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Muscoda High School Basketball Team

Date: 1903
Description: Group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of the Muscoda High School Girls' Basketball Team and their coach. The frame has the S. Gillett imprint, but ...
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Interior of Home

Date: 1897
Description: Interior of the Daniel Brown home in Bloomington. Brown was a retail merchant. Mr. Zimmerman was a prominent lawyer, and one-time law partner of R.M La Fol...
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Interior of Conrad Schmitt Home

Date: 1905
Description: Interior view of the parlor of the Conrad Schmitt (Sherwin Gillett's father-in-law) home. Family photographs are on the wall and on the piano.
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Sherwin Gillett Double Exposure

Date: 1904
Description: Trick photograph featuring two images of Sherwin Gillett doing laundry in a washtub. He is posing in front of a painted backdrop.
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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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Pendarvis House Room

Date: 1936
Description: An interior view of a room in Pendarvis House. To the right of the fireplace is a dresser in the corner. On the left of the fireplace is a drop-leaf table....
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Trelawny House Dining Room at Pendarvis Complex

Date: 1936
Description: Interior view of the dining room at Trelawny House. A sideboard displaying china is in the center against a wall, flanked by two chairs. The dining table i...
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The Conrad Schmitt Family

Date: 1892
Description: Group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of the Conrad Schmitt family of Muscoda. Emma Schmitt married Sherwin Gillett in 1906.
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Elderly Woman and Infant

Date: 1910
Description: Portrait of an elderly woman holding an infant sitting and posing in a chair between two potted plants. Behind them is draped fabric as a backdrop.
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Portrait of a Young Girl

Date: 1912
Description: Portrait of a young girl standing beside a wicker-back chair.
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Pendarvis — Room with Fireplace

Date: 1936
Description: View of a room in Pendarvis House. There is a map of Cornwall over the fireplace. A bedwarmer and a bellows sit at the base of the hearth.
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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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Trelawny House Bedroom at Pendarvis Complex

Date: 1936
Description: Bedroom in Trelawny House. Furniture includes a 4-poster bed, two chairs, a chest, a dresser, and a wash basin and ewer on a stand.
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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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Braided Rugs

Date: 10 08 1959
Description: Mary Paulick sitting on the floor while working on a large braided rug.
Postcard

Gag Photo of a Man Posing with Paper Woman

Date: 
Description: A gag photo postcard of a man, seated on the edge of a bed, with his arm around a life-sized paperboard cut out of a beautiful, seated woman. He is holding...
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The Gillett Children

Date: 1920
Description: Studio group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of the Gillett children, left to right: Harry (b. 1910), Sherry (b. 1913), and Lorin (b. 1915).
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Lorin Gillett as a Child

Date: 1919
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of young Lorin Gillett sitting on a stool.
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Studio Portrait of Men With Beer

Date: 1915
Description: Studio portrait of three men smoking pipes and cigars and holding beer bottles in front of a painted backdrop. From left to right, Jacob Bowar, Herman Kals...
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Christmas Decorations

Date: 1910
Description: Residential dining room with Christmas decorations and circular table with turkey, set for two places.

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