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Randall School Children Painting Mural

Date: 10 16 1934
Description: Randall School, 10 N. Spooner Street. Two children are painting a mural of a neighborhood scene.
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The Favored Captive

Date: 1844
Description: A young woman looks out her arched window with a bird cage hanging outdoors.
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Carl A. Anderson House

Date: 02 04 1949
Description: View of the living room of the Carl A. Anderson home on East McKinley Street. A portrait of the Anderson's daughter, Mrs. Owen Klongland, hangs above the s...
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Sitting Room at Saint Mary's Sanatorium

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Description: Interior view of a sitting room at Saint Mary's Sanatorium, founded in 1880 by Bishop Salpointe. The room holds chairs and a table, and a door with a fan w...
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Loyola Sacred Heart Academy

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Description: Interior of a picture gallery at Loyola Sacred Heart Academy, founded in 1873. The walls of the gallery are lined with rows of paintings, and at the end of...
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Art Gallery at Loyola Sacred Heart Academy

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Description: Interior of an art gallery at Loyola Sacred Heart Academy, founded in 1873. The walls of the gallery are lined with rows of paintings, and other pieces of ...
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Art Room

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Description: Interior of an art room. Female students are sitting at tables and easels, painting or doing craft projects. Large windows open to a garden outside.
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Lake McDonald Hotel Lobby

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Description: View of the Lake McDonald Hotel lobby. View features the rustic lobby, decorated with animal skins and trophies. There is a balcony overhead, and several c...
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Y.W.C.A. (West 137th St.) Reception Lobby

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Description: View of Y.W.C.A. (West 137th St.) reception lobby. View features a fireplace with artwork overhead, arched windows on both sides of the room, mirrors and a...
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Elaborate Dining Room

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Description: View of an elaborate dining room. View features a long rectangular table surrounded by chairs, two other tables with chairs in the background, a fireplace ...
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Photo Playhouse

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Description: Tintype of Estella Moessner Goldenberger of Madison, (in the window), with her friend Celia Gibson posing in front of a painted backdrop.
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Plymouth in 1622

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Description: Men work outside dwellings along a shoreline in a reproduction of a painting by W.L. Williams. Copyright by A.S. Burbank, 1891.
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Home of Governor Bradford

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Description: Reproduction of a painting by W.L. Williams of the home of Governor Bradford in 1621. Exterior view features logs, a thatched roof, a chimney, and a surro...
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Polperro House Sitting Room at Pendarvis Complex

Date: 1936
Description: Sitting room in Polperro House. Rocking chairs and a bench are by the fire in the fireplace. A corner china cabinet is on the right near a window.
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Petersen House

Date: 1930
Description: The fireplace in the living room of the Edward Petersen house features a classical revival surround and mantel. A small stuffed toy dog sits under a carved...
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Two Shoemakers

Date: 10 25 1940
Description: Carte-de-visite with a photograph of a painting by James R. Stuart. It depicts two white-haired, bearded shoemakers, with Langford on the left and his part...
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General Store

Date: 1974
Description: Black watercolor of a single-story store with large wood-framed, plate-glass windows, a false front and a pitched roof. The building's external side wall b...
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Waiting for Santa Claus

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Description: Christine, Laurie and Muriel Peterson with their Christmas tree. Christine (mother) is sitting in a chair with her arm around Muriel who is standing next t...
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Holt Children Painting the Cupola

Date: 08 16 1909
Description: W.A. Holt is watching his children paint the cupola which was moved to the Island from the Lakewood school house. From left to right: Jeannette Holt is pai...
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Bea's Cafe

Date: 1958
Description: Text on front reads: "Bea's Cafe, Wautoma, Wis." Tables and chairs in a restaurant with tableware and flowers on the tables. Framed paintings are displayed...

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