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Title |
Article about Chicago artist Frances Badger--her connection to the Northwoods and Big Lake and her paintings of Ojibwa harvesting wild rice. 1908-1930s |
Scope & Content |
Ms. Badger was employed as part of Franklin D. Roosevelt's Work Progress Administration to paint murals of American life. MWHS purchased two prints of her paintings of Ojibwa harvesting wild rice on Rice Creek near her family's estate, Keego Lodge, on Big Lake. This article was written by Kay Krans for the MWHS November 2021 newsletter. |
Date |
10/2021 |
Media Link |
Click here to read Kay's article about Frances Badger and her life. |
Copy & Paste link to view on YouTube |
YouTube presentation about Frances Badger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs22AS1kRfo&t=2724s |
Relation |
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Source |
Collected or Produced by Staff |
Collection |
Family/Historical Narratives & images |
Catalog Number |
2021.001.081 |
Object Name |
Article |
Search Terms |
1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s Big Lake Rice Creek Keego Lodge Girl's Camp wild rice wild rice harvest Ojibwa WPA (Work Projects Administration) A.S. Badger Girls Camp Art work Chicago North Western Railroad Manitowish Transportation The Tamaracks |
People |
Badger, Frances Doriot, Lee Badger, Alpheus Shreve Plunkett, Matt Jr. |
Subjects |
Artists Ojibwe |