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Window to Prescription Department

Date: 08 22 1941
Description: Two pharmacists busy themselves in the Tesiero's Pharmacy's prescription preparation area. Part of the customer waiting area is in the foreground.
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Fireplace possibly Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright

Date: 1911
Description: Fireplace possibly designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Taliesin is located in the vicinity of Spring Green, Wisconsin.
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Polperro Kitchen

Date: 1940
Description: The stove and oven in the restored Cornish miner's house, called Polperro, on Shake Rag Street. The house was temporarily covered with siding, but after re...
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Polperro House Living Room

Date: 1940
Description: The living area in the restored Cornish miner's house, called Polperro, on Shake Rag Street. The house was temporarily covered with siding, but after resto...
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Thordarson Library with Fireplace

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Description: Interior view of the Thordarson library featuring a massive fireplace with two men posing on either side of it. The building is of stone, with arched windo...
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Thordarson Library with Chandelier

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Description: Interior view of the Thordarson library with bookcases and a spectacular chandelier with buffalo horns. The building is of stone, with arched windows.
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Physical Examination of Young Girl

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Description: A nurse or doctor at the Health Center gives a girl a physical examination as the mother, who is holding a baby, looks on.
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YWCA Dining Room

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Description: Dining room of Tatham House YWCA. A horse-drawn vehicle and an automobile can be seen through the window.
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Main Hall of Wadsworth Hall

Date: 1910
Description: Interior view of the main hall of Wadsworth Hall. There is a table in the center of the room with books and a lamp, a fireplace at right and a stairway at ...
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Denison Homestead Parlor

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Description: View of formal parlor in Deniston homestead. Built in 1717, the home is a museum today. The room features two formal portraits, a rocking chair, dresser, m...
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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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Fort Hill Mansion Bedroom

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Description: View of a bedroom, located on the campus of Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina. Fort Hill was the home of John C. Calhoun, who was active in gov...
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Dousman Family

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Description: Two members of the Dousman Family relaxing on the porch of Villa Louis.
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Dousman Family

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Description: The Dousman family members sitting on a porch of Villa Louis.
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Van Cortlandt House Drawing Room

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Description: Interior view of the drawing room at the Van Cortlandt house which features bay windows with built in benches, ornately carved furniture, a harpsichord in ...
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Three Villages Tea House

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Description: View of a parlor in the Three Villages Tea House. The room features a sitting area, a grandfather clock, lamps, a flower arrangement and displayed vases an...
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Sitting Room

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Description: Interior view of sitting room with a tall ceiling. The room is decorated in art deco style with a light fixture, upholstered chairs, patterned carpet, patt...
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Solarium

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Description: A view of the solarium at the Hotel Vendome. The solarium is arranged with plants and wicker chairs. Built in 1871 and massively expanded in 1881, the Vend...
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The Elton Hotel

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Description: A view of several people relaxing in the foyer of the Elton Hotel. The Elton was considered one of New England's most elegant hotels until the 1960s, when ...
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Masonic Temple

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Description: A view of chairs and tables in the social parlor of a Masonic Temple. Caption reads: "Social Parlor, Masonic Temple, Waterbury, Conn."

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