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Metal Objects Excavated from the Rose O’Neill Homestead: Researched and Conserved by Hannah Overton

September, 2020 by Sarah Teel

Rose O’Neill was a famous Illustrator, cartoonist, artist, writer, and suffragette who kept a home in Walnut Shade, Missouri, known as Bonniebrook. These objects were excavated from the Bonniebrook property after the house burned down in 1947 and were later donated to the Rose O’Neill Historical Society upon the establishment of the Bonniebrook Museum. They are all functional … [Read more...] about Metal Objects Excavated from the Rose O’Neill Homestead: Researched and Conserved by Hannah Overton

Filed Under: 2019 Fall, ART/MST 488: Basic Conservation of Art and Artifacts Tagged With: bonniebrook, conservation, cultivator blade, early 20th century, late 19th century, metal bowl, metalworks, midwest american culture, railroad spike, rose o'neill, shaker gate, wagon bench seat spring

Metal Artifacts Associated with Machines: Researched and Conserved by Kari Mishler

March, 2019 by Ashley McLaughlin

This collection of metal artifacts was recovered from the grounds of Bonniebrook, the home estate of the illustrator, artist, and suffragette Rose O’Neill, who was also the creator of the Kewpie doll.  While this collection consists of relatively mundane objects, identifying these objects, the brands and types of objects used, and the dates for when they were produced and used … [Read more...] about Metal Artifacts Associated with Machines: Researched and Conserved by Kari Mishler

Filed Under: 2017 Fall, ART/MST 488: Basic Conservation of Art and Artifacts Tagged With: altitude gauge, american culture, american midwest, american midwest ozarks culture, ashcroft, bonniebrook, dome light, license plate, machines, metal, metal artifacts, ozarks, rose o'neill

Kewpie Dolls: Researched, Conserved, and Reconstructed by Codee Ratliff

March, 2019 by Ashley McLaughlin

Kewpie dolls are the creation of Rose O'Neill, a child prodigy, a suffragette, and a self-trained fine artist who was the highest-paid female commercial illustrator of the early 20th century.  O'Neill created Kewpies in 1909, when they first appeared in her illustration for a popular women's magazine.  With their nude, sexless, cherubic bodies; tiny wings; small tufts of hair; … [Read more...] about Kewpie Dolls: Researched, Conserved, and Reconstructed by Codee Ratliff

Filed Under: 2017 Fall, ART/MST 488: Basic Conservation of Art and Artifacts Tagged With: american midwest ozarks culture, bonniebrook, conservation, doll, kewpie dolls, kuddle kewpie, rose o'neill

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  • 2017 Fall, ART/MST 488: Basic Conservation of Art and Artifacts
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  • 2018 Fall, ART 385: Art of the Americas
  • 2019 Fall, ART/MST 488: Basic Conservation of Art and Artifacts
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