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Portrait in a Mirror

Date: 1900
Description: A woman photographer catches reflections of herself, a young girl and a woman in a bedroom bureau mirror.
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Suitcases

Date: 11 12 1967
Description: Women unpack their suitcases at rest home.
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Holiday Inn Motel Room

Date: 09 23 1959
Description: Typical guest room at the Holiday Inn Motel, 4402 East Washington Avenue, in Madison, with two double beds and a television.
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Ott House

Date: 1951
Description: An interior view of the John George Ott home, 754 Jenifer Street, built in 1873. Ott, a Swiss immigrant, served as an alderman and county supervisor.
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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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Bedroom with Skylights

Date: 02 09 1984
Description: Interior view of an attic bedroom with skylights and a television.
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Governor's Suite in Edgewater Hotel

Date: 04 26 1948
Description: View of the bedroom of the Governor's Suite in the new Edgewater Hotel, 666 Wisconsin Avenue. The room is decorated in restful browns and beiges, accented ...
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1010 Walker Court, Richard Lloyd Jones's Bedroom

Date: 1918
Description: Richard Lloyd Jones's bedroom, 1010 Walker Court (now 1010 Rutledge Court) , view of bed with reading light over it. His large desk, telephone and Underwo...
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1010 Walker Court, Richard Lloyd Jones's Bedroom

Date: 1918
Description: Richard Lloyd Jones's bedroom, 1010 Walker Court (now known as Rutledge Court). His Underwood typewriter, telephone, and bookcase are seen. Lloyd Jones w...
Postcard

Hotel Pfister — A Large Sample Room

Date: 1920
Description: The hotel is on the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and Jefferson Street. The view is of large sample room. Includes a bed, desk and chair, vanity dresser, a lo...
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Master Bedroom of Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Greene Residence

Date: 08 30 1949
Description: Master bedroom of the residence of Dr. and Mrs. Lewis (Isabella) Greene, 118 Lakewood Boulevard. The room is decorated in traditional style using the color...
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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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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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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...
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Sleeping Porch

Date: 1925
Description: Four beds line either side of the sleeping porch at the farmhouse of J.E. Joyce. A telephone is hanging on the wall and striped curtains are covering the o...
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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Ellsworth House

Date: 12 13 1953
Description: Donna Lee Genunzio of Racine works at a typewriter as Dixie Joiner of Gilman relaxes on a bed in a suite at the Ellsworth House, a residence for UW co-eds....
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Working Conditions on Railroad Car Ferries

Date: 09 10 1946
Description: Worker's bunks on a railroad car ferry. The spare room has a calendar, light, radiator, table, locking closet and two bunks. Workers' clothes hand on the w...
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Commandos L Radio Testing

Date: 1963
Description: A member of the anti-Castro group Commandos L sitting on a bed testing a new radio transmitter-receiver.

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