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McCormick Rush Street Residence Interior

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Description: Interior view of the McCormick family residence on Rush Street, showing a piano in the left-hand foreground. The house was built for Cyrus Hall McCormick a...
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Phi Gamma Delta Great Hall

Date: 10 04 1928
Description: Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, great hall from northwest corner, at 16 Langdon Street.
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Thordarson Library with Chandelier

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Description: Interior view of the Thordarson library with bookcases and a spectacular chandelier with buffalo horns. The building is of stone, with arched windows.
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Interior of Sitting Room

Date: 1898
Description: An interior view of a sitting room with a high ceiling, most likely Dankoler's. Books are stacked neatly on shelves and tables. Through an curtained archwa...
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Hermitage Foyer

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Description: Foyer of the Hermitage, home of Andrew Jackson, featuring bucolic murals, a curving staircase, ornate couches and sculptures.
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Dining Room

Date: 1928
Description: The dining room in the home of William Llewellyn and Zona Gale Breese. There is a large fireplace, oriental rug, and matching chandelier and sconces. A la...
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Library at Saint Joseph Hall

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Description: Interior of a library in Saint Joseph Hall, opened in 1903. Located on the campus of Mount Saint Joseph Collegiate Institute, founded in 1900, the library ...
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Library and Reading Room at Loyola Sacred Heart Academy

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Description: Interior of the library and reading room of Loyola Sacred Heart Academy, established in 1873. The room features bookshelves along the wall and sculptures....
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First National Bank

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Description: Interior view of the First National Bank.
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William Hobbins Home Interior

Date: 03 26 1957
Description: Interior view of the dining room of the William and Mary Hobbins home at 417 New Castle Way in Madison. The exterior colonial styling is carried into this ...
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Music Room

Date: 09 1954
Description: A grand piano with ornate shawl stands in front of the fireplace in the music room at Black Point. The fireplace surround is covered with ornate ceramic ti...
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Music Room

Date: 1959
Description: An ornate chandelier with gas light style shades and many prisms dominates a photograph of the music room at Black Point. There is a painted frieze below t...
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Petersen House

Date: 1930
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...
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McCormick Works Club House Interior Hallway

Date: 1900
Description: View from tiled lobby towards an interior hallway leading to a room with a brick fireplace. On the right of the lobby is a staircase, and on the left are b...
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Wedding Day

Date: 09 10 1966
Description: Bride Catherine Bakieff Petersen and groom Peter Seipp Goltra, left, pose with their wedding party under the crystal chandelier in the music room at Black ...
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Entry Hall

Date: 1942
Description: A portrait of Dr. Otto L. Schmidt hangs in the front hall of Black Point. A handwritten caption which accompanies the photograph states: "Portrait above — ...
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Front Hall

Date: 1905
Description: Interior view of Oakwood, the residence of E.W. Underwood showing a wood paneled U-shaped staircase. There is a chair in the foreground, and behind it is a...
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Sunny Parlor

Date: 1930
Description: Sunlight and a ceiling fixture provide light for a parlor furnished in an Early American style. A portrait of George Washington is hanging on the far wall....
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George Brumder at Work

Date: 05 1878
Description: George Brumder, in a three-piece suit and wearing pince-nez eyeglasses, is sitting in a swivel chair at a roll top desk. His unidentified secretary is sitt...
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Henriette Brumder Birthday Celebration

Date: 04 02 1921
Description: Henriette Brandhorst Brumder, sitting in the center holding two of her infant grandchildren, posing with family members for a portrait on her 80th birthday...

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