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"Matrimonio a la Argentina" (Marriage, Argentine-Style) Film Poster

Date: 1968
Description: Argentine film poster. Illustrated image of a woman chasing a man in a bedroom while another woman runs out a door. Three people watch, one from a closet, ...
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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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Dining Porch at Black Point

Date: 1970
Description: Low flower arrangements decorate a table set for at least 25 people on the screened dining porch at the main house at Black Point Estate. There is a large...
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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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Dining Room at Black Point

Date: 09 1954
Description: An ornate dining table with matching chairs anchors the dining room at Black Point. There is a stained glass window at the far end of the room over a built...
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McCormick Works Club House Lounge

Date: 1900
Description: Interior view of the lounge of the McCormick Works Club House.
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Dining Room in the McCormick Works Club House

Date: 1900
Description: Interior view of the dining room. Tables and chairs are set up in the large room which has a vaulted ceiling, with chandeliers hanging from the cross brace...
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Dining Room in the McCormick Works Club House

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of the dining room. The vaulted ceiling has chandeliers hanging from the cross braces. Below, tables and chairs are set up in rows, and bench...
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Dining Room in the McCormick Works Club House

Date: 1900
Description: View of the back of the dining room towards an open balcony above a brick wall. There are rows of chairs set up on the balcony. The dining room has a vault...
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Meeting Room at the McCormick Works Club House

Date: 1900
Description: Interior view of the meeting room, On the left is a fireplace. Tables and chairs are in the center of the room. At the back of the room is a bay window wit...
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Employees Dining at the McCormick Works Club House

Date: 1905
Description: View of mostly male, and a few female employees, dining in the Dining Hall of the McCormick Works Club House. In the background is the stage. Numbered wood...
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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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Entry Hall of McCormick Works Club House

Date: 06 19 1907
Description: Interior view of entry hall of the club house. A spittoon is on the lobby floor at the base of a flight of stairs. A message board is posted near the front...
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McCormick Works Club House

Date: 06 19 1907
Description: View from lobby of a room with a fireplace in the club house.
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McCormick Works Club House Interior Hallway

Date: 06 18 1907
Description: View down hallways towards what may be the dining room.
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Dining Porch at Black Point

Date: 07 11 1974
Description: Alma Schmidt Petersen, wearing a summer dress and flower lei, stands at a long table on the dining porch of the main house at Black Point Estate surrounded...
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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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Fitts Family Preparing to Move From Farm House

Date: 02 18 1964
Description: Chandelier in the farmhouse rented by George Fitts on Old Sauk Road near Gammon Road. The farm house was originally owned by Carl Meyer.
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Christmas Tree

Date: 12 1899
Description: Christmas tree in the home of Edward Petersen decorated with a wide assortment of ornaments and tinsel garland. It is standing on a low table in front of a...

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