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Jessie Chase and Painting

Date: 05 20 1932
Description: Artist Jessie Kalmbach Chase standing near her painting above a fireplace at Lakewood School kindergarten room, 2314 Sherman Avenue. She is the only Madiso...
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Art Class at the State School for the Deaf

Date: 1893
Description: Female students practice painting and drawing in an art class session at the State School for the Deaf as a teacher assists in the background.
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Night Session Art Class

Date: 1949
Description: A night session art class, for University of Wisconsin Extension Center in Milwaukee.
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Grace Genevieve Cunningham, as a Painter

Date: 1905
Description: Grace Genevieve Cunningham, member of the Menomonie High School class of 1905, depicted as a painter. While she is described as an artist, she is shown pai...
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Madison Art Association Summer Scholarship Winner

Date: 07 14 1949
Description: Madison Art Association Summer Scholarship winner Barbara Thaller receives guidance from instructor Fritz Carpenter.
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Ellen Clara Sabin

Date: 04 08 1914
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait in front of a studio backdrop of Ellen Clara Sabin, Milwaukee teacher and administrator.
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Library at Washington Irving High School

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Description: Interior of the library at Washington Irving High School, built in 1913 and designed b C.B.J. Snyder. Students study at tables and take books from the shel...
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Art Room

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Description: Interior of an art room. Female students are sitting at tables and easels, painting or doing craft projects. Large windows open to a garden outside.
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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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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 Central High School Committee

Date: 03 04 1954
Description: Members of the Madison Central High School committee plan the annual Student Council Faculty Tea. Seated are, left to right: Miss Elizabeth Ritzmann, advis...
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Professional Women in Madison

Date: 01 29 1957
Description: Portrait of Ruth Allcott, Art Director of Madison's public schools.
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Back River Falls High School Class of 1894

Date: 1894
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of six men posed standing, two men and four women posed sitting. Probably the Black River Falls High School ...
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Studio Portrait of Black River High School Class of 1895

Date: 1895
Description: Studio portrait of two men and three women posing sitting, in front of three men and six women posing standing in front of a painted backdrop in a photogra...
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Genevieve Milward

Date: 06 1921
Description: Full-length studio graduation portrait of Genevieve Milward (later McVicar), (1902-1987) of Madison, Wisconsin, standing in front of a painted backdrop. Sh...
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The First Kindergarten in America

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Description: Artist's rendering of an elevated view of the first kindergarten, with children and a teacher gathered in front of the building. There are inset portraits ...
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Muscoda High School Basketball Team

Date: 1903
Description: Group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of the Muscoda High School Girls' Basketball Team and their coach. The frame has the S. Gillett imprint, but ...
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Group of Students

Date: 1905
Description: Group portrait of four women, seated in front of three men, all unidentified. The women wear high-collared white blouses and long dark skirts. The men wear...
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Helen Farnsworth Mears Art Contest

Date: 03 23 1960
Description: Randy Olson holds his fourth-prize winning landscape painting at the Helen Farnsworth Mears art contest for eighth graders. Admiring the painting are three...
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Helen Farnsworth Mears Art Contest

Date: 03 23 1960
Description: Contest judge Mrs. Daisy Breyer (left) and Central High school art teacher Mrs. Merrie Wisiol (right) admire the painting of Beverly Fries, a fifth-place w...

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