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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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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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Monogram Stove in a Warehouse

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Description: A monogram stove in an appliance warehouse set up in front of a dark backdrop.
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Farmer's Holiday

Date: 1940
Description: Artwork showing man with his feet up in front of a woodburning stove. A dog is sleeping on the floor at the farmer's feet. A woman uses a rolling pin in an...
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Harry R. Sharpe Home

Date: 04 11 1949
Description: Kitchen in the Harry R. Sharpe family farm home located on the University of Wisconsin poultry research farm, 5101 Mineral Point Road. An old gas range sto...
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Aqua Church

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Description: A view of the church's interior. The altar space on the back wall has an architectural feature on the wall that displays Bible verses. To the right is the ...
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Empty Classroom

Date: 1930
Description: Interior view of empty classroom of rural school. On the far left is a large, round, wood stove with decorative metal work.
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Kitchen Sink

Date: 06 1923
Description: A sink standing against a wall inside a farmhouse kitchen. A stove is to the right of the sink, and a garbage bin stands beneath it.
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Man at Bar Pool Table

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Description: Man standing with his hand on a pool table in the center of a bar with a high ceiling. The bartender leans against the bar on the right. The room is decora...
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Headquarters Detachment Quarters, Interior

Date: 1918
Description: The interior sleeping quarters for the headquarters detachment of the 310th U.S. Army Engineer Corps. In the room are sleeping bunks, a woodstove, and clot...
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"Society Room" at Downer College

Date: 1891
Description: "Society Room" at Downer College. The view from the back shows chairs lined up in rows, a chandelier hanging from the ceiling, and a piano against the wall...
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Polperro House Kitchen at Pendarvis Complex

Date: 1936
Description: Kitchen at Polperro House. Near the window is a chair and a butter churn. In the center is a woodburning stove, with a firewood box behind it against the w...
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Dorm at Downer College

Date: 1895
Description: Interior of a student's room at Downer (women's) College. Two banjos rest on the chaise in front of the window.
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Kitchen in a Logging Camp

Date: 1890
Description: Interior view of a kitchen in a logging camp with light coming in from a window on the far right. Two men are posing standing, and another man is sitting i...
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Phillip and Isabel La Follette

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Description: Phillip and Isabel Bacon La Follette sitting in comfortable chairs in their living room at home. A large dog, perhaps a Chow, is lying on the rug in front ...
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Wisconsin Farm Kitchen

Date: 1951
Description: Lawrence Sherman sitting in a chair by the window, reading the paper in his farm kitchen. On the left is a Jungers Model E stove with kettles and a teapot....
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Governor's Mansion — Kitchen

Date: 1930
Description: Another view of the kitchen, with the Reliable stove against the wall on the left, and a corner of the sink in the foreground. The window on the back wall ...

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