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Winterble-Keys Farmhouse

Date: 02 03 1949
Description: The living room of the historic stone farmhouse at 901 University Bay Drive, recently renovated by Freda Keys Winterble. The house was named "Keystone" aft...
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Gov. Nelson Dewey Estate - Stonefield

Date: 08 04 1949
Description: Reception room at the Governor Nelson Dewey house, on his estate called Stonefield. The governor's glasses mark a place in the book on the title desk. On t...
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Gov. Nelson Dewey Estate - Stonefield

Date: 08 04 1949
Description: Looking over Governor Nelson Dewey's account books at the governor's desk in his office at Stonefield are Raymond Sivesind, state supervisor of historic si...
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Piano in the Parlor

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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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The Schoolhouse

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Description: Color postcard of the classroom of the Muddy Hollow School at Stonefield. Slate tablets are on the desks.
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The C. & J. Frank Dunn Law Office

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Description: Color postcard of the interior of the Law Office at Stonefield. A man is seated at the desk.
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The Telephone Exchange

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Description: Color postcard of a female telephone operator at an 1890s era switchboard.
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Book & Stationery Store

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Description: Color postcard of the interior of the book and stationery store at Stonefield.
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Trelawny House Sitting Room at Pendarvis Complex

Date: 1936
Description: Interior view of a sitting room at Trelawny House, with period chairs, a bookcase and a painting of sheep above the fireplace.
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Polperro House Second Floor at Pendarvis Complex

Date: 1936
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...
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Polperro House Sitting Room at Pendarvis Complex

Date: 1936
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.
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Old Halfway Prairie Schoolhouse

Date: 04 1980
Description: Back of a classroom at the Old Halfway Prairie Schoolhouse, a one-room schoolhouse, which operated from 1844 until 1961. In the front of the room is a wood...
Postcard

Old Wade House; Upstairs Sitting Room

Date: 1956
Description: Color postcard of the upstairs parlor, with two women wearing period dress sitting in chairs and reading. Text on reverse reads: "UPSTAIRS SITTING ROOM,...
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Old Wade House; Green Parlor

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Description: Ektachrome postcard of the Green Parlor, with a mannequin of a man in period dress sitting in a chair. Text on reverse reads: "The Green Parlor or sitti...
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Butternut House; Parlor

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Description: Text on reverse reads: "The parlor in Butternut House contains ingrain carpeting, a tufted green velvet chair and two portraits from the original Wade Coll...
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The Front Parlor: The Tallman House

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Description: Interior of the room where visitors to the Tallman House were greeted formally. Musical instruments are arranged around.

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