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Kitchen Interior

Date: 1910
Description: Woman baking in a large kitchen with lean-to pantry and a wood-burning stove. The sconces or reflectors on the kerosene lamps intensified the light.
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Fudge Party

Date: 1890
Description: College students at the University of Wisconsin having a fudge-making party around a small gas burner.
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Modern Kitchen

Date: 1950
Description: An interior view of a kitchen/dining area/den, from behind the electric range looking into the den.
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Woman with International Harvester Designer Refrigerator

Date: 1949
Description: Advertising photograph of a woman putting a fabric covering on an International Harvester refrigerator. The refrigerator was designed to accomodate custom ...
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International Harvester Decorator Refrigerator

Date: 1953
Description: Advertising brochure with an image of a woman covering an International Harvester Decorator refrigerator while another woman looks on. The refrigerator is ...
Poster

International Harvester Refrigerator Advertising Poster

Date: 1951
Description: Advertising poster showing a woman displaying color choices for International Harvester refrigerator door handle plaques. Also includes illustrations of a ...
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International Harvester Decorator Air Conditioner

Date: 1951
Description: International Harvester AR-100 Air Conditioner covered with a patterned material that matches nearby curtains.
Print

International Harvester Decorator Air Conditioner Advertisement

Date: 1953
Description: Advertisement for International Harvester decorator air conditioners. Features images of air conditioners covered with fabric to match their surrounding de...
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St. Charles Kitchen Display

Date: 01 10 1950
Description: St. Charles kitchen display in Casey & O'Brien, Inc. store, 124 West Mifflin Street.
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Parade of Homes Kitchen

Date: 08 03 1955
Description: Kitchen at 614 Odell Street(?), taken for 1955 Parade of Homes, looking through opening in cabinet wall to show stove, sink and refrigerator, Revco and Pre...
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Kitchern Breakfast Nook in A.J. Sweet Residence

Date: 08 30 1949
Description: Kitchen breakfast nook in the residence of Mr. and Mrs. A.J. (Sara) Sweet, 209 North Spooner Street. The drapes and wallpaper feature a fruit design with t...
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Syl Sitting at Piano

Date: 11 02 1902
Description: Syl sitting on an adjustable stool at a piano with one hand on the keyboard. In the background a cast iron stove is visible.
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Mr. and Mrs. Perry at Dankolers Home

Date: 1902
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Perry posing in the Dankoler house. Syl is seated on the floor in front of them, and Harry stands on the far right near a cast iron stove.
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Plumbing Showroom

Date: 1935
Description: A plumbing showroom with tiled model kitchen and bathroom displays. There are oil burning heaters, water heaters, and water softeners also displayed.
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Philip C. and Kathleen Rosenthal House Kitchen

Date: 10 19 1951
Description: Philip and Kathleen Rosenthal's salmon-red house in Shorewood Hills at 3668 Lake Mendota Drive, designed by Milwaukee architect Alvin Jansama and built in ...
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Biddick Home

Date: 07 10 1952
Description: Kitchen of the Roscoe Biddick home at 2509 Hoard Street. The house was built entirely by the Biddicks and several friends.
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Forest and Bear

Date: 1897
Description: Forest Middleton, wearing a plaid dress, lectures his Teddy Bear, which is seated in a high chair.
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Giese Kitchen

Date: 2004
Description: After she baked some apple pies, Frieda Giese, 85, lounges in her expansive kitchen.
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North Central Airline Stewardesses

Date: 11 10 1954
Description: Stewardess Coleen Ogle cooking in the apartment she shares with three other stewardesses. Art Kemp, first officer and co-pilot, is looking on. The photogra...
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Ice Box in Cottage at Nature Lovers Paradise

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Description: Interior view showing an ice box in a cottage at Nature Lovers Paradise, a resort on Jackson Lake. The doors are open on the ice box, and trays are on the ...

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