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| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Women sitting in the library of International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department. |
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| Description: | Factory workers reading in the Deering Works Club library. A librarian appears to be checking books in and out to a line of employees. |
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| Description: | Office(?) workers reading in the library at the Deering Works Club. In the background the librarian (seated at desk) appears to be checking books in and ou... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | A woman sitting at a kitchen table wearing a visor, leaning over a book while a lit oil lamp is nearby. Also on the table are a newspaper, additional books... |
| Date: | 08 1927 |
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| Description: | A woman moves a curtain out of the way of an electrical fan sitting on a desk. Near the fan are some books, a floral arrangement, and a notepad. Outdoors, ... |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Chairs and tables are arranged throughout a room, possibly a factory lounge or break room, probably in the McCormick Reaper Works. A spinning wheel is in t... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | A full-length, seated cabinet card portrait of Catherine Orb Seipp wearing an elaborately detailed dress of heavy material. She is also wearing a bracelet,... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A room off the entrance hall of the Edward Petersen home at 1322 Astor Street in Chicago's Gold Coast area has a barrel vaulted ceiling and bookcases along... |
| Date: | 05 05 1905 |
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| Description: | Interior view, from another room or hallway, of the meeting room. Chairs, tables, and what is probably a newspaper rack are in the room. There is a spittoo... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Full-length portrait of Emma Huck Seipp (1855-1891). She is standing and wearing a floor length sleeveless gown and opera length gloves. Emma was the first... |
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