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Palmer Mansion

Date: 1925
Description: View from across street towards a worker shoveling a sidewalk in front of the Potter Palmer mansion on North Lake Shore Drive. The three-story granite face...
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Christmas Tree

Date: 12 1899
Description: Christmas tree in the home of Edward Petersen decorated with a wide assortment of ornaments and tinsel garland. It is standing on a low table in front of a...
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Christmas Tree Stand

Date: 12 1899
Description: Close-up view of a mechanical rotating Christmas tree stand which has been elevated and incorporated into a winter scene. The key to wind the mechanism is ...
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Mr. and Mrs. Edward Petersen

Date: 1900
Description: Edward Petersen poses, seated in a chair, and his wife stands next to him on the left. They appear to be reading papers which Edward is holding. Behind the...
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Two Boys and a Dog

Date: 1900
Description: William F. Petersen, rear, poses on the lawn with an unidentified boy and a dog. Behind them is a low, fancy metal wire fence which encloses a garden near ...
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Edward Petersen

Date: 1900
Description: Edward Petersen at home, wearing a smoking jacket with quilted collar and cuffs. He is sitting in a wide doorway, hanging with tasseled draperies, holding ...
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In the Backyard

Date: 1900
Description: Edward Petersen, left rear, and his son William F. Petersen, right rear, pose behind three unidentified people sitting on a rustic bench in a yard. Edward ...
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Christmas at Church

Date: 12 1899
Description: Interior view of a church with large Christmas trees on either side of the Neo-Gothic altar. Between the trees is an arched sign proclaiming, in German, "G...
Book or Pamphlet

Scrapbook Cover

Date: 1933
Description: Embossed image of the Hall of Science at the Century of Progress International Exposition (the 1933-34 Chicago World's Fair) decorates the leather cover of...
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Fritzie, the Pet Dachsund

Date: 1915
Description: Fritzie, the pet Dachshund of the Schmidt family, poses standing on a library table in the family home in Chicago. There is a framed picture of a hunting d...
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Fire on Wabash Avenue

Date: 01 28 1918
Description: Streams of water from fire hoses are trained into the upper windows of a storefront which is encased in thick ice. A written description of this photograph...
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Clara Seipp Bartholomay

Date: 1920
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Clara Seipp Bartholomay, a daughter of Chicago brewer Conrad Seipp. She is wearing a dress with elaborate trim and a pearl neckl...
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Alma Schmidt Petersen

Date: 1930
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Alma Schmidt Petersen wearing a fur coat. Her head is turned to her left as she glances over her left shoulder.

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