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| Description: | Full-length, black-and-white portrait of "Tiger Woman," a female model posing nude against a black paper backdrop. She is painted like a tiger with striped... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait of a boy, 14-years-old, posing in front of a painted backdrop. He is standing next to a cloth covered table holding a plate of ... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing titled, "Today and Tomorrow — The Fisherman's Myth Never Flounders," that appeared in the Wisconsin State Journal on... |
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| Description: | A bartender is serving a customer in a bar while standing with his pants halfway down his legs exposing his backside. The title above the drawing reads: "I... |
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| Description: | Nude woman with body painting eating a plate of strawberries and whipped cream. Sitting on a stool in a garage, she is painted like a tiger, with stripes c... |
| Date: | 1981 |
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| Description: | Gate fold front covers and interior of dinner menu from The Backstage, with a line drawing of film actors Greta Garbo and John Gilbert on the front cover p... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | A photographic copy of an early, full-length studio portrait of Elizabeth Farnsworth Mears (1830-1907) standing in front of a painted backdrop with column ... |
| Date: | 11 10 2015 |
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| Description: | Numerous protest groups, including the Overpass Light Brigade, and the Student Union Movement, are forming a ring around young protesters as they are lying... |
| Date: | 03 29 2016 |
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| Description: | Standing in the foreground in front of a fence are two people with cameras filming an African American man talking to a group of people who are Trump suppo... |
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| Description: | A nude woman, with long hair, is standing and posing against a backdrop. Her body has been painted to look like the face of a tiger, with stripes on her ar... |
| Date: | 01 27 1954 |
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| Description: | Paul Byrge making molds for ceramic figures at Ceramic Arts Studios, 8 North Blount Street. |
| Date: | 04 1955 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin artist-in-residence, Aaron Bohrod, at work in his campus studio. Bohrod started the position in 1948. |
| Date: | 04 1955 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin artist-in-residence, Aaron Bohrod, welcoming young visitors to his campus studio. Shown with Bohrod (left to right) are: John Drake... |
| Date: | 04 1955 |
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| Description: | Overhead view of University of Wisconsin artist-in-residence, Aaron Bohrod, who is working in his campus studio mixing colors for a painting. |
| Date: | 04 1955 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin artist-in-residence, Aaron Bohrod, concentrating on a painting in his campus studio. |
| Date: | 04 1955 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin artist-in-residence, Aaron Bohrod, posing in his campus studio during a break from a painting project. |
| Date: | 10 13 1940 |
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| Description: | Charlie Chaplin listening to a woman reporter during a press conference at the Waldorf Astoria related to the New York premiere of "The Great Dictator." Ab... |
| Date: | 10 13 1940 |
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| Description: | Charlie Chaplin sitting talking to reporters, about six of whom are visible. A small table covered with glasses of ice water, a coffee cup, cigarettes, etc... |
| Date: | 10 13 1940 |
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| Description: | Charlie Chaplin is sitting on the far left with his arm draped over the chair and is talking to a circle of about twelve seated reporters during a meeting ... |
| Date: | 10 13 1940 |
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| Description: | Charlie Chaplin talking over his shoulder to a man while handing a hotel maid a piece of paper which he has perhaps autographed. They are in a hallway of t... |
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