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Sunday in a Lumber Camp Bunkhouse

Date: 1900
Description: Sunday morning in a lumber camp bunk house.
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Milwaukee Grain Exchange Room

Date: 1910
Description: Sample tables in the Grain Exchange Room of the Chamber of Commerce Building. The Milwaukee Grain Exchange was a pioneer in grain trading with their develo...
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Assembly Chamber

Date: 1925
Description: Assembly Chamber at the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Farm Family in Living Room

Date: 1900
Description: A farm family posing in their living room. Sitting from left to right is John Dietrich (1874-1947), Grace Bowman (1879-1964), and Mrs. Lizzie Macke Dietric...
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Jennie Justo

Date: 05 15 1933
Description: Jennie Justo with hat in hand, is embraced by her mother, Lena Justo, as she leaves for a year in the Milwaukee jail for being the alleged owner of a stude...
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DiSalvo's Spaghetti House

Date: 04 12 1944
Description: Interior view of DiSalvo's Spaghetti House, located at 810 Regent Street in the Greenbush neighborhood.
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Wisconsin State Capitol Rotunda

Date: 1920
Description: Interior of the Wisconsin State Capitol rotunda with a view of the west gallery.
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Executive Chamber

Date: 1917
Description: Interior of the Wisconsin State Capitol Executive Chamber.
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Capitol Rotunda

Date: 1940
Description: Interior of Wisconsin State Capitol rotunda at entrances of the South and West galleries.
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Wisconsin State Capitol's East Gallery

Date: 1920
Description: Interior of the east gallery of the Wisconsin State Capitol. By 1911, the commission learned that the quarry that supplied the red granite for the piers on...
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Out of Action

Date: 01 13 1967
Description: Dejected skier at home with cast and crutches, after breaking her leg practicing for competition.
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Ultimate Hi-Fi System

Date: 08 12 1958
Description: Urbane gentleman shows off his sophisticated high fidelity wall system with reel-to-reel tape deck, reels of tape, and record albums.
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The Wisconsin State Capitol Senate Chamber

Date: 1913
Description: The Senate Chamber of the Wisconsin State Capitol in a quiet moment. Although the senate met in its new chamber in January 1913, much of the marble work on...
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Victoria House Entrance Hall

Date: 03 05 1945
Description: Victoria House entrance hall, 225 Lake Lawn Place.
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Victoria House, Dining Room

Date: 03 05 1945
Description: Victoria House dining room, 225 Lake Lawn Place.
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Stairway in Coombs House

Date: 03 04 1937
Description: Stairway in entrance hall from living room in Coombs house, 212 Lakewood Boulevard.
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Living Room in Coombs House

Date: 03 04 1937
Description: Living room in Coombs house, Lakewood.
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New Bar in Elks Club

Date: 09 18 1936
Description: New art deco bar in the Elks Club at 120-124 Monona Avenue.
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Club Chanticleer Bar

Date: 05 29 1935
Description: Club Chanticleer bar and lounge, with chrome tables and chairs.
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Club Chanticleer Bar

Date: 05 29 1935
Description: Club Chanticleer, looking at the barroom through an interior arch, with tables and chairs in the foreground.

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