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| Date: | 1916 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 10 16 1980 |
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| Description: | Magda Herzberger sits at the piano at her home. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of Tootsie the dog, wearing a dress and holding a mandolin while sitting on a daybed. A banjo, marked "Joker," and zither are propped... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Aaron (Joanna) Middleton sits at a table with her hand resting on a book. She was the mother of William Middleton, and mother-in-law of Clara Middleto... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | A portrait, possibly a self-portrait, of Clara Middleton seated in her home. She wears a large hat; her gloves rest in her lap. There is a jardiniere with ... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Clara Middleton sits with a dog and rabbit on her lap in what may be a self-portrait. There is a daybed and treadle sewing machine in the background. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | William Middleton, left, plays chess against an unidentified opponent. Williams' son, Forest, with chin in hands, watches with an unidentified man and wom... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Leonore Judkins, later Mrs. Forest Middleton, poses in a rocking chair with her hands behind her head. She wears a fancy dress and high buttoned shoes. The... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Two well-dressed young women pose in front of a piano. One holds a fan in her lap, the other holds a piece of sheet music titled "When We Were Two Little B... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Clara Case Middleton stands behind a rocking chair beyond a curtained doorway. In the front room, a zither and banjo are displayed near a parlor organ. |
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| Description: | An older female member of the Bish family sits in a wicker chair holding a magazine or book open on her lap. Standing on the left in front of a doorway dra... |
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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: | 1905 |
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| Description: | A young woman, Jessie Underwood, reclining supported on one elbow on a fur rug in front of a piano. In front of her lying on the rug is a cat. Light comes ... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A woman is standing in a doorway with her right hand resting on the head of a small girl. Both of them are wearing traditional dress with head scarves. The... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A man, identified only as "Sheik" is posing with his wife in a doorway with a curtain hanging behind them. The man is wearing a white robe over a Western-s... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Philip George Brumder posing with a banjo, sitting in an easy chair in the living room of the family home at 2030 East Lafayette Place. There is sheet musi... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Donald Holt, reading music, is playing the flute at home. Behind him is the piano, which he also knows how to play. |
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