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McCormick Rush Street Residence Interior

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Description: Interior view of the McCormick family residence on Rush Street, showing a piano in the left-hand foreground. The house was built for Cyrus Hall McCormick a...
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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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Great Hall in the Memorial Union

Date: 1930
Description: Interior view of Great Hall with skylight in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union. A piano is onstage on the left.
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Twin Girls at Piano

Date: 03 29 1944
Description: Young twin sisters sitting together at the piano.
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Governor's Mansion — Reception Room

Date: 1930
Description: View of the reception room in the former Wisconsin Governor's Mansion on Gilman Street.
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Interior of Old Mission Inn

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Description: Interior of view of Old Mission Inn, showing stone fireplace and piano. The Old Mission Inn was razed in 1965.
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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-room Piano at the Coffin Residence

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Description: View of the piano in the parlor, with two potted plants on the floor, a chair, and a nightstand. Three framed pictures are hanging on the wall, and a statu...
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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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Fort Howard Hospital Parlor

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Description: View of a parlor built partially out of stone. A fireplace is on the back right wall, with a portrait hanging above it, and a spinning wheel near the left ...
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Chapel in the Wisconsin State Prison

Date: 1910
Description: View of the chapel in the Wisconsin State Prison. In the foreground are chairs, and in front of the stage is a piano.
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Lobby at Warner's Resort

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Description: The lobby at the resort. There is a piano in the left foreground, and a large fireplace is along the back wall. Caption reads: "The Lobby at Warner's Resor...
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Indian Agency House

Date: 1932
Description: Indian Agency House near the site of Fort Winnebago. Interior view of the parlor.
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Indian Agency House

Date: 06 1938
Description: View of the parlor with a Nunns and Clark piano, identical to the one owned by Juliette Kinzie when she resided in the house between 1830-1833.
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Kohler Demonstration Home, 1928-Living Room

Date: 1928
Description: Living Room of the 1928 demonstration home in Kohler, Wisconsin, showing health carpet, tan murescoed wall, fireplace with wrought iron fire set, della rob...
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Farmers Union Workshop Meal

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Description: Farmers Union Workshop eating a meal together. Tom White, extreme left, was the Tennessee legislative representative of the Brotherhood of Railway Conducto...
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Presbyterian Church Interior

Date: 1891
Description: Elevated view of the interior of the Presbyterian church, looking towards the organ, piano over pews.
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Men Acting Like Ducks at Highlander

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Description: A group of men imitating ducks, participating in a theatrical performance. A man wielding a shotgun is in the background, and is wearing a hat bearing the ...
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Fishing in a Bucket at Highlander

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Description: A woman (possible Leny Vanbrink) pretending as though she was fishing in a bucket as part of a CIO activity at Highlander Folk School. Three people stand b...
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Photomontage of Highlander Square Dancing

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Description: Photomontage of musicians playing their instruments, with people square dancing beneath. Ike Church is playing the banjo in the upper right, and J.D. Marlo...

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