of David Marcou for the Pulitzer-nominated play "Remembering Davy Crockett," at the end of the world d... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Zona Gale reading for WHA radio station. She is sitting at a table looking down at a script. |
| Date: | 06 1963 |
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| Description: | August Derleth (seated) signs books at a meeting of the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets. Behind him are (l to r): Star Powers, Marvin Davis Winsett, Mildred ... |
| Date: | 06 1963 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of men and woman at a Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets convention. Names, (l to r): Marvin Davis Winsett, Poet Laureate of Texas; Edna Kristin ... |
| Date: | 06 1963 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of men and woman at a Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets convention. Names, (l to r): Mildred Breedlove, Nevada; August Derleth, Wisconsin writer... |
| Date: | 12 14 1948 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length studio portrait of Edna Kristin (Kritz) Meudt. She was the President of the National Federation of State Poetry Societies (NFSPS). She is we... |
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| Description: | Louise Leighton poses sitting at her typewriter. She is wearing a dress, necklace, ring and an embroidered handkerchief in her pocket. The typewriter sits ... |
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