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Pioneer Living Room

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Description: A collection of pioneer household articles arranged in a living room.
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Douglas County Historical Museum

Date: 1940
Description: A spinning wheel, chair, and other kitchen objects in the corner of a room. Caption reads: "Corner of Pioneer Kitchen, Douglas County Historical Museum, Su...
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Old Spring Inn

Date: 03 1951
Description: An interior view of the Spring Inn at 3706 Nakoma Road, built in 1854. A chair and a spinning wheel are in the foreground. Interior stairway, one of a seri...
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Colonial Nursery

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Description: Various domestic objects are shown in a colonial nursery at the Van Cortlandt House, a mid-18th century Georgian dwelling that once served as part of a gra...
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Hyland House Lean-To Kitchen

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Description: View of the lean-to kitchen in Hyland House, which was built in 1660. The room features a fireplace with two smokers, a table with several mortar and pestl...
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Colonial Living Room

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Description: View of a living room in a colonial style home. Room features a fireplace, mantle with clock, cooking implements, candlesticks, a spinning wheel, tables an...
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Telfair Academy Kitchen

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Description: View of the old kitchen at the Telfair Academy. Room features a fireplace with cooking and other kitchen tools, a mantle with tableware and other small dec...
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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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Judson House

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Description: Interior of Judson House, built by Captain David Judson in 1750. The living room features a fireplace with elaborate woodwork and decorations.
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Carl Sandburg Poses with Two Guides

Date: 06 06 1953
Description: Carl Sandburg posing with two of the guides at Wade house during his visit to the restored stagecoach inn for its dedication as a historic site. Speaking a...
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The Lobby, Gordon Lodge

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Description: Interior view of the lobby of Gordon Lodge. There is a deer head trophy mounted above the mantle of the stone fireplace, and a large spinning wheel between...
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Two Women with a Spinning Wheel

Date: 1910
Description: Tille Faulkman, standing, and Sarah Krueger, are sitting behind a spinning wheel and a yarn winder in the open doorway of a barn. Both women are wearing tr...
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Tille Faulkman with Spinning Wheel

Date: 1910
Description: Tille Faulkman standing in a barn with a spinning wheel and two yarn winders. She is dressed in traditional Pomeranian attire. A handmade basket filled wit...
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Women Weaving and Spinning

Date: 1922
Description: Mrs. (Christine) Peterson and Mrs. Torgeson (a neighbor) are working in the upstairs loft of the barn. Christine is sitting in a chair using a spinning whe...
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Christine Peterson at Spinning Wheel

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Description: Christine Peterson working at her spinning wheel. Watching her from the open doorway are Laurie and Muriel, Christine's children. Muriel is holding a black...
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Bedroom of Madam Tank; Tank House

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Description: Interior color postcard of a bedroom at the Tank House built in 1776. In the room is a bed, chest, fireplace, dressing table with mirror and a spinning whe...
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Werkzimmer (Work Room) in Waelderhaus

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Description: Photographic postcard view of the Waelderhaus work room. There is a desk on the left, with two framed prints above it. There is an Austrian Kachelofen (til...
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Photo Enactors from the Dane County Association for Mental Health

Date: 04 16 1957
Description: Staged scenario of a lonely and isolated elderly woman sitting in a rocking chair by a fireplace and spinning wheel. "Aunt Jennie" is portrayed by Margueri...
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State Historical Society of Wisconsin Museum

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Description: Interior view of a room displaying a carriage, spinning wheel, and two chairs. Paintings are on display, hanging from molding along the walls.

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