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| Description: | Elderly woman using a spinning wheel to make yarn from wool. |
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| Description: | Interior view of a parlor. A chandelier is hanging from the ceiling, and multiple photographs and portraits are displayed on the walls. There is a piano al... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of the music room in the residence of Frederick Graham. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | The living room of Fred and Annie Storer Brown's home, 121 East Gilman Street. The house was built in 1888. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | A view from the library into the living room of the Richard Lloyd Jones residence, 1010 Walker Court (now 1010 Rutledge Court). He was editor and publisher... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | The boys' bedroom of the Richard Lloyd Jones residence, 1010 Walker Court (now 1010 Rutledge Court). Several pennants decorate the walls, including those o... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Lorinda Hill Bass sits in the center, with daughters Martha Bass Haskin, left, and Rhoda Bass Shephard beside her. Her sons, Edward, left, and Frank, right... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Otto G. Ansorge sits in his home on Lake Avenue and reads. Ansorge was a jeweler and band director in Winneconne. |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Dutch room of the Van Cortlandt house, featuring a fireplace, two ornately carved cradles, a wall clock, table, an open chest, polishe... |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Morris-Jumel Mansion which served, at different times, as headquarters to both forces during the Revolutionary war. This view of the ... |
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| Description: | Interior view of a dining room featuring table with a small sculpture in the center, rustic chairs, a screened in fireplace, decorative vases, flower arran... |
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| Description: | Interior view of sitting room with a tall ceiling. The room is decorated in art deco style with a light fixture, upholstered chairs, patterned carpet, patt... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Paper House, featuring a piano, a bench, a lamp and a chair constructed with rolls of paper. |
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| Description: | Chest brought to America on the Mayflower. Features a ceramic cup atop it while a walking cane and candle holder sit on the table next to the chest. |
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| Description: | View of corner wooden shelf containing ceramics and books. Beside the shelf is a small folding table and a chair. |
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| Description: | View of combination desk and cabinet in a corner with two chairs on either side. The cabinet doors are open showing glassware and ceramics inside. |
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| Description: | Interior view of a room in St. Joseph's guest house. A large wooden table and a chair are on the right, with a statue sitting on a pedestal in the back rig... |
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| Description: | A view of the parlor's fireplace and mantle, with cabinets standing on either side. A statue of the Virgin sits in the mantle along with candlesticks. Deco... |
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| Description: | Still wearing his pajamas, "Milwaukee Sentinel" editor Alvin Steinkopf reads the newspaper. The popular comic strip, "Gasoline Alley," can be seen on the ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Library in the home of John Johnston (1836-1904), a successful Milwaukee banker, located at 645 Franklin Place, also known as "The Lion House." The dining ... |
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