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Tallman House Bedroom

Date: 1956
Description: View of the bedroom in which Abraham Lincoln stayed in 1859.
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Tallman House Parlor

Date: 1956
Description: View of chairs and a table set around the fireplace. A mirror is above the fireplace, and a grandmother clock is against the far wall. The windows flanking...
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Tallman House Parlor

Date: 1956
Description: View of parlor with chairs, fireplaces and other textiles.
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Tallman House

Date: 1956
Description: Interior view of a bedroom, with a tall, arched window on the far wall, and a painting hanging near the bed. Caption reads: "Tallman Homestead, Janesville,...
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Tallman House

Date: 1956
Description: View of bedroom, with a baby crib in front of the window on the right, and a rocking chair in front of the window on the left. Caption reads: "Tallman Home...
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International Labor Recruiting Office

Date: 1956
Description: Interior view of the Labor Recruiting Office of International Harvester's Indianapolis Works (factory). The office features models of military vehicles, Am...
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"Patterns" Movie Still

Date: 1956
Description: Movie still from the United Artists movie "Patterns," featuring Van Heflin (playing Fred Staples) and Everett Sloane (playing Mr. Ramsey).
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"The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit" Movie Still

Date: 1956
Description: Movie still from the Twentieth Century-Fox movie "The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit," featuring Gregory Peck (playing Tom Rath). He is smoking a cigarette a...
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"The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit" Movie Still

Date: 1956
Description: Movie still from the Twentieth Century-Fox movie "The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit," featuring Jennifer Jones (playing Betsy Rath) who is shown standing in...
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Sherwin and Emma Gillett, 50th Wedding Anniversary

Date: 1956
Description: Church basement decorated for Sherwin and Emma Gillett's 50th Wedding Anniversary.
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Sherwin and Emma Gillett's 50th Wedding Anniversary

Date: 1956
Description: Guests gathered for Sherwin and Emma Gillett's 50 Wedding Anniversary banquet.
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Sherwin and Emma Gillett's 50th Wedding Anniversary

Date: 1956
Description: Sherwin and Emma Gillett at their 50th Wedding Anniversary, seated in front of a photograph of them in a heart-shaped frame with the caption: "When you and...
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Vel and Dale Phillips

Date: 1956
Description: Vel Phillips sitting in an armchair, wearing a tan top with a light blue skirt. Dale is kneeling next to her, wearing eyeglasses. A television is in the co...
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Old Wade House; Upstairs Sitting Room

Date: 1956
Description: Color postcard of the upstairs parlor, with two women wearing period dress sitting in chairs and reading. Text on reverse reads: "UPSTAIRS SITTING ROOM,...
Postcard

Butternut House; Dining Room

Date: 1956
Description: Three women in period clothes are having tea in the dining room. Text on reverse reads: "Dining Room, Butternut House, Old Wade House State Park, Greenb...
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Family Dinner

Date: 1956
Description: The Ernst G. Kerns family, with Edna, Nancy, Ernest, and Maribeth sitting at a table.
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At the Cabin

Date: 1956
Description: Marion Briggs (Mrs. Edward J.) Brumder, left, playing cards at a low table with Gladys Downey in a rustic cabin on Lake Julia. Knotty pine paneling covers ...
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Advertising Club of New York Golden Anniversary

Date: 1956
Description: Several men are seated at tables while one man stands at a podium. Behind him a banner declares the Golden Anniversary (1906-1956) of the Advertising Club ...
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State School for Girls

Date: 1956
Description: A teenage girl is sitting in a chair in the right foreground in front of a desk. A woman is sitting behind the desk facing her. Caption reads: "Oregon, Wis...

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