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Jepertinger Booth at ESBMA Fall Festival

Date: 09 10 1929
Description: Richard C. Jepertinger, plumbing and heating booth at East Side Business Men's Association (ESBMA) Fall Festival. Featuring Kohler Plumbing fixtures and Cl...
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Governor's Mansion — Bathroom

Date: 1930
Description: The bathroom in the former Wisconsin Governor's Mansion on Gilman Street in Madison. This was the only bathroom at the residence where many official state ...
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Osborne Works Washroom

Date: 1915
Description: Interior view of International Harvester's Osborne Works washroom in the shear and punch department. The factory was later known as "Auburn Works".
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Killian House Bathroom

Date: 01 24 1950
Description: Bathroom in the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard F. (Sylvia) Killian, 1834 Hillcrest Drive, showing the vanity built around the sink with storage space be...
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Amalgamated Clothing Workers Cooperative Apartments Bathroom

Date: 1930
Description: View of a bathroom in the Amalgamated Clothing Workers Cooperative Apartments. Features porcelain bathtub, sink, and toilet.
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Plumbing Showroom

Date: 1935
Description: A plumbing showroom with tiled model kitchen and bathroom displays. There are oil burning heaters, water heaters, and water softeners also displayed.
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Kitchen Sink

Date: 06 1923
Description: A sink standing against a wall inside a farmhouse kitchen. A stove is to the right of the sink, and a garbage bin stands beneath it.
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McCormick Dealership Interior

Date: 1900
Description: Interior of a McCormick agency or dealership building owned by A.I. Dourgherty (as written on the glass of the window). A group of four bathtubs are in the...
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McCormick Reaper Works Bathroom

Date: 1900
Description: View of a bathroom at the McCormick factory. A row of sinks are standing in the foreground, and several toilet stalls with overhead tanks are along the bac...
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Interior of Communal Shower for Migrant Workers

Date: 1969
Description: The interior of a floorless tin communal shower hut with shower heads and sinks for migrant farm workers in a labor camp.

This photograph is a part of Wi...

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Osbourne Works Employee Bathroom

Date: 02 19 1912
Description: This photograph may be of the men's bathroom at the International Harvester Osbourne branch in Auburn, New York. To the right are several urinals, while on...
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Bathroom with Sinks and Showers at Osborne Works

Date: 08 04 1913
Description: A large factory washroom is equipped with a double row of sinks, and along a wall, four showers at International Harvester's Osborne Works (later known as ...
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Barbershop in State Capitol Basement

Date: 07 05 1961
Description: A man is bending over to drink from a metal water fixture. Water from the fixture spouted up and back onto the fixture, supposedly making it "sterile." The...
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Wash Room at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: View of wash room at McCormick Works. In the middle of the room is a double row of wash sinks. In the background are lockers. On either side of the sinks a...
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Stuart in the Tub

Date: 03 1899
Description: Sunlight through a window highlights the head and shoulders of Stuart Fargo, age 18 months, in a sitz bathtub in the bathroom of the family home. There is ...
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Bathroom

Date: 1900
Description: A wicker rocker and bentwood side chair flank the bathtub in a bathroom of the Frank Brown Fargo house. There is a hot water heater above the tub in the co...
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Governor's Mansion — Front Bathroom

Date: 1930
Description: Bathroom on second floor. The window looks out onto Gilman Street. There is a rug on the tile floor, and the shower curtain has been pulled back by a tie. ...
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Governor's Mansion — Kitchen

Date: 1930
Description: View of the kitchen with a Reliant stove in the foreground along the right wall. A large sink is along a wall just beyond the stove. In the background on t...
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Shower Stall at McCormick Works

Date: 08 06 1913
Description: Shower stall. There is a window on the side wall on the left.
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View of Employee Washroom

Date: 02 08 1915
Description: View of a large employee washroom, with large sinks with pedestal bases on a hardwood floor. Large windows are on the wall in the background, and the ceili...

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