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Capitol Park Statue "Forward"

Date: 1893
Description: "Forward", the statue created by Jean Pond Miner of Wisconsin for the Wisconsin Women's Memorial at the Columbian Exposition in 1893. The statue is seen on...
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Interior Room with Furnishings

Date: 1873
Description: A room with a pump organ, stove, rocking chair, tier table, two paintings and a low hanging light fixture. A "Home, Sweet, Home" sign is hanging above the ...
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View from the Garden Room at Taliesin

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Description: View of garden from window of the Garden Room at Talisien. In the foreground is a table with a large vase on the left. Taliesin is located in the vicinity ...
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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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Academy of Jesus and Mary

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Description: Chapel interior, showing the altar and seating areas. The altar has a lacy covering over the top. The back area contains the tabernacle, a crucifix, vases ...
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St. Joseph's Church

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Description: View down aisle toward the altar, with the pews decorated with evergreen trees and shrubbery. The ceiling has low relief moldings in a abstract pattern. Th...
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The Browning Room at College Hall

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Description: Interior of College Hall, the first building at Wellesley College, founded in 1870. The view includes statues and ornate decor in the Browning Room. Captio...
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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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Library Reading Room at Holy Angels School

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Description: Interior of the library reading room at Holy Angels School, established in 1924. A piano stands against the left wall, and busts, figurines, and bookshelve...
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Collis P. Huntington Memorial Library

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Description: Interior of a small reading room at Collis P. Huntington Memorial Library, built in 1903. A woman sits at a reference desk on the left, and other people re...
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Library at the School of the Brown County Ursulines

Date: 1910
Description: Interior of the library at the School of the Brown County Ursulines, established by the Ursuline Sisters, founded in 1845. Bookshelves and windows line th...
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Art Room at Holy Rosary Academy

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Description: Interior of the art room at the Holy Rosary Academy, founded in 1886. The room is filled with paintings and sculptures.
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St. Joseph's Academy of Maine

Date: 1920
Description: A view of the study hall at St. Joseph's Academy of Maine, which appears to be connected to or double as a chapel. A bookshelf holding a bust sculpture is ...
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St. Joseph's Academy of Maine

Date: 1910
Description: View down aisle of the study hall at St. Joseph's Academy of Maine. Bookcases line the back walls and are decorated with bust sculptures. Framed artwork ha...
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The Griswold

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Description: Exterior of the Griswold, a hotel which opened in 1906. The entrance features an elaborate pavilion of the Corinthian order. A porch continues the length...
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Dining Room at Greenbrier Hotel

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Description: Chairs and tables are arranged throughout a dining room on the terrace of Greenbrier Hotel. The room is decorated with plants and statues and features an o...
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Music Hall at Immaculate Heart Academy

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Description: Interior of the music hall at Immaculate Heart Academy. A table and chairs stand in the center of the hall, and pianos and a violin can be seen around the ...
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The Scourged Christ, St. Francis Monastery and College

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Description: Colorized postcard of the Scourged Christ, St. Francis Monastery and College. The statue is behind bars, in front of a stone wall. On the right is a staine...
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Entrance to the Alamo

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Description: View of the entrance to the Alamo, also known as Mission San Antonio de Valero, built in 1744.
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Saint Patrick's Church

Date: 1911
Description: Interior of Saint Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, looking down the aisle of pews towards three altars. The left altar depicts Mary, the right altar depict...

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