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Edward Sylvester Morse, Zoologist and Orientalist

Date: 1873
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Edward S. Morse (1838-1925), American zoologist and orientalist. As a zoologist, he discovered that brachiopods are worms rathe...
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Madison Artists Exhibition Award Winners

Date: 02 06 1949
Description: Three award winners at the Madison Artists Exhibition. From left are Arthur Anderson of Stoughton, watercolor; Mrs. Martha Lauritzen of Madison, ceramics; ...
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Pottery of Aaron Bohrod and F. Carlton Hall

Date: 03 20 1951
Description: F. Carlton Ball (left), University of Wisconsin Assistant Professor of Art, and Aaron Bohrod, University of Wisconsin Artist in Residence, pose for a portr...
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Mexican Market Scene

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Description: A market scene in Juarez, Mexico with people standing around pottery and various other items being sold from a blanket laid on the ground.
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Trimpey Collection Exhibit

Date: 1948
Description: John Jenkins, museum director, and Ruth K. Harris, museum curator, of the (then) State Historical Society of Wisconsin museum prepare a display case for an...
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Trimpey Collection Exhibit

Date: 1948
Description: John Jenkins, museum director of the (then) State Historical Society of Wisconsin museum, examines a pitcher in preparation for an exhibit of English luste...
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Man Creating Earthenware Vessel

Date: 09 1951
Description: Man squatting on ground while making a large, earthenware pot in Jaipur, India.
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Road to Joppa and Camp of Bedouin Arabs #1709

Date: 1893
Description: A depiction of Jerusalem on the day of Jesus' crucifixion. This is the road to Joppa and a camp of Bedouin Arabs. Text at right: "Wanderings Among the Wond...
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Old Cistern, Mts. Mizpeh and Emmans in Distance #1710

Date: 1893
Description: A depiction of Jerusalem on the day of Jesus' crucifixion. Mount Mizpeh and Emmaus are in the distance. Text at right: "Wanderings Among the Wonders and Be...
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Damascus Road and Old Caravansary #1711

Date: 1893
Description: A replication of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Depicted is the Damascus Road, the site where Saint Paul is believed to have converted to Christianity. T...
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Lime Kilns

Date: 08 1988
Description: "These unused lime kilns are located at Marblehead."
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Roddy House

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Description: View across lawn of the Roddy House. A young girl is posing in the yard standing and displaying a pony, a young man is sitting with a dog near the porch st...
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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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Roddy Residence

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Description: View across lawn towards the front of a two-story wood-frame house. One European-American woman and two European-American men wearing hats are sitting on t...
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Shopkeeper

Date: 1920
Description: A smiling shopkeeper in traditional dress showing a ceramic cat to Leonore Middleton. There are shelves behind Leonore which are crowded with figurines.
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A Friendly Game

Date: 09 1921
Description: Leonore and Forest Middleton, on the far left, playing cards with two other women and a man while sitting at a small table. The man on the far right has th...
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Pottery Shop

Date: 1920
Description: A shopkeeper is using a feather duster to clean stacks of bowls displayed on a low table in the open air. Teapots in an array of shapes and finishes are su...
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Throwing on a Potter's Wheel

Date: 1967
Description: A small audience of children and adults are watching a ceramicist working on a potter's wheel. He is shaping the rim of a vase as while it is spinning on t...
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Potter at Work

Date: 1967
Description: A small audience of children and adults are watching a ceramicist throwing a vase on a pottery wheel. Pottery is sitting on shelving on the left.
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Ceramic Arts Studios

Date: 01 27 1954
Description: Leonard Ahlen putting glaze-dipped dragon figures into the kiln at Ceramic Arts Studios, 8 North Blount Street.

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