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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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Dressing up the Dog

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Description: A girl sits in a rocking chair as a young woman commands a dog who is dressed in dark clothing to sit. A piano or organ is in the background.
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Women Playing a Reed Organ

Date: 1900
Description: A woman sits at a reed organ while another looks on.
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Interior of Bedroom

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Description: View of a metal post double bedstead against a wall, and short dresser in the corner, and a chair on the far left beside a chamber pot. A water pitcher, la...
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By the Piano

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Description: Two women and a man posing by a piano.
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Bedroom Interior

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Description: Interior of a bedroom. In the corner is a dresser with a mirror, a bed is in the foreground, and on the left are a side table with a lamp, and a chair. The...
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Four Women in Bedroom

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Description: Four women sitting on a bed, walls displaying a tennis racquet and photographs.
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Woman Lying on Bed

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Description: Woman lying on a bed, walls displaying a tennis racquet and photographs.
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Two Women Sitting at Table

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Description: Two women sitting at a table, one is reading a newspaper, possibly Mildred Castle.
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Woman in Rocking Chair

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Description: Woman in a rocking chair reading a book in front of a fireplace.
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Woman Reading Letter

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Description: Woman reading a letter by a table.
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Woman Reading Newspaper

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Description: Elderly woman sitting in a Morris chair reading a newspaper.
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Woman Knitting Near Window

Date: 1898
Description: Elderly woman sitting in a rocking chair knitting in front of a window.
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Woman Sitting on Settee

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Description: Woman sitting on a settee in front of a wall displaying photographs, possibly Fannie Post.
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Woman Sitting in Parlor

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Description: Woman posed sitting in a parlor, possibly Mrs. Charles J. Van Schaick.
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Woman Sitting at Piano

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Description: Woman sitting at a piano in a parlor.
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Woman Sitting near Stove

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Description: Elderly woman sitting in the corner of a room with a wood-burning "Sylvan Sunshine" stove and world globe.
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Group of People near Piano

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Description: Four women posing in chairs while a man sits on the floor holding a child, all in front of a piano.
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Group Posed near Organ

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Description: Three women and one man posed next to an organ. One woman sitting on the man's lap.
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Group Posed near Organ

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Description: Three women and one man posed next to an organ.

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