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| Description: | Interior view of Upham residence. There are bookshelves along the back wall. A large, arched doorway leads into another room on the right, with a glass-fro... |
| Date: | 03 24 1932 |
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| Description: | Living room at Chester and Louise Snell house, 822 Miami Pass, Nakoma. |
| Date: | 03 21 1932 |
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| Description: | Harry L. and Mazie French drawing room at 500 Farwell Drive. |
| Date: | 12 28 1928 |
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| Description: | A little girl posing in a living room with a Christmas tree, toys, and a doll she got for Christmas. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | The Historical Society's early library and painting collections on display in the third Wisconsin State Capitol. This photograph was taken about 1880 befor... |
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| Description: | A view of the Militon Court Inn's lounge with a staircase in the left foreground, and a fireplace, chairs, a painting, and books on shelves. |
| Date: | 12 14 1953 |
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| Description: | Ada Moseley of 616 North Carroll Street demonstrates a Christmas custom by sitting near a fireplace reading "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. |
| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey with pre-schoolers and their teacher at Ellis School, a program supported in part by Title I federal funding. Throughou... |
| Date: | 04 1991 |
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| Description: | Man watching a program on a large television. In front of him is a TV tray. There is a VCR on top of the television. Although unidentified it is likely tha... |
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| Description: | Color postcard of the parlor in the Nelson Dewey Home featuring the old square piano in the corner. |
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| Description: | Color postcard of interior view of the office the Dewey Home featuring the desk and bookshelves. |
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| Description: | Color postcard of a female telephone operator at an 1890s era switchboard. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Interior view of a sitting room at Trelawny House, with period chairs, a bookcase and a painting of sheep above the fireplace. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Room on the second floor in Polperro House. In the center is a stairwell up to the next floor, a bookshelf in the right corner, and a portrait of a man abo... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Sitting room in Polperro House. Rocking chairs and a bench are by the fire in the fireplace. A corner china cabinet is on the right near a window. |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | The study at Walmar Lodge. There is a piano against the far wall, chairs by the windows, and a fireplace on the opposite wall. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Interior of the library/study in the residence of Prof. Richard Ely, on Prospect Street. Prof. Ely, of the University of Wisconsin, was a noted economist. |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a European American woman posed sitting and holding a book in her lap entitled "Knowledge is Safety." She... |
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| Description: | Indoor portrait of three European American women posing sitting in front of a organ. Several portraits are hanging on the wall. One woman is sitting in a c... |
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| Description: | Indoor group portrait of five European American woman posing sitting and standing, and a European American man posing sitting around a large table. The man... |
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