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Joseph B. Kalvelage House

Date: 1977
Description: Exterior of house, located at 2432 West Kilbourn Avenue. House has three levels, and is surrounded by trees.
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Kalvelage House

Date: 1977
Description: 2432 West Kilbourn Avenue. Exterior detail of terra cotta figures of bearded men on the front porch columns.
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Ben F. Wilson Modeling a Collie in Clay

Date: 1918
Description: Original caption: "Universal Actor as Sculptor Ben Wilson spends leisure hours at favorite pastime--the making of statuary. Here he is modeling a statuet...
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Havana Parade, Cuban Revolution

Date: 
Description: Parade celebrating Fidel Casto's arrival in Havana at the end of the Cuban Revolution. 26th of July Movement soldiers are riding on top of a captured Sher...
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Juan Almeida Bosque on a Picnic in Cuba

Date: 1959
Description: Juan Almeida Bosque, operating chief of the Cuban airforce, and a small group having a picnic in the countryside of Cuba. Three soldiers in fatigues are si...
Photograph

Shrine for Police Officers, Cuba

Date: 1959
Description: Shrine for police officers in Cuba one year after the Cuban Revolution. The shrine is a blue plaster enclosure with a white-framed glass door. Inside is a...
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Young Sculptor

Date: 05 13 1968
Description: Thurman Butler, 16, with the sculpture he made while practicing cutting and welding techniques in a foundry course at Milwaukee Technical college. He calle...
Photograph

David Winn with Henry Moore Sculpture

Date: 1962
Description: David Winn peering out from behind a Henry Moore sculpture.
Poster

"In the Year of the Pig"

Date: 02 26 1969
Description: Poster advertising the premiere of Emile de Antonio's documentary film "In the Year of the Pig," at the Symphony II theater in Boston. Although the film wa...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Crowd on Bascom Hill at Lincoln Monument

Date: 11 26 1963
Description: Original UPI Wirephoto transmission. Caption reads: "Even the statue of Abraham Lincoln on the University of Wisconsin campus seemed more somber 11/25 than...
Poster

"Obchod na Korze" (The Shop on Main Street) Film Poster

Date: 1966
Description: Czechoslovakian film poster with white background and black border. Features an illustrated collage image of a woman made up of an eye, lips, curl of hair,...
Poster

"Poslední soud" (The Last Judgment) Film Poster

Date: 1963
Description: Czechoslovakian film poster for the Italian-French film "Il giudizio universale." There are two rows of legs wearing high heels with bowler hats next to th...
Drawing

Proposed "Forevertron" Site Sketch

Date: 1998
Description: Drawing of Dr. Evermor's "Forevertron" envisioned on the site of the former Badger Army Ammunition Plant (originally known as Badger Ordnance Works). D...
Photograph

Woman Posing with Rifle at Alma Mater Statue

Date: 
Description: A woman posing on the steps of the University of Havana in Cuba in front of a statue. She is kneeling and holding a rifle. The statue is draped with a clot...
Photograph

"Ben-Hur: A Tale of Christ" Prop

Date: 1925
Description: An artist posing with a large statue that was used in the film "Ben-Hur: A Tale of Christ." The artist is standing on the top step of a wooden staircase a...
Photograph

Tejumola F. Ologboni

Date: 06 13 1987
Description: A man is grimacing while working on what appears to be an Egyptian stone sculpture. Caption reads: "Tejumola F. Ologboni attached the beard to a figure on ...
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His Holiness, the Dalai Lama and Geshe L Sopa

Date: 2007
Description: His Holiness, the Dalai Lama and Geshe L Sopa at the Alliant Center.
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Milwaukee Public School Student Art Display

Date: 03 08 1983
Description: Two room divider panels are displaying several works of art. Framed between the two panels is a man standing on the other side of the panels. Caption reads...
Photograph

"The Great Dictator" Press Photograph

Date: 10 15 1940
Description: In the center of a large crowd of people in the lobby of the Capitol Theatre, actress Paulette Goddard dressed in white is smiling broadly as is Charlie Ch...
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Critic's Choice

Date: 1970
Description: A crowd browsing the art at a fair in a small town. The booth is displaying mostly owls and may belong to artist Clarence P. Cameron.

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