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College Dorm

Date: 08 27 1971
Description: Deborah Weishapl of Union, NJ tosses a stuffed Snoopy doll to new roommate Kathy Vokaty of Edina, MN as they move into their dorm in O'Donnell Hall at Marq...
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Weary Woman

Date: 1873
Description: Engraving of a woman sitting in a chair with light from an attic window shining on her face. Next to her is a rumpled bed and a pull-toy overturned on the ...
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Bunkroom at Taliesin

Date: 1911
Description: Bedroom off the end of the workroom with bunk beds on each side framing a built-in dresser stacked with books. A t-square, and a painting by George Niedeck...
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Table in Sleeping Quarters at Taliesin

Date: 1911
Description: Bedroom with bunk beds at Taliesin, the summer home of Frank Lloyd Wright. A t-square and a painting by George Niederen are hanging on the back wall above ...
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Red Cross Nurses' Aide and Baby

Date: 02 24 1944
Description: Mable Sawtelle, a Red Cross nurses' aide, tends to baby Sara in a crib with doll. Poster on wall reads: "Rollier demonstrated the value of heliotherapy in ...
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The Teenie Weenies: An Unwelcome Guest

Date: 06 17 1916
Description: "An Unwelcome Guest." Three Teenie Weenie women walk into a bedroom surprised to see a mouse peacfully sleeping - in a Teenie Weenie bed!
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1970's Era Bedroom

Date: 07 09 1977
Description: Bedroom featuring an octagonal bed with a guitar in the foreground.
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1010 Walker Court, Boys' Bedroom

Date: 1918
Description: The boys' bedroom of the Richard Lloyd Jones residence, 1010 Walker Court (now 1010 Rutledge Court). Several pennants decorate the walls, including those o...
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House Interior with Victorian Bedroom Decor

Date: 03 01 1949
Description: House interior with a Victorian bedroom decor. The room contains a rocking chair, a sleigh bed, and shelves holding decorative steins and other figurines. ...
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Deceased European American Woman

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Description: Interior view of a European American woman lying on a bed near a window with her hands on her chest. Probably a corpse on her deathbed. A framed painting i...
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Denison Homestead Bedroom

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Description: View of a bedroom in the Denison homestead. Built in 1717, the home is a museum today. Room features a wooden sleigh bed, a wooden cradle with a doll, seve...
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Nellie Custis Bedroom at Mount Vernon

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Description: View of Nellie Custis' bedroom in Mount Vernon, the residence of George Washington. Nellie Custis, the granddaughter of Martha Washington and step-granddau...
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Bedroom at the Hermitage

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Description: Interior view of a bedroom at the Hermitage, home of Andrew Jackson, featuring a canopied bed, matching curtains, ornate wallpaper and gleaming carved wood...
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Van Cortlandt House Washington Bedroom

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Description: Interior view of the Washington bedroom at the Van Cortlandt house featuring a fireplace, canopied bed, with a Dutch-style carved cradle at the foot, other...
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LaFayette Bedroom of the Morris-Jumel Mansion

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Description: Interior view of the Morris-Jumel Mansion which served, at different times, as headquarters to both forces during the Revolutionary war. This view of the ...
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Morris-Jumel Mansion

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Description: Interior view of the Morris-Jumel Mansion which served, at different times, as headquarters to both forces during the Revolutionary war. This room feature...
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Morris-Jumel Mansion's Washington's Bedroom

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Description: Interior view of the Morris-Jumel Mansion which served, at different times, as headquarters to both forces during the Revolutionary war. This view of Wash...
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Fairlawn Home Parlor

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Description: The Fairlawn home's colonial parlor and bedrooms. This view shows two rocking chairs and a grandfather clock in the parlor as well as the open doorways of ...
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You'll Catch It When Mother Wakes Up!

Date: 1860
Description: A mother, Miss Columbia, sleeps in a four poster bed. She is wearing a liberty cap. The canopy on the bed is made of Union flags. A girl, representing the ...
Postcard

Best Christmas Wishes

Date: 1930
Description: Holiday postcard with Santa Claus at the bedside of a child, handing out toys. There are dolls, a bear, a badminton racket and bird, ball and a toy horse. ...

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