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Galloway House Museum Parlor

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Description: Interior view of the parlor, with a piano on the left, a sofa to the right in the corner of the room, and a portrait on an easel in the center. There is a ...
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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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Trelawny Office Area with Desk

Date: 1950
Description: A corner desk and bookshelf in the Cornish miner's cottage on Shake Rag Street called Trelawny. The cottage was restored under the ownership of Robert M. N...
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Trelawny Bedroom

Date: 1940
Description: The bedroom 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 now u...
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Pendarvis Living Area

Date: 1940
Description: The restored limestone cottage, including a fireplace, desks, chairs and dresser, on Shake Rag Street called Pendarvis. The cottage was restored under the ...
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Indian Agency House

Date: 06 1938
Description: Indian Agency House, near the site of Fort Winnebago. This is an interior view of a corner of a bedroom.
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Kohler Demonstration Home, 1928-Living Room

Date: 1928
Description: Living Room of the 1928 demonstration home in Kohler, Wisconsin, showing health carpet, tan murescoed wall, fireplace with wrought iron fire set, della rob...
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Kohler Demonstration Home, 1928- Bedroom

Date: 1928
Description: Bedroom in the 1928 Demonstration Home in Kohler, Wisconsin. The decor features jade green furniture, a flowered chair, and corn-colored curtains banded wi...
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Kohler Demonstration Home, Guest Room

Date: 1929
Description: Guest room in the 1929 demonstration home in Kohler, Wisconsin. The decor featured lavender organdie curtains, a flowered cretonne covered chair, a cane se...
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Denison Homestead Parlor

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Description: View of formal parlor in Deniston homestead. Built in 1717, the home is a museum today. The room features two formal portraits, a rocking chair, dresser, m...
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Bedroom at the Hermitage

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Description: Interior view of a bedroom at the Hermitage, home of Andrew Jackson, featuring a canopied bed, matching curtains, ornate wallpaper and gleaming carved wood...
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The Hermitage Drawing Room

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Description: Interior view of a drawing room in the Hermitage, home of Andrew Jackson, featuring chandeliers, a harpsichord and ornately carved furniture.
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Parlor of James K. Polk

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Description: Parlor in the home of James K. Polk. The room contains a fireplace along the wall on the right, two floor to ceiling windows with drapes, three carved chai...
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Van Cortlandt House Washington Bedroom

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Description: Interior view of the Washington bedroom at the Van Cortlandt house featuring a fireplace, canopied bed, with a Dutch-style carved cradle at the foot, other...
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Three Villages Tea House

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Description: View of a parlor in the Three Villages Tea House. The room features a sitting area, a grandfather clock, lamps, a flower arrangement and displayed vases an...
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Living Room at Christmas Time

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Description: View of living room featuring an elaborately upholstered armchair, a small decorated Christmas tree atop a table, and two long-haired lap dogs posing on th...
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Family in Living Room

Date: 1910
Description: View of a family relaxing in the living room of their home. Features men, women, and children sitting around a table. Caption reads: "A Happy Home in Orogr...
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President General's Room

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Description: A general view of the President General's Room in Memorial Continental Hall. Tables and chairs lie in the foreground on a decorative rug with a fireplace a...
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P.E.O. Memorial Hall

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Description: Interior view showing the stage and reception hall of the Philanthropic Educational Organization, founded in 1869. Decorative seating, tables, draperies, ...
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Central Park Officers' House

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Description: An interior view of the library of the Central Park Officers' House. Seven men read in wooden and wicker chairs and decorative lighting hangs from the cei...

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