Objects
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| 2020.002.001 Artwork |
This work of art was included in the Blanden Art Museum's exhibit: Art as Medicine: Artists React to Present State. “Art is a wound turned into light” – Georges Braque Closed to the public in 2020… Read More |
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| 2020.002.002 Artwork |
This work of art was included in the Blanden Art Museum's exhibit: Art as Medicine: Artists React to Present State. “Art is a wound turned into light” – Georges Braque Closed to the public in 2020… Read More |
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| 2020.002.003 Artwork |
This work of art was included in the Blanden Art Museum's exhibit: Art as Medicine: Artists React to Present State. “Art is a wound turned into light” – Georges Braque Closed to the public in 2020… Read More |
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| 2020.002.004 Artwork |
This work of art was included in the Blanden Art Museum's exhibit: Art as Medicine: Artists React to Present State. “Art is a wound turned into light” – Georges Braque Closed to the public in 2020… Read More |
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| 2020.002.005 Artwork |
This work of art was included in the Blanden Art Museum's exhibit: Art as Medicine: Artists React to Present State. “Art is a wound turned into light” – Georges Braque Closed to the public in 2020… Read More |
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| 2020.002.006 Artwork |
This work of art was included in the Blanden Art Museum's exhibit: Art as Medicine: Artists React to Present State. “Art is a wound turned into light” – Georges Braque Closed to the public in 2020… Read More |
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| 2020.002.007 Artwork |
This work of art was included in the Blanden Art Museum's exhibit: Art as Medicine: Artists React to Present State. “Art is a wound turned into light” – Georges Braque Closed to the public in 2020… Read More |
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| 2020.002.008 Artwork |
This work of art was included in the Blanden Art Museum's exhibit: Art as Medicine: Artists React to Present State. “Art is a wound turned into light” – Georges Braque Closed to the public in 2020… Read More |
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| 2020.002.009 Artwork |
This work of art was included in the Blanden Art Museum's exhibit: Art as Medicine: Artists React to Present State. “Art is a wound turned into light” – Georges Braque Closed to the public in 2020… Read More |
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| 2020.002.010 Artwork |
This work of art was included in the Blanden Art Museum's exhibit: Art as Medicine: Artists React to Present State. “Art is a wound turned into light” – Georges Braque Closed to the public in 2020… Read More |
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| 2020.002.011 Artwork |
This work of art was included in the Blanden Art Museum's exhibit: Art as Medicine: Artists React to Present State. “Art is a wound turned into light” – Georges Braque Closed to the public in 2020… Read More |
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| 2020.002.012 Artwork |
This work of art was included in the Blanden Art Museum's exhibit: Art as Medicine: Artists React to Present State. “Art is a wound turned into light” – Georges Braque Closed to the public in 2020… Read More |
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| 2020.003.001 Print, Photographic |
This photograph is of the Bohemian-American Hose Company, a fire brigade staffed by Czech-Americans of Cedar Rapids. The Company was located at the rear side of the CSPS (Czechoslovak Protective… Read More | 
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| 2020.003.002 Sampler |
This sample comes from Protivin, Iowa, a largely Czech-American community in northeastern Iowa. The embroidery patterns in the sampler are commonly found in different textiles, as well as kroje,… Read More | 
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| 2020.003.003 Kraslice |
This goose egg is an example of kraslice- Czech-style decorative egg painting. Kraslice involves a wax resist technique in which patterns are etched onto the egg with beeswax, and then dyed to reveal… Read More | 
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| 2020.003.004 Shirt |
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| 2020.004.001 Print, Photographic |
John Beopple at machine in Germany. Beopple created buttons from various materials such as; bone, steer horns, wood and saltwater mother of pearl. Due to his experience producing a variety of button… Read More | 
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| 2020.004.002 Mussel |
Freshwater and Saltwater shells Change was inevitable when tariffs were imposed on the ocean shell, the natural resource Beopple used to create saltwater pearl buttons while in Germany. The resulting… Read More | 
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| 2020.004.003 Map |
With an expert eye, John Beopple surveyed the US rivers, making a great discovery in the Mississippi. He noticed a bend where the river slows down and the river was choked with mussel. Beopple had… Read More | 
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| 2020.004.004 Print, Photographic |
The demand for freshwater pearl buttons was so large, fishers (aka clammers) quickly over mined the river on the banks of Muscatine. In subsequent years the lakes, rivers and streams of 19 states… Read More | 
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| 2020.004.005 Machine, Pressing |
The Barry Double-Automatic The vastness of the freshwater mussel supply and explosive demand for freshwater pearl buttons to a global market led to the mechanization of the industry. Seated in the… Read More | 
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| 2020.004.006 Machine, Pressing |
The Barry Double-Automatic The vastness of the freshwater mussel supply and explosive demand for freshwater pearl buttons to a global market led to the mechanization of the industry. Seated in the… Read More | 
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| 2020.004.007 Mussel |
Shells with holes where round buttons were punched out. For any use other than instructional resources, please check with the organization that owns this item regarding copyright restrictions. | 
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| 2020.004.008 Print, Photographic |
Pearl buttons. River banks were lined with mountains of shells giving evidence to the industry which produced 1.5 billion buttons annually beginning in 1905. For any use other than instructional… Read More | 
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| 2020.005.001 Print, Photographic |
Edgar Harlan, Herb Reese, Helen Wharton, EE and Blanche Harlan swimming in the Mississippi River 1919. Edgar Harlan Collection, Cowles Library Special Collections, Drake University. For more… Read More | 
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