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Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright

Date: 1936
Description: Frank Lloyd Wright and his wife Olgivanna, seated together reading in a bedroom at Taliesin. Taliesin is located in the vicinity of Spring Green, Wisconsin...
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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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Two Young Women in Bedroom

Date: 1929
Description: Two young women talking in a bedroom. One is packing or unpacking clothes into a travel bag. A copy of Herbert Quick's "Vandemark's Folly" is among the boo...
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Children Playing in Bedroom

Date: 02 10 1955
Description: Elevated view of boy sitting on a toy fire engine, another boy dressed as a cowboy, and a girl with a toy cash register playing in the bedroom.
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Canning Corn

Date: 1927
Description: Husband and wife canning corn in kitchen using Burpee Can Sealer.
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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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Upham Residence

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Description: Interior view of Upham residence. There are bookshelves along the back wall. A large, arched doorway leads into another room on the right, with a glass-fro...
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Infant with Grandmother

Date: 1950
Description: A young child examines a children's book with her grandmother.
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Woman in Kitchen

Date: 1950
Description: Woman pouring a cup of coffee.
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Television

Date: 1950
Description: A young woman is displaying a television set.
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The Overbys in their Parlor

Date: 1916
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Simon Overby at home in their parlor with books, family portraits, and an organ with sheet music. Mr. Overby sits in a chair with a cane and a...
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Writing a Note

Date: 1950
Description: A woman writes a note at a small writing desk in her kitchen.
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Family at Home

Date: 1955
Description: A mother posing with her seven children in the living room of their home.
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Peterson Family at Home

Date: 1915
Description: Mr. Peterson is sitting in a rocking chair reading the newspaper and smoking a pipe, while Mrs. Peterson is standing at the stove with their young son, Jam...
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"Jungle Yacht" Desk

Date: 1938
Description: Close-up of a desk in an International "Jungle Yacht". The desk is furnished with clocks, speedometers, a map, and a telephone. Above the desk is a bookshe...
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At Home in Town

Date: 1996
Description: Inside the Quinney living room at the house on Rolfe Road.
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University of Wisconsin Farm and Home Week

Date: 02 03 1948
Description: Mrs. Edwin B. (Rosa) Fred, extreme left, wife of the university president, with a delegation of guests from Sun Prairie, at a tea at the Wisconsin executiv...
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University of Wisconsin Farm and Home Week

Date: 02 03 1948
Description: Elizabeth Davies (left), Baraboo, president of the Wisconsin Home Agents' association, talking to Mary Baldwin, wife of the Dean of the University of Wisco...
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University of Wisconsin Farm and Home Week

Date: 02 03 1948
Description: Mrs. Raymond Sayre, Ackworth, Iowa, president of the Associated Country Women of the World, chatting with Miss Eva Belle (left), and Mrs. Walter Pierce, Ba...
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University of Wisconsin Farm and Home Week

Date: 02 03 1948
Description: From left to right: Mrs. Charles Dernbach, Almond; Mrs. Walter Kuhrt, Almond; and Mrs. W.M. Erdenberger, Prairie du Chien, at a tea at the executive reside...

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