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Filter: Year of 1900-1999
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Two Trappist monks pray at the Stations of the Cross hanging on a hallway wall in the abbey of Our Lady of the Valley. A statue of the Madonna and Child is... |
| Date: | 07 1927 |
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| Description: | Close-up view of an oil lamp attached too close to the wall of the International Harvester experimental farm so that a trail of soot stains the wallpaper. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View of the reading room of the First Church of Christ Scientist, built in 1903. A man and a woman are sitting at a table surrounded by chairs and wooden b... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View of Hathorn Hall at Bates College. Completed in 1857, the hall is a small brick building featuring a bell tower. A man is seen walking on the sidewalk ... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Interior of a small library at Saint Joseph's Academy of Maine, opened in 1912. Chairs are gathered around a table near bookcases. In the room are religiou... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | A view of the rotunda at Fonthill Castle, with the floors decorated with parquetry. Two doorways lead to additional rooms while another in the center is op... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Interior of the library at the School of the Brown County Ursulines, established by the Ursuline Sisters, founded in 1845. Bookshelves and windows line th... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A view of the living room at the Switzer Foundation for Girls. Bookshelves flank the fireplace in the background, and groupings of chairs and tables fill t... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A view of the living room at the Switzer Foundation for Girls, with all chairs upholstered in matching floral fabric. Most of the chairs and sofas circle t... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Interior of a restaurant at a mansion house. A man at the left leans against a counter, and two women stand behind a shelf filled with candy. Tables and c... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Two men and a woman sit and stand around a table inside the Ridgell Drug Company and ice cream parlor. Several display cases are arranged behind them and t... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View of the living room of Wabanaki Lodge, a log building with a rustic interior. The room features a large fireplace on the left wall, tables, and wicker... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View looking south inside a guest room at 'Fairlawn' Hotel (?). The room features tables, chairs, and decorative items above a fireplace. Published by Ye... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Interior of the Spalding Inn, furnished with chairs and end tables arranged around a fireplace with a stone mantle. Recessed bookshelves stand on either s... |
| Date: | 05 20 1953 |
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| Description: | Interior view of a nutrition research laboratory at the new U.W. School of Home Economics west wing. |
| Date: | 09 20 1953 |
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| Description: | Catholic evening worship service held outdoors at Breese Stevens Field, lit by two haloed lights and 3,000 candles. Bishop William O'Connor led the congreg... |
| Date: | 12 01 1908 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of the Reading Room at the State Historical Library, now the headquarters building of the Wisconsin Historical Society. The text... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | A night view of the dome and lantern of the third Wisconsin State Capitol, lighted with electric lights. |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | A night view of the dome and lantern of the third Wisconsin State Capitol, lighted with electric lights. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the First Presbyterian Church chancel decorated for Christmas. There are several decorated Christmas trees, an arch and crosses covered wi... |
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