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| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | A sketch of the winning dress designed by Betty Lou Jahn of Milwaukee for the first Alice in Dairyland in 1948. Not only was the design worn by the first A... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Costume sketch of a gold, plumed headdress with veil created for Grace Kelly in "To Catch a Thief". |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Cartoon showing a man looking at the following text: "Look at the facts, in 11 days war casualties 15,883, civilian casualties 24,812." |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | 3 cent stamp design with a Wisconsin theme in blue. |
| Date: | 12 16 1947 |
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| Description: | First place winning design in blue for a 3 cent Wisconsin centennial stamp, which features a farming theme, including a tractor with the word "Forward" on ... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Design in pencil for the Wisconsin Centennial 3 cent stamp featuring a cow's head and an arm holding a hammer. |
| Date: | 12 13 1947 |
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| Description: | Design in blue for Wisconsin Centennial 3 cent postage stamp featuring a badger in a subtle "W" design. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | One of two pencil sketches submitted by Leon Pescheret of Whitewater, Wisconsin, to the Wisconsin Centennial Committee to be considered for the Wisconsin C... |
| Date: | 07 1947 |
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| Description: | One of two pencil sketches submitted by Leon Pescheret of Whitewater, Wisconsin, to the Wisconsin Centennial Committee to be considered for the Wisconsin C... |
| Date: | 07 1947 |
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| Description: | Pencil sketch submitted by Leon Pescheret of Whitewater, Wisconsin to the Wisconsin Centennial Committee to be considered for the Wisconsin Centennial Comm... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | A green Wisconsin flag themed stamp design. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | A reddish Wisconsin America's Dairyland themed stamp design. |
| Date: | 05 07 1944 |
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| Description: | Billy Gorman, third grade student at Emerson School, is showing Robert Murray, sixth grade student at Lowell School, his picture displayed in the Child Sal... |
| Date: | 09 08 1944 |
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| Description: | Unidentified woman sitting at a drawing board, possibly Miss or Mrs. Younger. |
| Date: | 06 08 1945 |
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| Description: | East High School student with an image of U.S. Marines raising the flag on Iwo Jima, which was used for a newly issued 3 cent postage stamp. This stamp is ... |
| Date: | 06 08 1945 |
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| Description: | An East High School student shown with images of the presidents Washington, Lincoln, and Franklin Roosevelt, a depiction of an Iwo Jima flag raising and tw... |
| Date: | 10 1946 |
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| Description: | Drawing of an "Electric Grill" in a fictional diner. The photograph was taken for E.I.P. Inc. (Electronic Information Publications), and probably published... |
| Date: | 10 1946 |
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| Description: | Sketch of Hankscraft baby bottle warmer. |
| Date: | 02 03 1947 |
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| Description: | Clare Severance with her "Old Tree" drawing, which received the Joseph R. Rothchild prize of $25 in graphics at the Madison Artists exhibition. |
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