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Galloway House Museum Parlor

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Description: Interior view of the parlor, with a piano on the left, a sofa to the right in the corner of the room, and a portrait on an easel in the center. There is a ...
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Motorcyclist with Small Umbrella on Helmet

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Description: A man on his motorcycle in the street is posing with a small umbrella attached to his helmet. A watch also hangs from the front of his shirt.
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The First Kindergarten in America

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Description: Artist's rendering of an elevated view of the first kindergarten, with children and a teacher gathered in front of the building. There are inset portraits ...
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Library; Tank House

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Description: Interior color postcard of the library in the Tank House, built by Joseph Le Roi in 1776. A piano is against the wall on the right under framed portraits. ...
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Old Wade House; Front Parlor

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Description: Ektachrome postcard of the front parlor, with mannequins of women dressed in period clothing sitting in chairs. Text on reverse reads: "The Front Parlor...
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Butternut House; Parlor

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Description: Text on reverse reads: "The parlor in Butternut House contains ingrain carpeting, a tufted green velvet chair and two portraits from the original Wade Coll...
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Silver Lake Hotel

Date: 1919
Description: View of a roadside hotel, with an inset portrait of the proprietor at the top left. Automobiles are in the parking lot. Caption reads: "Silver Lake Hotel, ...
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Herbert Paul Brumder

Date: 1923
Description: Herbert Brumder is reflected in the center mirror of a vanity in the bedroom of his home at 2030 East Lafayette Place. Partially obscuring the mirrors are ...
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Tower Room

Date: 1924
Description: An interior view of the George and Henriette Brumder residence at the corner of Grand (later Wisconsin) Avenue and 18th Street. The view is from a large ro...
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Bedroom

Date: 1924
Description: A view of a bedroom in the George and Henriette Brumder mansion at the corner of Grand (later Wisconsin) Avenue and 18th Street. The bed has a tall carved ...
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Christmas 1931

Date: 12 1931
Description: An electrically lighted Christmas tree is standing near the bow window in the home of Herbert P. and Margaret Bouer Brumder at 2030 East Lafayette Place. T...
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Our Savior's Lutheran Church

Date: 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Our Savior's Lutheran Church. Rev. J.J. Lee, Pastor. Parsonage. Stoughton, Wis. Photo by Dye, Janesville, Wis." Collage postcard of t...

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