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Lumber Camp Dining Room

Date: 1890
Description: Group of men posing in the dining room at August Mason's lumber camp. Three men are playing stringed instruments. Posters are displayed on the wall behind ...
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Women Sewing for Civil Works Administration Project

Date: 1934
Description: A group of Fond du Lac women sews clothes for a Civil Works Administration project in 1934. The CWA was an emergency program that lasted from November 1933...
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Family at Dining Table

Date: 1890
Description: Family gathered at the dining table.
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Children in Bed

Date: 1890
Description: Bedroom scene with two boys in a bed with ornate headboard.
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Family at Dining Room Table

Date: 1900
Description: A family poses at the dining room table after dinner in Luther Valley.
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Females Sewing at the Pima Agency

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Description: Women and girls sewing in a room at the Pima Agency, near Phoenix.
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H.L. Mencken Having a Beer for Breakfast

Date: 1927
Description: H.L. Mencken sits at the breakfast table reading the newspaper and dining on toast and a goblet of beer. He autographed the photograph with "Breakfast in t...
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Sherwood Forest Hotel Dining Room

Date: 1930
Description: Interior of the Sherwood Forest Hotel dining room. Men and women are seated at a table for a meal, and the uniformed waitstaff stand to the left.
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Tallman House

Date: 1953
Description: View of the dining room in the Tallman House.
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Pendarvis Dining Room

Date: 1930
Description: The dining room in the Cornish Pendarvis home.
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Pendarvis Dining Room

Date: 1940
Description: The dining area of the Cornish Pendarvis home, now owned by Robert M. Neal.
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Polperro House Kitchen

Date: 1940
Description: The kitchen in the restored Cornish miner's house, called Polperro, on Shake Rag Street. The house was temporarily covered with siding, but after restorati...
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Polperro House Bedroom

Date: 1940
Description: A bedroom in the restored Cornish miner's house, called Polperro, on Shake Rag Street. The house was temporarily covered with siding, but after restoration...
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Dining Room at Warner's Resort

Date: 
Description: View of the dining room at the resort. Caption reads: "A Corner of the Dining Room, Warner's Resort, Plum Lake, Sayner, Wis."
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Polperro House Bedroom

Date: 1940
Description: The bedroom in the restored Cornish miner's house, called Polperro, on Shake Rag Street. The house was temporarily covered with siding, but after restorati...
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Trelawny Dining Room

Date: 1945
Description: The dining room in the Cornish miner's cottage on Shake Rag Street called Trelawny. The cottage was restored under the ownership of Robert M. Neal and is n...
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Trelawny Living Room

Date: 1950
Description: The living room with a fireplace in the Cornish miner's cottage on Shake Rag Street called Trelawny. The cottage was restored under the ownership of Robert...
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Living Room at 121 East Gilman Street

Date: 1948
Description: The living room of Fred and Annie Storer Brown's home, 121 East Gilman Street. The house was built in 1888.
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1929 Kohler Demonstration Home, 1929-Bedroom

Date: 1929
Description: Bedroom in 1929 Demonstration Home in Kohler, Wisconsin. The bedroom is painted in buff moresco. There is a braided rug and a hooked rug on the floor. It...
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A Musical Performance

Date: 
Description: A woman with a ukulele in a household setting.

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