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Interior of Pond House

Date: 1920
Description: Interior view of home, perhaps taken through an open window. The sash and sill are in the foreground. A woman is sitting on the piano bench in front of a g...
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Ultimate Hi-Fi System

Date: 08 12 1958
Description: Urbane gentleman shows off his sophisticated high fidelity wall system with reel-to-reel tape deck, reels of tape, and record albums.
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Mautz Paint & Glass Co. Decorator

Date: 03 21 1934
Description: Beatrice Conley, staff director of the Mautz Home Decoration Service, sitting at a desk in her office at 939 East Washington Avenue.
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Four Generations of Family Females

Date: 03 27 1948
Description: A four-generation group portrait of three women with an infant. Taken for Mrs. Bakken.
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Woman Writing at Desk

Date: 05 03 1944
Description: Woman sitting at a writing desk at Estella's. She is facing a bright window which has a window seat.
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Living Room of Robert Jewson Residence

Date: 08 30 1949
Description: Mrs. Mary Jewson sitting on a couch next to the fireplace inside the living room of her new residence at 7 Hiawatha Circle. The house is owned by herself a...
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Edward R. Fulton Residence

Date: 08 30 1949
Description: Bobby Fulton, 9 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Fulton, 3425 Blackhawk Avenue, is shown sitting in his bedroom. Designed for rough wear, the room ...
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George Kaeser Residence

Date: 02 06 1950
Description: Virginia Kaeser perches on an easy chair, key to the living room's color scheme. Notice how the dining area's ceiling extends to form an indirect lighting ...
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Zona Gale

Date: 1920
Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Zona Gale (Mrs. William Breese) standing near a window and holding a rose in her left hand.
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The John and Lulu Malin House

Date: 03 27 1951
Description: Lulu Malin sitting at a folding table in front of a picture window in the guest alcove at one end of the large recreation room in the John and Lulu Malin h...
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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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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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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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Philip C. and Kathleen Rosenthal House

Date: 11 19 1951
Description: Philip and Kathleen Rosenthal's salmon-red house in Shorewood Hills, designed by Milwaukee architect Alvin Jansama and built in the late 1940's, is on two ...
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William P. Robinson Residence

Date: 01 09 1952
Description: Living room of the William P. Robinson residence, located at 1923 North Avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson are sitting before before the electric organ.
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Iowa Odd Fellows Orphans' Home

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Description: A composite photograph showing two images of Iowa Odd Fellows Orphans' Home. The upper right photograph is a view of the children and adults at the dining ...
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Court Room

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Description: View of the interior, taken from the audience benches, looking toward the judge's podium. Five men are sitting at the front of the court room. A stained gl...
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Central Park Officers' House

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Description: An interior view of the library of the Central Park Officers' House. Seven men read in wooden and wicker chairs and decorative lighting hangs from the cei...
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Alice Kent Trimpey Painting

Date: 1915
Description: Alice Kent Trimpey sits painting at an easel in front of a window in the Trimpey home. There is a sofa behind her.
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Elm Valley

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Description: Students study in a room at Elm Valley while sitting at desks placed against a wall. Near them are two women sitting on a sofa and talking. In the back cor...

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