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| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | An artist sculpts a bust from photographs of Margaret McGuire, the first Alice in Dairyland, most likely to be displayed at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposi... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | View of construction workers and stone carvers/cutters (some of them probably Italian) showing the detailed sections of the building of the State Historica... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | "Spirit of the Northwest" monument by Sidney Bedore, on the grounds of the Brown County Court House. Represented, left to right: a Menominee, Claude Alloue... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Sculptor Gutzon Borglum at work on his bust of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., and Burton K. Wheeler. The medallion was the official medal of La Follette's Ind... |
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| Description: | Sculptor Louis Mayer, with his larger-than-life portrait bust of Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr., modeled in 1919. Mayer was a Milwaukee-born painter a... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin State Capitol dome, showing the statue "Wisconsin" by Daniel Chester French. |
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| Description: | One of four allegorical statuary groups, done by sculptor Karl Bitter, on the exterior of the Wisconsin State Capitol. This one is named "Strength," and is... |
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| Description: | "Forward" statue, sculpted by Jean P. Miner, for the Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago, Illinios. After the exhibition, women of Wisconsin donated fu... |
| Date: | 2002 |
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| Description: | "Genius of Wisconsin" statue, which was originally sculpted by Helen Mears for the Columbian Exposition of 1893. It was later recreated in marble by the Pi... |
| Date: | 1990 |
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| Description: | Norwegian-born Colonel Hans Christian Heg of the 15th Wisconsin Infantry was mortally wounded at Chickamauga on 19 September 1863 and died the next day. Th... |
| Date: | 05 1990 |
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| Description: | One of four allegorical statuary groups, done by sculptor Karl Bitter, on the exterior of the Wisconsin State Capitol. This one is named "Strength," and is... |
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| Description: | One of four allegorical statuary groups, by sculptor Karl Bitter, on the exterior of the Wisconsin State Capitol. This one is named "Faith," and is above t... |
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| Description: | "Genius of Wisconsin" statue, originally sculpted by Helen Mears for the Columbian Exposition of 1893. It was later recreated in marble by the Piccirilli B... |
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| Description: | "The West" statue at the first floor southwest entrance the Wisconsin State Capitol. Vinnie Ream Hoxie modeled this statue in 1866-1868. It was carved in R... |
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| Description: | South Pediment, called "The Virtues and Traits of Character," by the sculptor Adolph Weinman. One of four groups of granite statuary on the exterior of the... |
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| Description: | East Pediment, called "Liberty Supported by the Law," by the sculptor Karl Bitter. One of four groups of granite statuary on the exterior of the Wisconsin ... |
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| Description: | North Pediment, called "Learning of the World, by the sculptor Attilio Piccirilli. This is one of four groups of granite statuary on the exterior of the Wi... |
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| Description: | West Pediment, called "The Unveiling of the Resources of the State," by the sculptor Karl Bitter. One of four groups of granite statuary on the exterior of... |
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| Description: | Detail of allegorical statuary group. One of four allegorical statuary groups, done by sculptor Karl Bitter, on the exterior of the Wisconsin State Capitol... |
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| Description: | Statue of Colonel Hans Christian Heg, by Paul Fjelde, at the King Street approach to the Wisconsin State Capitol. Commander of the 15th Wisconsin Infantry,... |
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