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Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright

Date: 1936
Description: Frank Lloyd Wright and his wife Olgivanna, seated together reading in a bedroom at Taliesin. Taliesin is located in the vicinity of Spring Green, Wisconsin...
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Murder-Suicide in Room on Henry Street

Date: 09 24 1934
Description: Doorway and bed in a room on 521 North Henry Street where a murder-suicide occurred. Adele Burnton was murdered by Harold Kotvis, who then committed suicid...
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Portrait of the Petersons

Date: 1899
Description: Indoor view of an elderly man posing sitting in a chair, and an elderly woman standing. They are probably in a bedroom. Perhaps the Peterson family.
Print

Deering Trade Card: "A Night of Labor"

Date: 1890
Description: Advertising card produced by William Deering and Company, manufacturers of agricultural machinery. Features an illustration of a man in his pajamas carryin...
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IH Truck Dealer Sleeping with Dormiphone

Date: 1959
Description: International Harvester truck dealer Vern Netteschiem listening to recorded truck specifications while he sleeps. The Dormiphone was a clock-controlled tap...
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South Carolina Sea Island Citizenship Group

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Description: South Carolina Sea Island citizenship group. Judy Gregory, Highlander staff, at left.
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Bunk House Philosophers

Date: 10 1948
Description: Three men talking around a bunk bed.
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Otto Lindner

Date: 1907
Description: Otto Lindner in bachelor "digs" at rooming house.
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Fire Damage to Home

Date: 03 13 1949
Description: Police Officer Walter E. Randall looking at fire damage to the bedroom of Dorothy Meager, 111 North Blair Street.
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Gov. Nelson Dewey Estate — Stonefield

Date: 08 04 1949
Description: Master bedroom at the Governor Nelson Dewey house on his estate called Stonefield. On the right side are Cassville President R.J. Eckstein, and George W. F...
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Smoking in Bed

Date: 06 1927
Description: A man lies in bed while smoking a pipe. A pouch of tobacco labeled: "Smoking Mixture" and a box of Red Top matches rest nearby on the blanket.
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Photographic Self-Portrait of David Gander

Date: 1916
Description: A photographic self-portrait of David Gander taken in a mirror. He is posed with a camera and is wearing a jacket and a hat. In the background appears to b...
Postcard

A Merry Christmas

Date: 1907
Description: Holiday postcard showing Santa Claus peeking around a curtain to look in on two girls sleeping in a bed. Their clothes are draped over the footboard. Santa...
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. ...
Postcard

Merry Christmas

Date: 1909
Description: Holiday postcard with a little girl asleep in bed. Santa Claus is gazing at her with a doll in his left hand. He has a sack of toys on his back and is wear...
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Forest's Room

Date: 1912
Description: Forest Middleton reads at his desk in a room cluttered with photographs, neckties, suspenders, and a cap. A bare lightbulb hangs from the ceiling. There is...
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Working Conditions on Railroad Car Ferries

Date: 09 10 1946
Description: Worker reads union newspaper while sitting on a bunk and smoking a cigar. Part of a series on working conditions aboard Lake Michigan railroad car ferries....
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Flight Nurse with Her Parents

Date: 1943
Description: Flight nurse, Gwen Jensen, visiting with her parents as she prepares to leave U.S. soil. Jensen is kneeling on the floor as her parents are sitting on a be...
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Shipmate Off-Duty

Date: 06 1942
Description: Off- duty shipmate on United Fruit Company's S.S. Santa Marta. The man is wearing a first mate hat and a white t-shirt. Behind him is a sink with a ...
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Crewman in Bunk

Date: 06 1942
Description: A member of the United Fruit Company's S.S. Santa Marta relaxing in his bunk while reading a book in Spanish and smoking a cigarette. The man is on ...

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