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Furniture Display Room

Date: 12 24 1940
Description: Lowell Frautschi displaying fabric samples to a couple sitting on living room furniture at Frautschi's, Incorporated, 219 King Street.
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Two Children Posing with Christmas Tree

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Description: Portrait of a boy and girl posed by a Christmas tree. The boy is sitting on a toy horse on the left and is wearing a military style hat and holding a toy g...
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Valentine's Day Party

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Description: Mrs. D.L. McQuillan and thirteen of her guests at her Valentine's Day party, wearing costumes decorated with hearts, including some elaborate headdresses.
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"Tried for His Own Murder" Scene Still

Date: 1916
Description: Still from the 1916 Vitagraph film "Tried for His Own Murder," featuring Maurice Costello (playing Ransford) and Leah Baird (playing Irene Gardner). They s...
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Catholic Bishop Open House

Date: 06 11 1957
Description: Myrtle Bond and Eileen Kohls visit in a corner of the living room of Bishop William P. O'Connor's residence on Lake Mendota at Fox Point. They will be help...
Book or Pamphlet

Frost and Wood Foldout Card — Inside

Date: 1898
Description: Inside of foldout card, featuring four color scenes. The top is for steel plows, corn cultivators, disk harrows and spring tooth cultivators with an illust...
Drawing

Opening Day Fishing Season - The Reverse

Date: 1979
Description: Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing of a man dressed in fishing gear suspended above the fireplace in a living room from a nail in the wall. Below the man is a...
Photograph

Man Playing Poker Alone

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Description: View of a man playing poker alone on the right side of a table in a living room. A cat is walking on the floor next to the table on the left.
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Man Playing Poker Alone

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Description: View of a man playing poker alone on the left side of a table in a living room. In the background is a stairwell.
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Sid Sitting in Armchair

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Description: Sid sitting with his feet up in an armchair. He is wearing a hat and is holding a cigar in his right hand. There is a flower arrangement on a table on the ...
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The "Shopinks"

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Description: The "Shopinks," a band whose set sometimes included fishing nets, relaxing in a living room near a fireplace.
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First Day of School

Date: 08 27 1989
Description: A man is sitting on his sofa, watching his son write a card. Caption reads: "Joe Gofoe said he and his son Elton, 5, were 'big boys' and could handle the f...
Photograph

Santa Claus Getting Ready for his Journey

Date: 12 22 1953
Description: Man dressed as Santa Claus sitting in front of a fireplace in an armchair, lighting his pipe with a candle. His pom-pom hat is hanging over the back of the...
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Serving Tea, a Gracious Custom

Date: 02 18 1958
Description: Sitting in front of the fireplace in the family home at 535 Wisconsin Avenue are Mrs. Lucien (Mary) Hanks, her daughter and two friends. They are (left to ...
Photograph

Santa Costume

Date: 1931
Description: A child dressed as Santa Claus is standing and posing in the living room of the Herbert P. Brumder residence at 2030 East Lafayette Place. The costume incl...
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Brumder Family

Date: 12 1935
Description: Herbert E. Brumder, second from right, is shaking his mother Margaret's hand as his brother Philip, far left, and sister Barbara, center, are smiling broad...
Photograph

Ed Stein's Wife, Donna Stein

Date: 04 12 1959
Description: Donna Stein, wife of photographer Ed Stein.
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After Dinner Entertainment

Date: 1978
Description: Two women and a man are performing a skit in front of the brick fireplace in the living room at Forest Lodge. One woman is holding a paper fan and wearing...

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