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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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Mini Bar

Date: 1950
Description: Mini bar with refrigerator and glassware.
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Wolff-Kubly & Hirsig Basement

Date: 01 10 1946
Description: Wolff-Kubly & Hirsig basement display of housewares, glassware and gifts on new counters and glass shelves, from the right side toward the back.
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Grace Episcopal Church Swap & Shop

Date: 09 28 1945
Description: Swap & Shop rummage sale tables in the Guild Hall of Grace Episcopal Church, 110 West Washington Avenue. Four women are behind the tables serving three cus...
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Victoria House, College Girl's Bedroom

Date: 03 05 1945
Description: Typical college girl's bedroom with frilly curtains, knick-knacks on shelves, and stuffed animals on the bed at the Victoria House, 225 Lake Lawn Place.
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Wedding Gifts for Cordary-Tarbox

Date: 03 01 1945
Description: Display of gifts for Virginia M. Cordary and Floyd A. Tarbox wedding in dining room of Frank Cordary home at 522 South Mills Street. The couple was married...
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Manchester's, Inc., Floor Coverings

Date: 02 01 1945
Description: Wide-angle view of floor coverings and rugs on the fourth floor of Manchester's, Inc., department store.
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Wisconsin Electric Cooperative Store, Radio Department

Date: 11 27 1943
Description: Interior of Wisconsin Electric Cooperative Store, in Wisconsin Union Transfer Building, 155-303 West Wilson Street, showing lamps, mirrors and radios.
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Wisconsin Electric Cooperative Store

Date: 11 27 1943
Description: Interior of Wisconsin Electric Cooperative Store, in Union Transfer Building, 155-303 West Wilson, showing toys, Christmas decorations and lamps and applia...
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Stairway in Louis C. George Home

Date: 11 02 1937
Description: Stairway and entrance hall, with Victorian sofa, in Louis C. George home, located at 201 Farwell Drive.
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Manchesters' Carpet Shop

Date: 05 27 1936
Description: Display of carpets and rugs in Manchesters', 2-6 East Mifflin carpet shop.
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German Police Dog and His Owner

Date: 05 21 1934
Description: Olga Laube sitting in her living room at 604 East Johnson Street with her trained German Police dog "Barry," who can add, subtract, multiply, spell, and do...
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J.G. Fuller House

Date: 05 11 1934
Description: J.G. Fuller House, 215 Lathrop Street. The living room features an antique desk and sofa.
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J.G. Fuller House Antique Buffet

Date: 05 11 1934
Description: J.G. Fuller house, 215 Lathrop Street, featuring an antique buffet in the dining room.
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Armstrong Products, Home Show

Date: 05 06 1934
Description: Woman, in costume, standing in Hassett Linoleum Co. display booth featuring Armstrong Products: carpet, linoleum, Armstrong Quaker rugs, at the Home Show.
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Palm Reader

Date: 04 11 1934
Description: Sitting at a table, Doris Witter of Oconto Falls, is reading the palm of Helen Haldiman from Monticello. Both are University of Wisconsin students.
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Joseph Oden La Follette and His Grandmother

Date: 11 16 1933
Description: Joseph Oden La Follette, the son of Senator Robert La Follette, Jr., being held by his maternal grandmother, Harriet Oden of Washington, D.C.
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Melvina Capron and her Radio

Date: 08 02 1933
Description: Melvina (Mrs. Samuel) Capron, 222 N. Bassett Street, listening to a radio and reenacting the night in 1923 when she heard that President Warren G. Harding ...
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Martha Finn, Jail Matron

Date: 07 07 1933
Description: Portrait of Martha Finn, jail matron and wife of Sheriff Fred T. Finn, sitting at a table, reading a newspaper. Her duties consist of cooking for all the j...
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Mrs. Glenn Osmundsen Bookkeeping for Farm

Date: 05 12 1933
Description: Mrs. Glenn Osmundsen, whose husband works 40 acres of Sunny View farm owned by Howard King, 5710 Lacy Road, sitting at a table with a large decorative kero...

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