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Decorating First Apartment

Date: 04 17 1950
Description: Newlyweds George and Lorna Homes decorate their first apartment at 1028 Erin Street. George places his oil painting "Russian Spring" on the wall as Lorna i...
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Decorating First Apartment

Date: 04 17 1950
Description: Newlyweds George and Lorna Holmes decorate their first apartment at 1028 Erin Street. Lorna is painting a living room wall as George is looking on.
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Madison Vocational School Homecraft Program

Date: 04 24 1951
Description: An unidentified man sits at a loom making a rug while receiving instruction in weaving as a participant in the Madison Vocational School home craft program...
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Interior of Block House

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Description: Interior view of the block house with a steep exposed ceiling. A man is siting in a chair, and United States flags adorn the columns and a framed image on ...
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Bar Room at Hotel Astor

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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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Bug House Amusement Park (?)

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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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John Eustice, Designer of China Patterns

Date: 04 28 1958
Description: Portrait of John Eustice, a designer of china patterns, at work in his studio. A graduate of University of Wisconsin, and New York State College of Ceramic...
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Ukrainian Egg Painting Demonstration

Date: 1978
Description: A man readies the materials for a presentation at Neighborhood House on the art of Ukrainian egg decoration as several women around a table observe.
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TWA Dogs Exhibition

Date: 1982
Description: Elizabeth Was is crouching inside two triangular walls open on one side. In front of her are two painted signs lying on the grass and read: 'Step Here' and...
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Man Posing in Sid's Kitchen

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Description: A man is posing in profile in Sid's kitchen, carrying a bucket in his left hand and holding a towel over his right shoulder. On the wall in the background ...
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Sid Sitting in Living Room

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Description: Sid sitting on a couch reading a book in his living room amidst Asian furnishings and objects.
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Art in Sid's Living Room

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Description: View of a corner of Sid's living room. There is a painting by Sid of a pine tree in a mountainscape hanging on the wall. Below it is a bookshelf with sever...
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Outdoor Art Fair

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Description: Three rows of paintings are displayed outdoors on a lawn. Men and women are walking among the rows looking at the pieces for sale.
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Paradise Regained

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Description: Stereograph of a man and woman relaxing, reclining in the garden of a house. The man is ducking his head under the foliage of a plant behind him. A vase-sh...
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Easter Season

Date: 04 20 1957
Description: Coloring Easter eggs at their kitchen table are Sherry Svee, age 8, with her mother, Melba Svee, and father Kenneth Svee who is executive director of the M...
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Eileen and William Liebman

Date: 05 11 1979
Description: Portrait of a man and woman posing together; the man is standing and the woman is sitting. Behind them are several display cases with various items, some o...

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