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University of Wisconsin Law School

The Curry Mural Through the Decades

Black and white photo of the Curry mural as a full-size sketch before painting.
The Curry Mural as a full-size sketch before painting- 1942.
Black and white photo of the Curry mural with the library's circulation desk underneath.
The Curry Mural shortly after completion (mid-1940s). At the time, the circulation desk was located directly below the mural.
A colorized yearbook image of a group of law students standing on top of the circulation desk below the Curry mural.
A colorized image from a 1940s yearbook of students standing on the circulation desk in front of the mural.
A black and white overhead photo of law students studying beneath the Curry mural.
UW Law Students study beneath the Curry mural in the 1960s.
Black and white photo of students studying underneath the Curry mural. A male Black student is near the front of the photo.
The Curry mural and law students studying in the 1970s.
A color photo of students studying underneath the Curry mural.
The first color archival image of the mural- 1980s.
A color photo of students studying underneath the mural, taken from closer to the entrance of the room.
An alternate angle of the mural in the 1980s.
A color photo of the Curry mural covered up by a large black tarp during construction on the Law Library in the 1990s.
The Curry mural covered for protection during construction at the law school, mid- 1990s.
A color photo of the Curry mural after the construction had finished in the mid 1990s.
The mural post-construction, August 1996.
A color photo of the Curry mural in the mid-2010s, and as it looks today.
The Curry mural in the mid- 2010s.

For further information, please look for an article about the 75th anniversary of the mural by Associate Dean for Library & Information Services and Director of the Law Library Bonnie Shucha in the Gargoyle (Fall 2017) as well as links and bibliography related to the mural and John Steuart Curry.