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Mrs. Jenkins' Schoolroom

Date: 1895
Description: View of an elementary school classroom with two-seater desks. American flags and bunting complete the decor.
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Peninsula Player's Play House

Date: 1958
Description: Interior of the Peninsula Player's Play House, "Theater in a Garden," which opened in 1957. The sides of the theater are open to the outdoors.
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Class in Accounting Principles

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Description: A University Extension Accounting class posing in the classroom, with men standing and women seated. Included are Berhart, Jackson, Ollinger, Stewart, Keit...
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Door County Museum

Date: 1945
Description: View of the fireplace in the interior of the Door County Museum. The text along the mantel reads: "The Past, The Present, and the Future Cannot Be Separate...
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Thordarson Library with Fireplace

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Description: Interior view of the Thordarson library featuring a massive fireplace with two men posing on either side of it. The building is of stone, with arched windo...
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Thordarson Library with Chandelier

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Description: Interior view of the Thordarson library with bookcases and a spectacular chandelier with buffalo horns. The building is of stone, with arched windows.
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Thordarson's Workshop

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Description: Interior view of Chester Thordarson's workshop.
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Boynton Chapel

Date: 1945
Description: A privately built and decorated chapel in the Norwegian style.
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Sturgeon Bay Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the Sturgeon Bay Public Library. Prominent elements are reading tables, librarian's desk, bookshelves.
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Sturgeon Bay Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the Sturgeon Bay Public Library. Library opened in 1913 with a gift of $12,500 from Andrew Carnegie. To the left of the photograph is a po...
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Sturgeon Bay Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the Sturgeon Bay Public Library. In the room are reading tables, two carved wood columns, a fireplace, bookshelves, and a nine-drawer card...
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Sturgeon Bay Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the Sturgeon Bay Public Library. Library opened in 1913 with a gift of $12,500 from Andrew Carnegie. In the room are reading tables, books...
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Aunt Helen Sitting with Syl

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Description: Aunt Helen sitting indoors next to a window with Syl on her lap.
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Syl with Christmas Tree,

Date: 12 25
Description: Syl standing with a rifle next to a Christmas tree surrounded by presents, including numerous books and an "Iron Clad" wagon.
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Infant Syl Posed near Mirror

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Description: Infant Syl Dankoler posed in front of a mirror for a professional portrait.
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Syl with Christmas Tree

Date: 12 24
Description: A young Syl wearing a hat, or headress, and is sitting next to a Christmas tree holding a toy in his lap. It's presumably Christmas Eve since there are no ...
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Woman with Two Men

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Description: A woman who appears to be Aunt Helen shakes hands with a man in a room while another man looks on. The room appears to be a studio as it has a large painte...
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Carl Nelson

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Description: Full-length cabinet card portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Carl Nielson [as written on published Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, Volume 1 and on t...
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The Lobby, Gordon Lodge

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Description: Interior view of the lobby of Gordon Lodge. There is a deer head trophy mounted above the mantle of the stone fireplace, and a large spinning wheel between...
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Lunch at the Town Club

Date: 1957
Description: Mrs. Philip G. Kuehn and two of her children lunching at the Town Club (a country club).

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