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| Description: | View of a bar and stools inside the Terry Tavern. A mirror hangs behind the bar and framed artwork hangs on the adjacent walls. |
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| Description: | A bar counter and stools stand inside a barroom and several posters adorn the walls. In the foreground, two cushioned benches are placed on either side of... |
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| Description: | Interior of a rustic barroom with tin ceiling. Bottles of alcohol are arranged on shelves behind the wooden bar and framed artwork hangs on the walls. |
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| Description: | Interior of the Old Absinthe House Bar, erected in 1806 by Pedro Front and Francisco Juncadelia. The bar features decorative marble fountains and a clock ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View looking south inside a guest room at 'Fairlawn' Hotel (?). The room features tables, chairs, and decorative items above a fireplace. Published by Ye... |
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| Description: | Interior of the Hawaiian Room at Hanson Hotel, one of the original structures built near Oquaga Lake. The room is decorated with palm trees that protrude ... |
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| Description: | A piano stands on a carpet among chairs and decorative plants inside a music room at the Academy of Jesus and Mary. Paintings and statues stand on the pian... |
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| Description: | People stand at the gate to the ten-acre Monticello Amusement Park. The arched entrance is decorated with various shapes, windmills, towers, and flags. Fen... |
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| Description: | Entrance to Bug House Amusement Park (?). View features several people standing in front of the entrance to the building, which features elaborate paintin... |
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| Description: | People surround decorated booths at the annual Woodstock Library Fair. |
| Date: | 12 16 1952 |
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| Description: | Members of the rosemaling class of the Shorewood Hills Community League sitting around a table. Shown are Karl K. Reese, the instructor, and Beatrice Cartw... |
| Date: | 07 02 1953 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Fred T. Cruse displays seven examples of her heavily decorated handmade velvet Christmas stockings, which she sells nation-wide and which retail for $... |
| Date: | 2004 |
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| Description: | Reinhard Grulke received this horse and carriage cutout as a gift. |
| Date: | 12 08 1953 |
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| Description: | Christmas holiday tea table centerpiece created by Emma (Mrs. F.M.) Distelhorst of 3630 Spring Trail. The display was sponsored by the West Side Garden Clu... |
| Date: | 12 08 1953 |
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| Description: | Decorative holiday tea table center piece created by Mrs. C.A. Sakrison of Middleton. The displays were sponsored by the West Side Garden Club and shown at... |
| Date: | 12 08 1953 |
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| Description: | "Umbrella Tree," an original holiday table/window decoration utilizing old umbrella spokes, was created by Ethel (Mrs. Philip H.) Falk of 3721 Council Cres... |
| Date: | 12 08 1953 |
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| Description: | Original holiday table decoration dubbed "Angel's Stairway" and consisting of a tall, colorful combination of shiny tree balls, magnolia leaves, and celosi... |
| Date: | 12 14 1953 |
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| Description: | Maybelle Otterson demonstrates a Christmas custom as she hangs a front door decoration on her home at 209 North Blackhawk Avenue in Shorewood. |
| Date: | 03 02 1954 |
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| Description: | Music cabinet with decoupage design by Fern Fowler. The cabinet was owned by Winfield & Irene Alexander; a violin is laying on top of the cabinet. |
| Date: | 04 07 1954 |
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| Description: | Close-up of Fern Fowler's hands as she creates a decoupage tray. This photograph depicts the final step of pasting the design onto the tray with a small br... |
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