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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Quarters of the Historical Society

Date: 1880
Description: The Historical Society's early library and painting collections on display in the third Wisconsin State Capitol. This photograph was taken about 1880 befor...
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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Quarters of the Historical Society

Date: 1880
Description: Librarian Daniel S. Durrie seated in the two-story high gallery that the Historical Society occupied in the old South Wing of the Wisconsin State Capitol f...
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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Quarters of the Historical Society

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph of librarian Daniel S. Durrie seated in the two-story high gallery that the Historical Society occupied in the old South Wing of the Wisconsin ...
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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Museum Exhibit

Date: 1900
Description: Artifacts from the New Richmond tornado on display in the Historical Society's museum in the Wisconsin State Capitol. The display of such curiosities, now ...
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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior - Museum of the Historical Society

Date: 1900
Description: The Daniel Webster carriage on display in the Historical Society's museum in the third Wisconsin State Capitol. At that time the Historical Society's quart...
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Wisconsin Historical Society Display of Cliff Dweller Pottery

Date: 1900
Description: The Wisconsin Historical Society Museum display of Cliff Dweller Pottery from the Robert Laird McCormick Collection. Pottery is displayed in a glass case w...
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State Historical Society, Gallery 405

Date: 1901
Description: Gallery 405 in the museum of the State Historical Society. Interior showing paintings on the walls, and a skylight in the ceiling.
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Historical Museum Art Exhibit by Children

Date: 09 08 1944
Description: Miss Emilie Wiedenbeck, also known as Peter Mabie, writer and illustrator of children's books, is looking over some children's paintings and drawings with ...
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Children's Art Exhibit

Date: 09 18 1944
Description: Alford Beckwith, seventh grade student at Longfellow School, with three of his animal paintings exhibited in the "Children Look at Wisconsin" exhibition at...
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Children's Art Exhibit

Date: 09 19 1944
Description: John Gorman, 1st grader at Emerson, and Gretchen Hovig, 7th grader at Lapham, with their art work being exhibited in the "Children Look at Wisconsin" exhib...
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Children's Art Exhibit

Date: 09 19 1944
Description: Allen Steinmetz, 4th grader at Marquette, Berry Cass, 6th grader at Emerson, and Richard Bender, 9th grader at Central Jr. High School, with their painting...
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Max Fernekes with Paintings

Date: 10 23 1944
Description: Max Fernekes of Mineral Point with a display of his watercolors and sketches for a one-man show at the State Historical Museum. He was also a featured arti...
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Rural Art Exhibit at State Historical Society Building

Date: 1945
Description: Exhibit of contemporary rural art on display in the first floor hallway of the State Historical Society building. The view is looking north toward the eas...
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Julius Rehder Art Show

Date: 01 02 1945
Description: Julius Rehder, artist (1861-1955) with his son, University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Helmut Rehder, looking at an oil painting done by the father when...
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Winifred Ford with her Watercolors

Date: 05 01 1945
Description: Winifred (Bonnewitz) Ford with several of her watercolor paintings from the exhibit at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin titled "Old Homes in Madis...
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Madison Art Association Exhibit — "American Open House"

Date: 04 01 1952
Description: Richard Houghton, left, and Charles Haycock, assistant curators of exhibits at the Wisconsin Historical Museum, working on a descriptive background panel f...
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Madison Art Association Exhibit — "American Open House"

Date: 04 01 1952
Description: Kenneth Hopkins, the Wisconsin Historical Museum's curator of exhibits, in front of the painting "The Trapper's Return" by George Caleb Bingham. The painti...
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We Saw You . . . at Photo Preview

Date: 09 24 1958
Description: Members of the Madison Art Association and the Women's Auxiliary of the State Historical Society get a preview of "The Family of Man" photographic exhibit ...
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We Saw You . . . at Photo Preview

Date: 09 24 1958
Description: Members of the Madison Art Association and the Women's Auxiliary of the State Historical Society get a preview of "The Family of Man" photographic exhibit ...
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We Saw You . . . at Photo Preview

Date: 09 24 1958
Description: Members of the Madison Art Association and the Women's Auxiliary of the State Historical Society get a preview of "The Family of Man" photographic exhibit ...

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