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Madison Youth Center "The LOFT"

Date: 11 14 1944
Description: Students painting a mural for the opening of "The LOFT," a high school activities center, at the YMCA. LOFT = Lots Of Fun Times. Left to right: Joan Wells,...
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WHA Studio

Date: 02 26 1945
Description: WHA studio, with two women and two men posing around a microphone. The woman to the immediate left of the microphone has been identified as Dorothy Shinsti...
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Painting of "The Signing of the American Constitution"

Date: 1910
Description: Painting, in the Wisconsin State Capitol, of "The Signing of the American Constitution," one of four mural paintings by Albert Herter on the west wall of t...
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The Trial of Chief Oshkosh by Judge Doty

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Description: Painting, in the Wisconsin State Capitol, of "The Trial of Chief Oshkosh by Judge Doty," one of four mural paintings by Albert Herter on the south wall of ...
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LOFT's New Year's Party

Date: 12 31 1946
Description: Five young people enjoying the LOFT's New Year's Eve party at the Community center are: (standing left to right) Burdick Myre, Paul Raymond, and Mary Ellen...
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Madison High School Drum Majorettes

Date: 02 05 1947
Description: Madison High School drum majorettes posing in their uniforms in front of a mural on a wall. Left to right: Betty Melvin, Central High School; Rebecca Wilso...
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Wisconsin Centennial Mural

Date: 1948
Description: Artist William Ashby McCloy working on his Wisconsin Centennial murals in the State Historical Society of Wisconsin building.
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Three High School Girls Thinking Spring

Date: 03 13 1947
Description: Posing in front of a mural of Madison, three high school girls with tennis rackets symbolize the spirit of "spring fever." From left are Barbara Gilbert, 2...
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Longfellow School Play

Date: 03 25 1947
Description: Cast members in costume at Longfellow School play, "The Bear's Dream".
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Central High School Student Council

Date: 01 29 1948
Description: Officers of the Central High School Student Council posed in front of a mural: left to right are Donna Neu, secretary; Coleman Jackson, treasurer; Carl Car...
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Young Adult Club with Wishing Well

Date: 01 23 1948
Description: Five members of the Young Adult Club dropping coins into a wishing well during a dance at the Community Center to aid the March of Dimes. Pictured left to ...
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John Steinhaus Children

Date: 12 24 1948
Description: John Steinhaus's children (a boy and a girl) sitting on Santa's lap.
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Teen-Agers Dating

Date: 01 26 1949
Description: Dressed formally are Edgewood students Betty Roherty, wearing a dress and a corsage, and Bob Kessenich, wearing a suit and tie. They are posed in front of ...
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Dudgeon School Students and Bird Mural

Date: 04 13 1949
Description: Fourth grade Dudgeon School students looking at a bird mural they created for a Parent-Teachers Association program.
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Tapsy, Son of Blackhawk

Date: 1867
Description: Carte-de-visite studio portrait of man standing with a frilled-bodice, cloth hunting shirt with leather leggings. A wool plaid shawl is worn toga-style; an...
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Black Hawk Potawatomi

Date: 1867
Description: Carte-de-visite studio portrait of man posing on chair in front of a painted backdrop. He has a beard and is wearing a hat, jacket, and trousers.
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Madison Youth Council Members

Date: 11 19 1949
Description: Four members of the Madison Youth Council discuss teenage driving courses. From left are: Ken Kanouse, Phyllis Robinson, Maxentia Retzlaff, and Stefan Ande...
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Mural Map of Madison

Date: 12 02 1949
Description: Artist Joan Holm, daughter of John and Harriet Holm of 2318 Rugby Row, painting a mural map of the city of Madison on a wall in the business offices of Mad...
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Studying for Final Exams

Date: 02 01 1950
Description: Three Central High School students gather at a table to study for final semester exams. A women's pair of ice skates are on the table. They are, from left,...
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Madison High School Musicians

Date: 05 10 1950
Description: Four Madison high school musicians, participants in the annual music festival at the University of Wisconsin stock pavillion, posing for a group portrait. ...

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