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| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Family in their living room. The mother watches television, the father reads a newspaper, the daughter reads a book, and two sons play with a train set. |
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| Description: | Woman reading "House Beautiful" magazine at Greenwood House. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Female workers and an attendant reading magazines and relaxing inside a "rest room" at International Harvester's Osborne Twine Mill. The Osborne Works was ... |
| Date: | 05 14 1987 |
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| Description: | A couple holds hands and reads together while sitting on a bench. |
| Date: | 1878 |
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| Description: | Three men and two women sit around a table in a yard. Behind them is a picket fence and a wood frame house. One woman holds a fan, another a book. One man ... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Commander and Mrs. Attilio Gatti have cocktails during the Commander's tenth African expedition. The expedition was sponsored by International Harvester. T... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Ada Bass sitting in a rocking chair reading, while her daughter Everetta is sweeping the front porch of the family home. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Ada Bass reading a book while lying in a hammock. |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | Two women casually reading in a dorm room at Milwaukee-Downer College. A map of Milwaukee hangs on one wall. |
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| Description: | A group of three women and three men relaxing near tents decorated with foliage and American flags. One of the men is holding a bicycle. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Mrs. E.W. Brandel sits in a rocking chair on the porch at Fox Lake leaning on the edge of a table. She has a book on her lap and Max the family dog is at h... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Mr. and Mrs. Zimmerman sitting outside their house relaxing in the yard. Mr. Zimmerman reads "The State" paper, and Mrs. Zimmerman has flowers in her hand. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | A young girl, Dorothy Hubbard, sits on a hardwood floor surrounded by pillows and reads a book. Next to the girl a large house plant grows in a pot, and a ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Syl and aunt Helen at Wild Rose cottage. Syl leans over the railing of the porch while Helen reclines in a hammock reading a book. |
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| Description: | A view of boys reading and relaxing underneath a semi-permanent canvas-roofed tent on a platform at Camp Wanasquetta. |
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| Description: | A view of seven men reading and relaxing on the rooftop garden of the Central Park Officers' House. The men sit on outdoor furniture, and behind them, buil... |
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| Description: | View of the roof garden at the Central Club for Nurses, completed in 1916 by architects Parish and Schroeder. The Central Club for Nurses was built for the... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with a man lounging in a easy chair. He is holding a cigarette in a holder in his left hand and a cocktail in his right. He is wearing a smoki... |
| Date: | 08 1931 |
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| Description: | Mrs. L.A. Hawkins sitting on a couch while reading "The Farmer's Wife" magazine in the living room of her home. A fireplace is on the opposite wall, and ch... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Miss Lielle Geddis sitting in a rocking chair while reading an issue of "Country Gentleman" magazine in the living room of her home. |
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