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| Date: | 05 17 1966 |
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| Description: | A fence made of old wagon wheels above a stone retaining wall. |
| Date: | 10 27 1932 |
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| Description: | Fine Arts Studio, reception room, 25 W. Main Street, where individual artists taught music, painting sculpture, dramatics and other allied arts. |
| Date: | 09 20 1947 |
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| Description: | Three women in formal wear at the Hotel Loraine viewing floral arrangements set in a background of crocheted tablecloths, quilts, and embroidered cloths wh... |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the St. Joseph Orphanage, with lion statues at the entrance. Caption reads: "St. Joseph Orphanage, Superior, Wis." |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | A Christmas tree decorated with ornaments and dolls is displayed with framed portraits of a man and woman on either side. A frame of artificial snow and ic... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Flag pole with limestone carving of women and men by Alonzo Hauser, who was appointed by the Farm Security Administration, at its base. The sculpture was b... |
| Date: | 10 03 1960 |
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| Description: | View of a barn decorated with painted Pennsylvania-German hex signs. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View of a tree lined dirt road from the passenger seat of a Ford Model T, including hood ornament. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | The Island Woolen Mill dam and bridge over the Baraboo River. In the foreground is a concrete "pergola" which shades a small bench. Molded into a concrete ... |
| Date: | 12 04 1951 |
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| Description: | Four members of the West Side Garden Club examining Christmas holiday table decorations at their Holiday House Tea. Left to right are Mrs. Wilfred J. Harr... |
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| Description: | Interior view of the block house with a steep exposed ceiling. A man is siting in a chair, and United States flags adorn the columns and a framed image on ... |
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| Description: | Interior of a sitting place at Saint Mary's Sanatorium, founded in 1880 by Bishop Salpointe. The room holds chairs and tables, and decorative art lines the... |
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| Description: | Interior of the Flemish Dining Room at the Elton Hotel, built in 1905. Decorative lighting surrounds a domed skylight, and below, tables are set for a meal... |
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| Description: | A piano stands on a carpet among chairs and decorative plants inside a music room at the Academy of Jesus and Mary. Paintings and statues stand on the pian... |
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| Description: | People surround decorated booths at the annual Woodstock Library Fair. |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Cover of the book "Wisconsin Mushrooms" by the Federal Writers' Project in Wisconsin and bound by Milwaukee Handicraft Project. The cover features a woodcu... |
| Date: | 12 08 1953 |
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| Description: | Christmas holiday tea table centerpiece created by Emma (Mrs. F.M.) Distelhorst of 3630 Spring Trail. The display was sponsored by the West Side Garden Clu... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of J.P.M. Olsen, painter, paper-hanger, and decorator from Durholm, Wisconsin (previously of Milltown, Wisconsin). There is a profile image of a... |
| Date: | 03 11 1957 |
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| Description: | Little Garden Club members Pearl Nordeen and Lydia Shafer posing with their floral arrangement at the Red Cross office. |
| Date: | 03 11 1957 |
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| Description: | West Side Garden Club member and Red Cross Gray lady therapist Christina Dana is shown with a floral arrangement used in helping Mendota State Hospital pat... |
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