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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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Mathilde Franziska Anneke

Date: 1884
Description: Portrait of Mathilde Franziska Anneke seated, surrounded by flowers and plants.
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Academy of Our Lady of Mercy

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Description: A view of the parlor's fireplace and mantle, with cabinets standing on either side. A statue of the Virgin sits in the mantle along with candlesticks. Deco...
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Sacred Heart Academy

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Description: A view of the parlor at Sacred Heart Academy. The room is furnished with a small table which holds a potted plant and Bible. Lining the walls are upholster...
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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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Ridgell Drug Compant and Ice Cream Parlor

Date: 1918
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...
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Harbor House Parlor

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Description: View of the parlor with a settee and a desk that line the outer walls. A spinning wheel and a piano are on the right near a window. Two chairs are in front...
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Family at Home

Date: 1905
Description: A carefully posed scene of a man, woman, and girl at home. The girl sits with a cat on her lap. The man, in a wicker rocker, reads the "Editorial Section" ...
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Clara Middleton at Home

Date: 1909
Description: Clara Case Middleton stands behind a rocking chair beyond a curtained doorway. In the front room, a zither and banjo are displayed near a parlor organ.
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Interior of Conrad Schmitt Home

Date: 1905
Description: Interior view of the parlor of the Conrad Schmitt (Sherwin Gillett's father-in-law) home. Family photographs are on the wall and on the piano.
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Group Portrait of People in the Home of Amos Elliot

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Description: Indoor group portrait of five European American woman posing sitting and standing, and a European American man posing sitting around a large table. The man...
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Group Portrait of Women

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Description: Indoor group portrait of ten European American women posing sitting and standing. The women are identified in the back row from left to right as: — Taylor,...
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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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Spaulding Family

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Description: Group portrait of three men posing standing and three women posing sitting. The man in the center is identified as John Mills. The women are from left to r...
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William F. Vilas House Parlor

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Description: An interior view of a sumptuous Victorian parlor, with a Steinway piano, chandelier and ferns at the William Vilas house, 12 E. Gilman Street. A curtained ...
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Interior of Straubel House; Parlor and Dining Room

Date: 1895
Description: Interior view of the parlor and dining room of the Straubel home. A piano is in the parlor in the foreground, and a woman is standing next to the dining ro...
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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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Parlor

Date: 1924
Description: A parlor or sitting room, with a view into a small room beyond a doorway, probably in the tower of the George and Henriette Brumder mansion at the corner o...
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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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