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Family in their Living Room

Date: 1955
Description: Family in their living room. The mother watches television, the father reads a newspaper, the daughter reads a book, and two sons play with a train set.
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Weighing Guests

Date: 1898
Description: Group of people on the front porch, weighing the guests. A visit was considered successful if the guests weighed more when they left.
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Sarah Fairchild Conover

Date: 1895
Description: Sarah Fairchild Dean Conover, sister of Civil War hero and governor Lucius Fairchild, reclines on a sofa in her home at 424 North Pinckney Street.
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Women's Rest Room at Osborne Works Twine Mill

Date: 1910
Description: Female workers and an attendant reading magazines and relaxing inside a "rest room" at International Harvester's Osborne Twine Mill. The Osborne Works was ...
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Picnic Tea Party

Date: 1890
Description: A woman pours tea for her friends seated outdoors at a table.
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Sleep Over Party

Date: 02 12 1956
Description: Young women talk about a dance and their dates while lounging on pushed-together twin beds in their pajamas.
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McCormick Reaper Works "Rest Room"

Date: 1899
Description: Two women sitting in the "rest room" at the McCormick Reaper Works. A piano is in the background.
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Family in front of Wood Frame House

Date: 1878
Description: Three men and two women sit around a table in a yard. Behind them is a picket fence and a wood frame house. One woman holds a fan, another a book. One man ...
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International Truck Advertising Poster

Date: 1951
Description: Advertising poster for International trucks with a color illustration of a truck driver sitting in an easy chair with his feet propped up under the text "c...
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LOFT Opening Participants

Date: 11 18 1944
Description: Five boys gathered around the table at the opening of the LOFT youth center. Left to right: Gordon Findorff, Maple Bluff; Dick Sandersen, 919 Vilas Avenue;...
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Ada Bass and Daughter Everetta

Date: 1890
Description: Ada Bass sitting in a rocking chair reading, while her daughter Everetta is sweeping the front porch of the family home.
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Man Relaxing in Chair

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Description: A man, possibly Ole Johnson with a pipe and wearing a hat and trousers with suspenders, reclines in a chair and rests his feet on a footstool. He is posing...
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Sleeping Businessman

Date: 1935
Description: An International Harvester dealer, T.F. Hogan, slouches in a couch and sleeps at a convention or meeting.
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Mrs. Brandel and Max the Dog

Date: 1925
Description: Mrs. E.W. Brandel sits in a rocking chair on the porch at Fox Lake leaning on the edge of a table. She has a book on her lap and Max the family dog is at h...
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Young Girl Reading

Date: 1898
Description: A young girl, Dorothy Hubbard, sits on a hardwood floor surrounded by pillows and reads a book. Next to the girl a large house plant grows in a pot, and a ...
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Camp Wanasquetta

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Description: A view of boys reading and relaxing underneath a semi-permanent canvas-roofed tent on a platform at Camp Wanasquetta.
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Playing Biliards in the Central Park Officers House

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Description: Uniformed men play billiards and relax in the Central Park Officers House. The room includes two billiard tables, chandeliers, and other interior decoratio...
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Nellie Arms

Date: 1958
Description: Nellie Arms relaxes with a cold Schlitz beer at Lewis Arms' home on Williamson Street.
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Funny Papers and Alvin Steinkopf

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Description: Still wearing his pajamas, "Milwaukee Sentinel" editor Alvin Steinkopf reads the newspaper. The popular comic strip, "Gasoline Alley," can be seen on the ...
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Monona Lake Assembly

Date: 1886
Description: Women and children, who are members of the Monona Lake Assembly, relax beneath the trees at the Monona Lake Assembly grounds. There are tents and small bui...

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