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Sketch of Weston

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Description: Marginal sketch of a view of Weston from original letters written by Private Edmund F. Bennett of Newport, Wisconsin, Company E, 12th Wisconsin Volunteers.
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Wisconsin Alumni Club Annual Meeting

Date: 03 15 1960
Description: Working on plans for the annual dinner meeting of the Wisconsin Alumni Club of Madison are Anya Castle, Dorothy Curreri, Mary Mohs, and Jean Johnson. The s...
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6th Grade Art Class Listening to the Radio

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Description: A sixth grade class listening to an art lesson on the WHA-FM Wisconsin School of the Air program "Let's Draw" conducted by James Schwalbach.
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Jourdain Homestead

Date: 1900
Description: Jourdain's homestead, built by Joseph Jourdain in what was then Ft. Howard, Wisconsin. Eleazer Williams is said to have married Joseph Jourdain's daughter ...
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Native Americans near Keshena

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Description: Native Americans on the Menominee Reservation near Keshena, Wisconsin. A white man in the foreground appears to be drawing something out of camera range. T...
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School Children at Work

Date: 1932
Description: Pupils at the Northey School, District No. 7, read and work at their desks. Student artwork and other prints decorate the walls.
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Arlene Elmer

Date: 1935
Description: Arlene Annette Elmer, 14, poses with three of her drawings alongside the Farmer's Grove School. Her teacher wrote on the reverse of this photograph that sh...
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Madison Theater Guild's Costume Designer Loie

Date: 02 26 1952
Description: Pictured is the Madison Theater's Guild's costume designer who uses only the name Loie.
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Advertising Shapes American Life

Date: 02 14 1956
Description: John Worden and Ralph Denu recently formed an art studio bearing both of their names. Advertising agencies often use such an art studio.
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Little Stone House

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Description: Sketch of a residential home. Text reads: "'Little Stone House' 1841".
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Studio of Panorama Artist

Date: 1900
Description: Friedrich Wilhelm Heine at work in his studio. An unidentified woman paints at an easel. Many paintings and sketches surround them. Heine was the Superviso...
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Finger Painting Class at Nichols School

Date: 01 05 1955
Description: Art instructor Ray Lenahan instructing a third-grade class at Nichols School in the art of finger painting using an old-style Crayon drawing as an example,...
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Washington School First Graders

Date: 04 28 1948
Description: First grade students at Madison's Washington School used special activities to help build their vocabularies. In this photograph students are watching a "m...
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Story Time

Date: 1976
Description: A group of children is seated on the floor and in chairs, listening to a teacher reading during story time. One boy is lying on the floor. A nun is standin...
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Gothic Revival Residence

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Description: Exterior view of the Gothic Revival residence located at 150-152 Center Street.
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Birthplace of Robert M. La Follette

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Description: Log cabin home of Josiah and Mary Ferguson La Follette, the birthplace of Robert Marion La Follette, from a drawing.
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Ralph Immell and Cartoonist, Hy Vogel

Date: 11 30 1937
Description: Adjutant General Ralph Immell, sitting at his desk, having his face drawn by cartoonist, Hy Vogel.
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Tom Brown, Cartoonist

Date: 11 10 1932
Description: Tom Brown, cartoonist, drawing at his kitchen table beside a large Queen's Best wood burning stove.
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Margueretta Dalton at Easel

Date: 10 14 1932
Description: Margueretta Dalton, 1314 Randall Court, student of Prof. Stebbins' life class in drawing, shown standing at easel, drawing with charcoal.
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Paintings on Walls

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Description: In a corner of the upstairs bedroom (Sid's house) there are a number of painting works with different sizes and themes hanging on the wall.

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