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Brides at Home

Date: 06 25 1957
Description: Lois Persen Berres standing in her kitchen while holding a coffee pot. The photograph is one of a series showing how newlywed women have made their new liv...
Photograph

Brides at Home

Date: 06 25 1957
Description: Mary Weston Frautschi preparing her dining room table for a dinner party. The photograph is one of a series showing how newlywed women have made their new ...
Photograph

Brides at Home

Date: 06 25 1957
Description: Portrait of Gayle Grelle Cody in the living room of her home, sitting on the floor next to a bookcase that cost two dollars to make. It is made of pine boa...
Photograph

Brides at Home

Date: 06 25 1957
Description: Joanne Peters Rothe sitting in the living room of her home while hemming a drape for a nearby window. The photograph is one of a series showing how newlywe...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Political Cartoon Comparing Platforms

Date: 1884
Description: Political cartoon comparing the Democratic Platform with the Republican Platform. The cartoon (Democratic) on the left depicts a poor family wearing rags i...
Photograph

Man Carrying Chair into House with Children and Dog

Date: 11 1976
Description: A man is carrying a chair into a house from an International Harvester model 1700 truck owned by A. Arnold and Son Transfer & Storage Co. of Louisville, Ke...
Photograph

Maple Bluff Fire

Date: 04 26 1958
Description: Two firemen hold a ladder while going up a ladder to fight a fire that destroyed the interior of the Graham Johnson residence at 22 Burrows Road in Maple B...
Photograph

Modern Kitchen

Date: 10 14 1959
Description: Lois Dick, 106 Richland Lane, shows the kitchen which she and her husband Robert planned to suit their family needs and to accommodate their favorite style...
Photograph

Victim of Recession

Date: 03 02 1958
Description: Unidentified young woman in home with small children. Annotated on back: “Victim of recession, Mar. 2, 1958.”
Photograph

Young Housewife

Date: 1928
Description: Young housewife wearing apron, leaning forward and looking down. Photograph for the extension project of the International Harvester Co. of Chicago.
Photograph

Wedding Decorations

Date: 09 02 1897
Description: Interior of the John A. Landfair home, showing floral decorations for the wedding of Kate Landfair and Marvin B. Rosenberry, later Chief Justice of the Sup...
Photograph

Professor Rasmus B. Anderson at Home

Date: 1902
Description: Professor Rasmus B. Anderson, noted authority on Scandinavian affairs, with Karema Anderson and his son Rolf, with dog “Ned”, in their home.
Postcard

Fiebelkorn Living Area

Date: 
Description: Interior of William Fiebelkorn's home. Next to a window with lace curtains at the window is a rack with a display of photographs or postcards. There is a t...
Photograph

Two Sisters Wed Two Brothers and Share House

Date: 08 04 1961
Description: Doris, left, and Helen Saalsaa working together preparing dinner in their ultra-modern kitchen, which they designed for two cooks.
Photograph

Harry Lichte House

Date: 02 06 1964
Description: Harry Lichte standing in the doorway of his parlor with authentic 19th Century decor at his home at 5314 Flad Avenue.
Photograph

Two Year Old Girl Abducted from Her Front Yard by Salesman

Date: 04 01 1964
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Leon W. Binger, parents of 2-year-old Carol, watching the court proceedings for Thomas Howard. Howard is accused of abducting Carol from her f...
Photograph

Participant in Nursing Program for Married Women

Date: 05 11 1965
Description: Donna Osness with two of her daughters, preparing dinner for her family. One of a series of images about Donna, a mother of five children, who is participa...
Photograph

Busy Mother

Date: 09 30 1965
Description: Mrs. Rodney Gallagher, Rt. 2, Fish Hatchery Road, with a phone at her ear and a list at her side. She is sitting at a table with her five children, who are...
Photograph

Afternoon Matinee at Home

Date: 10 14 2014
Description: View of the interior of a private home. The foreground is dark, except for the television screen which is showing a woman. The subtitles of the movie read:...
Photograph

Work Place

Date: 11 10 2014
Description: View of a red chair in front of a desk with built-in shelves. In the center is a Macintosh computer and keyboard. A telephone, lamp, and magnifying lens ar...

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