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Family Bomb Shelter

Date: 1952
Description: A Wisconsin family inside their new bomb shelter.
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A Quiet Evening at Home

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Description: Amos Elliot, pioneer stage coach driver, enjoying a quiet evening at home with his second wife, and her daughter (center), Stella Hart.
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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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Canning Corn

Date: 1927
Description: Husband and wife canning corn in kitchen using Burpee Can Sealer.
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Bennett Family Popcorn Party

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Description: Interior portrait; Bennett family popcorn party.
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Bennett Family Popcorn Party

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Description: Interior portrait of the Bennett family posing around a bowl of popcorn. They are sitting in an alcove with the pocket doors open, and three stringed instr...
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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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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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The Soldier's Home, the Vision

Date: 1862
Description: "The Soldier's Home, the Vision," a Currier and Ives lithograph, handcolored.
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Winner of Christmas Home Decorating Contest

Date: 12 22 1956
Description: Ruth Bass, 4216 Mandrake Road, receiving a clock radio as a prize in the Christmas outdoor home lighting contest from Lucien G. Schlimgen, Jr., president o...
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Group Sitting at Dining Room Table

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Description: Two men and three women sitting down to a meal, possibly Mr. and Mrs. Merlin Hull on the left, and Mr. and Mrs. George Hull on the right, father and son.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Home Economics

Date: 12 09 1947
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison students at a weiner roast in the recreation room of the University of Wisconsin Home Management house at 1430 Linden Drive...
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Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones and his Wife Susan

Date: 1911
Description: Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones and Susan Lloyd Jones and their collie, Roger, probably on the porch of a cottage. Susan died Oct 26, 1911 and Jenkin died Sept 12...
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Group Having Picnic in Yard

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Description: A large group of men, women and children gather for a picnic in a grove of trees near a frame house.
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Flora van Brink Hony Bader (nee Melkman) in Amsterdam

Date: 1946
Description: Left to right: friend Sophie, Josef and Flora van Brink Hony Bader (nee Melkman) in their home in Amsterdam. The tablecloth was made by Mrs. Bader and retu...
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Family in Dining Room

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Description: A family is posed in a dining room with a woman seated and holding a small child. A man is seated at a desk in the corner, with a young girl standing nearb...
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Ranch-Style Home of Lloyd Yaudes Family

Date: 03 21 1951
Description: The Lloyd Yaudes family gathers in the living room of their new ranch-style home at 526 Virginia Terrace.
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Street Scene at Intersection

Date: 1913
Description: An intersection with townhouse on the left and a hotel on the right. There is a group of people on the porch of the townhouse and a horse and carriage park...
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Homemaker Club

Date: 11 1980
Description: View from a stage of a gathering of the Homemaker Club.
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Hable and Krueger Families

Date: 06 1899
Description: Group portrait of the Hable and Krueger families posing in the yard in front of a house. Two of the men are holding newspapers. Featured are Julius Hable, ...

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