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Children Playing in Bedroom

Date: 02 10 1955
Description: Elevated view of boy sitting on a toy fire engine, another boy dressed as a cowboy, and a girl with a toy cash register playing in the bedroom.
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Young Girl on Telephone

Date: 1950
Description: A teenager sitting on a bed talking on the telephone.
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Sleep Over Party

Date: 02 12 1956
Description: Young women talk about a dance and their dates while lounging on pushed-together twin beds in their pajamas.
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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.
Postcard

Tallman House Bedroom

Date: 1956
Description: View of the bedroom in which Abraham Lincoln stayed in 1859.
Photograph

Tallman House

Date: 1950
Description: View of the Lincoln Bedroom. There is a bed on the left, and in the corner of the room is a desk and a chair. The tall windows are arched.
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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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United Givers' Fund Volunteer

Date: 10 23 1956
Description: Betty J. DiSalvo reading good night stories to her children, Michael DiSalvo (age 6) and Mark DiSalvo (age 4) after having solicited money for 27 Red Feath...
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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...
Drawing

Graber Lakehouse Bedroom Perspective Drawing

Date: 1952
Description: Perspective drawing of a bedroom in the Graber Lakehouse designed by John Randal McDonald.
Photograph

Schantz Home

Date: 02 17 1950
Description: Interior view of the boys' bedroom in the new home of Harold and Monona Schantz, located at 310 Kensington Drive.
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H.D. Brainard Home at Lone Rock

Date: 03 10 1950
Description: A bed and wooden chest stand in the master bedroom of the home of Mr. and Mrs. H.D. Brainard. The home was the former 1878 "old Don Johnson farm" in Bear V...
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New Ranch-Style Home of Lloyd Yaudes Family

Date: 03 21 1951
Description: Jimmy and Tommy Yaudes sitting at a table in one of the bedrooms of the Lloyd Yaudes family's new ranch-style home at 526 Virginia Terrace.
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Nursery Room

Date: 09 19 1951
Description: 8-month old Billy Gately of 4210 Nakoma Road standing in his crib in a nursery decorated with colorful stuffed animal print drapes.
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David & Florence Bade Residence

Date: 11 29 1951
Description: Interior view of the David & Florence Bade residence at 5701 Winnequah Road in Frost Woods, Monona. The photograph shows Jimmy's (age 8) bedroom, including...
Photograph

Residence of Tom and Ruth McGovern

Date: 03 19 1952
Description: Interior view of the master bedroom in the home of builder Tom McGovern and his family at 25 Hiawatha Circle. Mahogany walls form a backdrop for the twin b...
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UW Chancellor's House

Date: 04 15 1952
Description: A second floor bedroom at the UW Chancellor's house, 130 N. Prospect Avenue, has windows that look out toward Lake Mendota. The house, built in 1912 for Jo...
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Our Lady of the Valley

Date: 1950
Description: View of the sleeping area at Our Lady of the Valley abbey. Each bed has partial walls surrounding it, with a curtained entrance into each area. Radiators l...
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Home of Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Voegeli

Date: 07 23 1952
Description: Interior view of the home of Mr. and Mrs. Don J. (Jean) Voegeli at 2805 Oxford Place in Shorewood Hills. The spacious one-story home was designed around th...

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