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| 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... |
| Date: | 07 27 2010 |
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| Description: | A sampler made in Ohio in 1850 with the alphabet in both upper and lower case stitched on it. |
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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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| 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: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Cover of the book "Wisconsin Mushrooms" by the Federal Writers' Project in Wisconsin and bound by Milwaukee Handicraft Project. The cover features a woodcu... |
| 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... |
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