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Norwegian Community Picnic

Date: 1873
Description: Slightly elevated view of a large, multi-generational Norwegian family and friends gathered for a picnic celebration. In the foreground are picnic baskets ...
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Crochet Club

Date: 1900
Description: Group of fifteen women gathered around three tables behind a home, probably the DMC Club, an exclusive social and sewing society named for an imported bran...
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Sewing Class

Date: 1898
Description: From a portfolio of collotype prints issued in 1900, a sewing class at Hillside Home School, an early progressive school operated by Ellen and Jane Lloyd J...
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Mother Feeding Infant

Date: 09 01 1971
Description: A young mother feeds her infant baby food outdoors.
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Children Using a Telephone

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Description: Laurie and Muriel Peterson, children of the photographer, use a high chair to talk on the phone.
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Upham Residence

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Description: Interior view of Upham residence. There are bookshelves along the back wall. A large, arched doorway leads into another room on the right, with a glass-fro...
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Mini Bar

Date: 1950
Description: Mini bar with refrigerator and glassware.
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Waitress Tending Table in McCormick Works Club House

Date: 06 19 1907
Description: Waitress tending a table in the dining room of the McCormick Works Club House.
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Men Sewing

Date: 01 08 1956
Description: Men sew as a joke at a party for a prospective bridegroom. Jack Bayliss, with bow tie, is facing the camera.
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Crocheting Doilies

Date: 04 17 1957
Description: A Girl Scout crocheting doilies at a senior citizens' care center with her "adoptive grandmother."
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Frank Family Banquet

Date: 03 15 1936
Description: Frank family banquet at the Morris L. Frank restaurant, located at 611 Chapman Street. The family were Greenbush residents.
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Ronald Epstein's Birthday Party

Date: 10 27 1934
Description: Eleven children and one adult are sitting around the table at Ronald Epstein's third birthday party.
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Richard McVicar Eating Ice Cream

Date: 07 05 1934
Description: Richard McVicar is sitting at a table eating ice cream from a stemmed dish.
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Amanda Maisch

Date: 01 11 1934
Description: Amanda Maisch being honored for her 20th anniversary as Janitress at Madison Central High School. Sitting L to R: Elsie Kind, mathematics; Amanda Maisch; E...
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Dining Room in "The House Next Door"

Date: 07 19 1933
Description: Dining room decorated in 1840s style in Ralph Warner's "The House Next Door," aka the Lovejoy-Duncan House, 11219 N. Webster Street. The pantry is seen thr...
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Pantry in "The House Next Door"

Date: 07 19 1933
Description: Pantry decorated in 1840s style in Ralph Warner's "The House Next Door," aka the Lovejoy-Duncan House, 11219 N. Webster Street, Cooksville.
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Chi Psi Fraternity Pre Prom Dinner

Date: 02 03 1933
Description: Chi Psi fraternity pre prom dinner at Chi Psi house, 105 Iota Court, with Prom King and Queen.
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Red Cross Sewing Circle

Date: 12 06 1932
Description: Eight women, members of Section 1 of the First Congregational Church, sewing for the Red Cross in the home of Joseph and Augusta C. Steinbach, 509 S. Randa...
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Red Cross Sewing Circle

Date: 12 08 1932
Description: Large group of women sewing for the Red Cross at St. John's Lutheran Church, 322 East Washington Avenue. Shows a woman sitting behind a sewing machine on t...
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Red Cross Sewing Circle

Date: 12 08 1932
Description: Large group of women sewing for the Red Cross in the home of James and Mary McManamy, 2005 Jefferson.

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