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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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Aunt Mary Gives a "Corn-top Bread" Lunch

Date: 11 22 1931
Description: Aunt Mary putting on a "Corn-top Bread" lunch in the Orpheum Theatre N.U.A. room. Seated left to right: Dave Genaro, Lizzy Wilson, Tom Harris, Annie Hart, ...
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Peterson Family at Home

Date: 1915
Description: Mr. Peterson is sitting in a rocking chair reading the newspaper and smoking a pipe, while Mrs. Peterson is standing at the stove with their young son, Jam...
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Woman Wearing a Bonnet and Holding Book

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Description: Full-length portrait of an older woman sitting in a chair with a lace cloth on the back. The women is wearing a bonnet and is holding a book in her lap. A ...
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Siri Rustebakke with Women and Spinning Wheels

Date: 1873
Description: Siri Rustebakke, center, sits in front of a house with her daughters and daughter-in-law and four spinning wheels. Original negative c109. Compare with D31...
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Family in Yard by Picket Fence

Date: 1875
Description: Family in yard in front of picket fence, with a farm house and a building among trees in the background. The family is gathered around a table, and a young...
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Family in front of Home

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Description: A couple and their young child and baby sit at a table in their yard. Behind them is a frame house with very small windows on the front second story and gl...
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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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New Year's Dinner

Date: 01 01 1900
Description: A group of family members sitting at a table laden with food for a New Year's dinner.
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Mr. and Mrs. Trimpey

Date: 1935
Description: Ephraim Burt Trimpey and his wife Alice Kent Trimpey sit in front of their fireplace. The Trimpeys were antique dealers and collectors; Mr. Trimpey was als...
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Sitting Room

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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...
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Basket Making

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Description: View of old man making baskets and an old woman sewing outside of a log cabin. Other handmade wooden items appear throughout the image and tools hang on th...
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Spinning Wool

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Description: View of woman sitting with spinning wheel, bulk wool and a yarn winder by a stone wall with a cooking fireplace in it. Plants grow on the ground nearby, th...
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Vacuum Dangers

Date: 08 1927
Description: A woman stooping to remove an electrical cord from in front of a vacuum cleaner.
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Alice Kent Trimpey Painting

Date: 1915
Description: Alice Kent Trimpey sits painting at an easel in front of a window in the Trimpey home. There is a sofa behind her.
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Joanna Middleton

Date: 1905
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...
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Family Group

Date: 1905
Description: A group portrait of two women, a man, a boy and a girl posing in a parlor; two other rooms are visible through doorways. The girl is seated in front of a p...
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Middleton Family

Date: 1905
Description: Forest Middleton sleeps on a settee as his father, William, reads and his mother and Grandmother Joanna Middleton sit nearby.
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Chess Game

Date: 1910
Description: William Middleton, left, plays chess against an unidentified opponent. Williams' son, Forest, with chin in hands, watches with an unidentified man and wom...
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Leonore Judkins

Date: 1915
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...

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