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Family in their Living Room

Date: 1955
Description: Family in their living room. The mother watches television, the father reads a newspaper, the daughter reads a book, and two sons play with a train set.
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Sarah Fairchild Conover

Date: 1895
Description: Sarah Fairchild Dean Conover, sister of Civil War hero and governor Lucius Fairchild, reclines on a sofa in her home at 424 North Pinckney Street.
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A Quiet Evening at Home

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Description: Amos Elliot, pioneer stage coach driver, enjoying a quiet evening at home with his second wife, and her daughter (center), Stella Hart.
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Interior of Pond House

Date: 1920
Description: Interior view of home, perhaps taken through an open window. The sash and sill are in the foreground. A woman is sitting on the piano bench in front of a g...
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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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Woman Using Spinning Wheel

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Description: Elderly woman using a spinning wheel to make yarn from wool.
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Fudge Party

Date: 1890
Description: College students at the University of Wisconsin having a fudge-making party around a small gas burner.
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Mr. and Mrs. Alex Krueger

Date: 12 24 1901
Description: Alex Krueger and his wife decorating a Christmas tree in their home. Flash picture.
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Bennett Family Popcorn Party

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Description: Interior portrait; Bennett family popcorn party.
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Woman in Kitchen

Date: 1950
Description: Woman pouring a cup of coffee.
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The Riesen Family

Date: 05 28 1955
Description: The Riesen family, John, Jeanne, Linda and Jon, playing in their home.
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Woman Reading on Screened Porch

Date: 06 1923
Description: Miss Marilla Zearing reading a newspaper on a rocking chair in the screened porch of her home. The photograph was taken for International Harvester's Agric...
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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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Dinner Party at Kennedy Manor

Date: 11 20 1936
Description: Group portrait of men and women in formal dress at a dinner party at Kennedy Manor, 1 Langdon Street.
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Helen Schleck

Date: 09 26 1932
Description: Helen Schleck (Mrs. Mathias H.), standing beside a radio, is a Dane County pioneer celebrating her 86th birthday, 1201 Sherman Avenue.
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Woman with International Harvester Designer Refrigerator

Date: 1949
Description: Advertising photograph of a woman putting a fabric covering on an International Harvester refrigerator. The refrigerator was designed to accomodate custom ...
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Family at Dining Room Table

Date: 1900
Description: A family poses at the dining room table after dinner in Luther Valley.
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Department Store Interior

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Description: Several men and women standing inside a department store next to tables piled with bolts of fabric. The store has a pressed tin ceiling.
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Mrs. Ollie Jacobs

Date: 07 26 1941
Description: Mrs. Ollie Jacobs (b. 1862), sitting in wheelchair.
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International Harvester Refrigerator Advertising Poster

Date: 1951
Description: Advertising poster showing a woman displaying color choices for International Harvester refrigerator door handle plaques. Also includes illustrations of a ...

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