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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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Portrait of Susan S. Frackelton

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Description: Studio portrait of Mrs. Susan S. Frackelton of Milwaukee, WI. Caption: "Mrs. Susan S. Frackelton of Milwaukee. Artist in ceramics and inventor of the gas k...
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Mrs. Robert (Dorothy L.) Sirney

Date: 10 13 1948
Description: Mrs. Robert (Dorothy L.) Sirney, standing in front of a curtain and wearing a Norwegian costume. She is holding a wooden platter she has decorated with ros...
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Fern Fowler, Madison Artist with Decorated Eggs

Date: 03 26 1949
Description: Madison artist Mrs. Russell (Fern) Fowler, 3315 Blackhawk Drive, with a display of her hand-painted china Easter eggs. The eggs were popular during the Vic...
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Christmas Tree with Portraits

Date: 1900
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...
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Holiday Decorating at the Loft

Date: 12 13 1951
Description: Two teenage girls are placing a garland on an artificial Christmas tree in front of a graphic depicting Santa in a sleigh holding a bag of presents. They a...
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Heritage Christmas Stockings

Date: 07 02 1953
Description: Mrs. Fred T. Cruse displays seven examples of her heavily decorated handmade velvet Christmas stockings, which she sells nation-wide and which retail for $...
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Grulke Farm Building Decoration

Date: 2004
Description: Reinhard Grulke received this horse and carriage cutout as a gift.
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Christmas Customs

Date: 12 14 1953
Description: Maybelle Otterson demonstrates a Christmas custom as she hangs a front door decoration on her home at 209 North Blackhawk Avenue in Shorewood.
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Decoupage Art

Date: 04 12 1954
Description: Helen Burkhart holds a box on which she has appliqued gold paper and inlaid various colored stones.
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Woman's Club Christmas Flower Show

Date: 12 07 1955
Description: Mrs. Russell (Fern) Fowler sits by her entry for the fifth annual "Holiday House" Christmas flower show at the Woman's Club building. She represented the M...
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Flower Arrangement

Date: 03 11 1957
Description: Little Garden Club members Pearl Nordeen and Lydia Shafer posing with their floral arrangement at the Red Cross office.
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John Eustice, Designer of China Patterns

Date: 04 28 1958
Description: John Eustice poses with a display of his china patterns. A graduate of University of Wisconsin and New York State College of Ceramics, John specializes in ...
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Kate Schultlz Shows Home Accessory Skills

Date: 10 12 1959
Description: Kate Schultz is shown with a sport coat she made for her husband from fabric that she wove. She also hooked the rug at her feet, upholstered the chair she ...
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Ancient Chinese Screen

Date: 10 18 1960
Description: Jimmy Demetral poses with an ancient Chinese screen at his shop, Gulesserian's, on State Street in Madison. He bought the screen, said to be over three-hun...
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Mora Lincoln and Flower Arrangement

Date: 06 09 1953
Description: Mora Lincoln with one of her flower arrangements. She regularly gives lessons and demonstrations on the art of arranging flowers.
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Hand-Painted Sayings

Date: 2013
Description: Lois Wason displaying her hand-painted saying about grandmothers, with flowers, on a board at Becker Plaza. She is wearing a light blue work shirt over a t...
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Governor's Council on the Arts Honors Individuals at Governor's Executive Residence Dinner

Date: 10 08 1964
Description: Fourteen individuals, or schools, are honored by the Governor's Council of the Arts at a Governor's Executive Residence dinner. The recipients are honored ...
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Dual Portrait of Sid by Mirror Reflection

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Description: Dual portrait of Sid, en face staring straight at the camera and in profile reflected in a large mirror. He is leaning with his arm on a long shelf ...
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Indian Boy

Date: 1910
Description: An Indian boy posing wearing a feathered headdress and a beaded bandolier in front of the doorway of a building. He is in an Indian village at the mouth of...

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