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| Description: | Exterior view of the St. Joseph Orphanage, with lion statues at the entrance. Caption reads: "St. Joseph Orphanage, Superior, Wis." |
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| Description: | Side altar in the chapel at St. Joseph Orphan Home. A large angel statue is on the right and a statue of the Virgin Mary is central. |
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| Description: | A side altar in the chapel at St. Joseph Orphan Home. A large angel statue is on the left with several saints as the central image. |
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| Description: | The main altar in the chapel at St. Joseph Orphan Home. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Art Deco room named "The Snake Pit." Redone in the 1950's. Milwaukee Athletic club, on Broadway at Mason Street. |
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| Description: | Mrs. Anna Woodward, Kate Quinney's employer, seated in an electric car parked in front of a city building. |
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| Description: | View of the parlor in the Denison homestead. Built in 1717, the home is a museum today. The room features a brick fireplace and mantle, a plush chair, two ... |
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| Description: | View of the parlor in the Denison homestead. Built in 1717, the home is a museum today. The room features a brick fireplace with mantle, a plush chair, two... |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Morris-Jumel Mansion which served, at different times, as headquarters to both forces during the Revolutionary war. This room feature... |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Morris-Jumel Mansion which served, at different times, as headquarters to both forces during the Revolutionary war. This view of the ... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | A decorative page featuring Dane County public buildings, including a court house, a jail, the poor farm building, and two views of an asylum. |
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| Description: | Interior of the main lounge of the Doctor's Hospital, founded by Theodore Atlas in the early 1900's. The view from across the room shows furniture, tables... |
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| Description: | Interior of the Director's Room at the Doctor's Hospital, founded by Theodore Atlas in the early 1900's. The view includes a long table with chairs surroun... |
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| Description: | Interior of the library at the Doctor's Hospital, founded by Theodore Atlas in the early 1900's. The view includes a table and chairs with a fireplace and... |
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| Description: | Interior of a sitting place at Saint Mary's Sanatorium, founded in 1880 by Bishop Salpointe. The room holds chairs and tables, and decorative art lines the... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | A view of the rotunda at Fonthill Castle, with the floors decorated with parquetry. Two doorways lead to additional rooms while another in the center is op... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A view of the living room at the Switzer Foundation for Girls. Bookshelves flank the fireplace in the background, and groupings of chairs and tables fill t... |
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| Description: | Interior of the bar room at Hotel Astor, built in 1904. Waiters, bartenders, and patrons stand around the bar, decorated in the Old World style. |
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| Description: | Interior of the Flemish Dining Room at the Elton Hotel, built in 1905. Decorative lighting surrounds a domed skylight, and below, tables are set for a meal... |
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| Description: | Interior of the bar at the Terry Tavern. Waiters stand near the bar and a man looks in from the room on the left. Tables and chairs fill the bar room. |
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