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Victoria House Lounge

Date: 03 05 1945
Description: Victoria House lounge, 225 Lake Lawn Place.
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Dean House Sun Parlor

Date: 04 18 1932
Description: Sun parlor in the Joseph and Minnie Dean house, 636 E. Gorham Street.
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First Congregational Church Student Lounge

Date: 01 21 1930
Description: First Congregational Church student lounge, at 1609 University Avenue. The room is furnished with chairs and couches along the walls, two large carpets, an...
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Lucius Fairchild Residence

Date: 1888
Description: An interior view of the Lucius Fairchild House, showing the sitting room and a partial view of the dining room. The house was constructed in 1850 at 302 So...
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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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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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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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Clarence Scholl Home in Spring Green

Date: 03 10 1950
Description: The living room of the home of Mr. and Mrs. Scholl on East Montroe Street. Mrs. Scholl is seated in a lipstick red chair next to the Lannon stone fireplace...
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Drawing Room in Governor's Residence

Date: 03 09 1950
Description: The Stately drawing room is full of shades of green and lilac, repeated in the flowered draperies. Conversation pieces on the mantel and elsewhere about t...
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Porter Butts House

Date: 05 29 1950
Description: Interior view of the Porter Butts house at 2900 Hunter Hill in Shorewood Hills, one of the first "modern" houses in the Madison area, built in 1937. The sa...
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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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LaFayette Bedroom of the Morris-Jumel Mansion

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Description: Interior view of the Morris-Jumel Mansion which served, at different times, as headquarters to both forces during the Revolutionary war. This view of the ...
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Zona Gale's Study

Date: 1928
Description: This room in the home of William Llewellyn and Zone Gale Breese, with desk, wood paneled walls, fireplace, and tile floor served as Ms. Gale's study.
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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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Elks Club

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Description: A view of a fireplace, chairs, and tables in the lounging room of the Elks Club, founded in 1868. Stacks of books lie on the table, and decorations and lig...
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Main Lounge at Doctor's Hospital

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Description: Interior of the main lounge of the Doctor's Hospital, founded by Theodore Atlas in the early 1900's. The view from across the room shows furniture, tables...
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Sitting Place at Saint Mary's Sanatorium

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Description: Interior of a sitting place at Saint Mary's Sanatorium, founded in 1880 by Bishop Salpointe. The room holds chairs and tables, and decorative art lines the...
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St. Joseph's Guest House (Sisters of the Holy Ghost)

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Description: Interior view of a bedroom at St. Joseph's guest house. The room is furnished with a bed, dresser, table, and chair. The fireplace on the left has an arche...

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