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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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Galloway House Museum Parlor

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Description: Interior view of the parlor, with a piano on the left, a sofa to the right in the corner of the room, and a portrait on an easel in the center. There is a ...
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Tallman House

Date: 1950
Description: Interior view of a corner of the parlor and the open doorway to the conservatory.
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Tallman House

Date: 1950
Description: Interior of the parlor. The fireplace is on the left, with a mirror above the mantel. A large window at floor height is on the right behind a chair and a s...
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Tallman House

Date: 1953
Description: View of the second parlor in the Tallman House. On the right is the open doorway to the conservatory.
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Drawing Room in Governor's Residence

Date: 03 09 1950
Description: The Stately drawing room is full of shades of green and lilac, repeated in the flowered draperies. Conversation pieces on the mantel and elsewhere about t...
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Main Hall of Wadsworth Hall

Date: 1910
Description: Interior view of the main hall of Wadsworth Hall. There is a table in the center of the room with books and a lamp, a fireplace at right and a stairway at ...
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Van Cortlandt House Drawing Room

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Description: Interior view of the drawing room at the Van Cortlandt house which features bay windows with built in benches, ornately carved furniture, a harpsichord in ...
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Three Villages Tea House

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Description: View of a parlor in the Three Villages Tea House. The room features a sitting area, a grandfather clock, lamps, a flower arrangement and displayed vases an...
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Masonic Temple

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Description: A view of chairs and tables in the social parlor of a Masonic Temple. Caption reads: "Social Parlor, Masonic Temple, Waterbury, Conn."
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Academy of Our Lady of Mercy

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Description: View of the Bishop's parlor at the Academy of Our Lady of Mercy. A table with vase sits near the fireplace and has chairs gathered near it. A potted plant ...
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Grandmother and Granddaughter

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Description: Mrs. Pierce sits in a wicker armchair facing the camera while her granddaughter Margery Bish sits facing her on a stool in front of a piano. Behind them is...
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Family Piano Recital

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Description: Mary Pierce Bish plays an upright piano while her daughter Margaret Bish, standing to her left, and her mother Mrs. Pierce, seated to her right, look on.
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Indoor Portrait of European American Child

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Description: Indoor portrait of an unidentified girl posing standing in a room in front of lace curtains over windows. She is wearing a light-colored dress with a star-...
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Miss Mayhew's Room in Ladies' Hall at Easter

Date: 1900
Description: Miss Mayhew's room in the Ladies' Hall, located on the University of Wisconsin campus. The room is set for Easter, with Easter lilies on the mantel and on ...
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Underwood Residence

Date: 1905
Description: An interior available light photograph, through a doorway, of the parlor in the home of E.W. Underwood. An oil lamp is sitting on a table flanked by two ch...
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Lemon Tree

Date: 1905
Description: A large unripened lemon hangs from a bare branch of a potted lemon tree photographed in a parlor. The tree has lost most of its leaves. A printed inscripti...
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Carl A. Johnson House Interior

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Description: Interior of Carl A. Johnson residence, showing ornate parlor room with upholstered furniture (couch, arm chair and side chairs), end tables, patterned wall...
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Governor's Mansion — Parlor

Date: 1930
Description: Interior view of the parlor in the Governor's Mansion. A large mirror is on the wall on the left, chairs are arranged along the left side of the room, and ...
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Governor's Mansion — Rear of Parlor

Date: 1930
Description: View of the rear of the Parlor. The window on the back wall looks out towards Lake Mendota, and the windows on the right have a view of the side yard. The ...

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