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Kindergarten Students

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Description: Students gathered closely around their teachers in the kindergarten room on the south end of the school. The open hearth, fireplace, high ceilings and wind...
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Fireplace at Hull Cottage

Date: 1915
Description: Tile fireplace inside the Hull cottage on Madeline Island. Display of Native American artifacts and other items are on the mantel. The Hull cottage, a.k.a....
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Baker's Fireplace

Date: 1915
Description: Living room interior of Madeline Island vacation house showing stone fireplace and furniture. The house belonged to the Baker family and later became the h...
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Aunt Nell's Room

Date: 1898
Description: Interior shot of Aunt Nell's room at Hillside Home School, an early progressive school, operated by Ellen and Jane Lloyd Jones, aunts of Frank Lloyd Wright...
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Old Library at Hillside Home School

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Description: The old library at Hillside Home School, an early progressive school operated by Ellen and Jane Lloyd Jones, aunts of Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Christmas Day

Date: 1917
Description: A scrapbook page containing three photographs of John A. Commons (presumably) in his World War I uniform, standing with another man with a Christmas tree, ...
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Roadside Service Station Model

Date: 1926
Description: Architectural model of a village type roadside service station designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Men are standing behind the model, and there is a fire in th...
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Woman Reading Magazine

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Description: Woman reading "House Beautiful" magazine at Greenwood House.
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Woman in Kitchen

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Description: Composite photograph/painting of a woman standing and pouring (fake) water into a cracked basin, with the water spilling onto the floor.
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Woman Using Spinning Wheel

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Description: Elderly woman using a spinning wheel to make yarn from wool.
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La Follette Family Listens to the Returns

Date: 11 1924
Description: Robert M. La Follette, Sr., with Isabel Bacon La Follette (Mrs. Philip La Follette), Mrs. John J. Blaine, Philip Fox La Follette, Governor John J. Blaine, ...
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Executive Chamber

Date: 1917
Description: Interior of the Wisconsin State Capitol Executive Chamber.
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Pioneer Living Room

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Description: A collection of pioneer household articles arranged in a living room.
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Out of Action

Date: 01 13 1967
Description: Dejected skier at home with cast and crutches, after breaking her leg practicing for competition.
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Brand New Oven

Date: 1950
Description: Woman displays a brand new oven/stove.
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Hearth and Home

Date: 1950
Description: Kitchen and dining room area of a home with a fireplace.
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Tannisse and David Taylor having a Tea Party

Date: 1914
Description: Photographer Herman Taylor's children sit at a little table in front of the hearth in the library.
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Living Room Wall and Fireplace after Explosion

Date: 03 19 1945
Description: Living room wall and fireplace after the Bane residence explosion in North Bay, Lake Mendota.
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Victoria House Lounge

Date: 03 05 1945
Description: Victoria House lounge, 225 Lake Lawn Place.
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Victoria House, Dining Room

Date: 03 05 1945
Description: Victoria House dining room, 225 Lake Lawn Place.

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