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The Overbys in their Parlor

Date: 1916
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...
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Coffin House (?) Parlor

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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...
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Parlor Interior with Piano

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Description: Interior of room with a piano and bookcase desk.
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Piano in House

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Description: Interior with piano and a typewriter on a desk.
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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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Group Sitting in Parlor

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Description: Two women, two children, and a man sitting in a parlor showing a portrait of a man and a doorway hanging with cords.
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Group Sitting in Parlor

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Description: Two women, a man, and child sitting in a parlor with a doorway hanging with decorative cords.
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Group Sitting in Parlor

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Description: Four women, one elderly, and two children, probably Julia Spaulding and family. Spaulding twins, Julia, elderly woman, Sadie and children, Dudley and Margu...
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Two Children Posing in Parlor

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Description: Two children posing in a parlor, probably Dudley and Marguerite Osborn inside the Spaulding House.
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Group at Boarding House

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Description: Six women and a man gathered at a parlor table at a boarding house. The man is probably Amos Elliott, and the women around the table are teachers studying ...
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Group Sitting in Parlor

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Description: Two men and two women reading in a parlor, possibly J.R. Ogden and wife, and Grace Ogden and Carl (?).
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Group Sitting in Parlor

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Description: Two women and two men, both young and elderly, reading and conversing in a parlor, probably Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Ogden, and their son and daughter, Carl and G...
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Large Group in front of Mirror

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Description: Large group of seven women and three men, all in evening dress, conversing in a parlor in front of a large mirror. Probably the Spaulding house and some Sp...
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William F. Vilas House, Parlor and Library

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Description: An interior view of the parlor and library of the William F. Vilas house, 12 East Gilman Stsreet, before remodeling in 1902.
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Man and Woman in Sitting Room

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Description: Portrait of a man and a woman posed sitting in the corner of a room near a desk and two book stands. The desk has a clock and many books on it.
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Parlor in the Bass House

Date: 1897
Description: The parlor in the home of Dr. Edward Bass showing a parlor organ near a window, and other furnishings.
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Interior of Bradley Residence

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Description: Interior view of a room in the Bradley house, including paintings, a globe, fine furniture, a bookcase, and a large, ornate mirror over the fireplace.
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Interior View of the Dankoler Sitting Room

Date: 1898
Description: Interior view of the Dankoler's sitting room with cushioned chairs and books stacked on a side table. A deocorative hand fan rests on one of the chairs. Tw...
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Interior View of Dankoler Sitting Room

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Description: An interior view of the Dankoler's sitting room with books stacked under and on top of a carved wood cabinet and on top of a table. A cushioned chair sits ...

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