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University of Wisconsin Service League Junior Division Activities

Date: 01 22 1952
Description: The junior division of the University of Wisconsin Service League for faculty wives has a number of interest groups including handicrafts, rosemaling, text...
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Madison Theater Guild's Costume Designer Loie

Date: 02 26 1952
Description: Pictured is the Madison Theater's Guild's costume designer who uses only the name Loie.
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Easter Seal Sales Help the Handicapped

Date: 03 10 1952
Description: Edward Meier painting artistic floral plaques, a skill Mr. Meier learned through the Homecraft training service provided by the district rehabilitation off...
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Edgewood College Style Show

Date: 03 13 1952
Description: Models Patrica Quisling and Marcia Pilon are shown wearing spring fashions from Manchesters Department Store.
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Madison Art Association Exhibit — "American Open House"

Date: 04 01 1952
Description: Donald Haugen and Mrs. William F. Ackerman painting a coal stove which is part of a school room setting to be used for the display of the Winslow Homer pai...
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Madison Art Association Exhibit — "American Open House"

Date: 04 01 1952
Description: Richard Houghton, left, and Charles Haycock, assistant curators of exhibits at the Wisconsin Historical Museum, working on a descriptive background panel f...
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Madison Art Association Exhibit — "American Open House"

Date: 04 01 1952
Description: Kenneth Hopkins, the Wisconsin Historical Museum's curator of exhibits, in front of the painting "The Trapper's Return" by George Caleb Bingham. The painti...
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Madison Art Association Exhibit — "American Open House"

Date: 04 01 1952
Description: Mrs. Raymond J. (Dorothy G.) Koltes, president of the Madison Art Association, in front of a portrait of John Quincy Adams, painted about 1790 by Charles W...
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Madison Art Association Exhibit — "American Open House"

Date: 04 01 1952
Description: Madison Art Association members Mrs. Ralph E. (Katherine H.) Axley, left, Mrs. Richard B. (Louise M.) Gordon, center, and Mrs. Theodore (Emily D.?) Erickso...
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Madison City School Art Show

Date: 05 25 1952
Description: The two award winners in the "Salon of School Art" show. On the left is the high school winner, William Bunce, a student at West high school. On the right ...
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Shorewood Hills Community League Rosemaling Class

Date: 12 16 1952
Description: Members of the rosemaling class of the Shorewood Hills Community League sitting around a table. Shown are Karl K. Reese, the instructor, and Beatrice Cartw...
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Rural Art Show at the University of Wisconsin Memorial Union

Date: 05 24 1953
Description: Pat Schafer of West Allis and Barbara Little of Kaukauna admire an oil painting done by Mrs. Edward Staver of Lancaster at the annual Rural Art Show held a...
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Murals in Junior Red Cross Assembly Room

Date: 06 08 1953
Description: Water safety accident prevention and first aid are the themes of the mural being completed by East Junior High School pupils for the east wall of the Junio...
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Madison Art Foundation

Date: 07 11 1953
Description: Three members of the advisory committee of the recently incorporated Madison Art Foundation pose for a portrait. Left to right: University of Wisconsin pro...
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Madison Art Foundation

Date: 08 11 1953
Description: Portrait of supporters of the recently incorporated Madison Art Foundation. Philip Falk (left), superintendent of Madison schools, shows a piece of artwork...
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Madison Art Foundation Membership Committee

Date: 08 10 1953
Description: Members of the Madison Art Foundation membership committee address envelopes for a mailing. They are, from left: Arline Findorff, Eugenia Bolz and Mary Mac...
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Japanese Home Furnishings

Date: 09 14 1953
Description: The W.H. Wikoff residence, 34C University Houses, contains many Japanese furnishings. A hand-carved Japanese chest is shown with a teakwood sweetmeat box a...
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Madison Artists Exhibition

Date: 02 13 1954
Description: John Colt of Janesville and one of the jurors, Rainey Bennett of Chicago, are shown with Colt's oil painting, "Burial Ground." Colt received the Mrs. Franc...
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Madison Artists Exhibition

Date: 02 13 1954
Description: Dean Meeker and Dorothy Zupancich Meeker are shown with an oil painting, "Joseph's Coat." painted by Meeker. Dean Meeker, assistant professor of art educat...
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Madison Artists Exhibition

Date: 02 13 1954
Description: Aaron Bohrod, artist-in-residence at the University of Wisconsin, received the Catherine Head Coleman Award of Excellence of $100 for his oil, "Objects on ...

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