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| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of a large, multi-generational Norwegian family and friends gathered for a picnic celebration. In the foreground are picnic baskets ... |
| Date: | 11 22 1931 |
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| Description: | Aunt Mary putting on a "Corn-top Bread" lunch in the Orpheum Theatre N.U.A. room. Seated left to right: Dave Genaro, Lizzy Wilson, Tom Harris, Annie Hart, ... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Eight people posing in front of a one-story clapboard house holding possessions. The man on the far left is holding a gun and wears a ammunition belt aroun... |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an Osage infant, wrapped up in an infant carrier that is resting on a chair. |
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| Description: | Actor Jack Carson and two boys competing in an ice cream eating contest at the State Fair. The boys are identified as John Schroeder of West Bend and Jacki... |
| Date: | 06 08 1955 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Friede (?) sits in a chair while crocheting a doily. |
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| Description: | Women, who are accompanied by their children, register at the Health Center. On the walls are displayed posters on health and food. |
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| Description: | View of a seven foot tall colonial fireplace in a home. The large fireplace is surrounded by kitchen tools, fireplace tools and a bed warmer. A sword hangs... |
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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: | View of living room of the Henry Whitfield house. The room features a fireplace, tables, chairs, a mantle with tableware and framed portraits and artwork a... |
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| Description: | Interior view of the colonial kitchen at the Van Cortlandt house featuring simple wooden table and chairs, a large fireplace for cooking, cooking implemen... |
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| Description: | The Fairlawn home's colonial kitchen and fireplace. The view features a cooking fireplace with a built in oven, a spinning wheel, irons, fireplace tools, ... |
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| Description: | Amateur painting by Eleanor R. Craighill. Representing a woman in an apron and hat polishing(?) a pot in front of the kitchen fireplace in the Governor's P... |
| Date: | 02 26 1952 |
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| Description: | Pictured is the Madison Theater's Guild's costume designer who uses only the name Loie. |
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| Description: | View of a room filled with portraits and relics from the Civil War. A piano is placed below a window across the room, and the walls are lined with framed p... |
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| Description: | Interior of a restaurant at Hotel Astor, built in 1904. The room features chairs, tables, potted plants, and lavish decor. Along the walls are framed paint... |
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| Description: | Interior of a restaurant at Hotel Astor, built in 1904. View from a room with tables and chairs toward a short staircase in an archway that leads to a room... |
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| Description: | Interior of the Brau Haus, a German-American Rathskeller. A German band wearing costumes stands on the small stage at the restaurant, some holding musical... |
| 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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