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Ganna Walska Holding a Cat

Date: 1921
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Ganna Walska, Polish opera singer, holding a cat. At the time this picture was taken, Ganna Walska was th...
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Interior of Historic Statz House

Date: 09 26 1955
Description: Slightly elevated view of Lenore Middleton (Mrs. Forest Middleton) posing with her cat in the antique-filled living room of her home at 3241 Highbury Road ...
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Bakke House on Odana Road

Date: 02 24 1949
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Westye F. (Mary) Bakke seated before the fireplace in the living room of the Bakke house at 4818 Odana Road (now 4817 Sherwood Road) with ...
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Customers in General Store

Date: 1939
Description: Two women and a girl stand near a counter inside a general store as a man shows them a product. A cat and a dog sleep on the floor in the background, and a...
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Family in Living Room

Date: 1910
Description: View of a family relaxing in the living room of their home. Features men, women, and children sitting around a table. Caption reads: "A Happy Home in Orogr...
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Emma Ketel Sewing

Date: 1900
Description: Emma Ketel sits on a sofa sewing with a cat curled up next to her.
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Woman with Pets

Date: 1909
Description: An unidentified woman sits in a rocking chair holding the Middleton family dog, Tootsie, and a cat. The pets are dressed in gowns and the cat wears a sweat...
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Two Women and Piano

Date: 1900
Description: Two well-dressed young women pose in front of a piano. One holds a fan in her lap, the other holds a piece of sheet music titled "When We Were Two Little B...
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Dessicated Cat Mascot, Anubis

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Description: Ellen MacQuarrie (later Ellen Wilson), a journalist at the "Milwaukee Journal" and the wife of Gordon MacQuarrie, looking at Anubis, the dessicated cat tha...
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Women in a Parlour

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Description: Four women are posing sitting in a parlor in front of an organ. One of the women is sitting on the floor holding a kitten.
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Interior of George Fred Keck Designed Home

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Description: Interior view of the living room of a George Fred Keck designed home. A woman is relaxing in a chair with a cat in her lap, and her dog lies on the floor n...
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Rescued Calico Cat

Date: 04 28 1959
Description: Mrs. Mary Myre is sitting next to her Cocker Spaniel dog while holding a calico cat she rescued from a tree.
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Shirley with her Grandparents

Date: 07 23 1933
Description: Florentina and Alexander Krueger standing in the hay barn with their granddaughter, Shirley Krueger, who is holding a kitten. Behind them is a wagon loaded...
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Group Sitting on a Couch

Date: 1961
Description: Elna Krueger is squeezed between two other couples on a couch. A cat sits in the lap of the woman on the far left.
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Together on the Couch

Date: 1961
Description: Edgar and Elna Krueger sitting with friends on a couch. A cat sits on the lap of a man in overalls in the center. Edgar sits in overalls next to him with E...
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Lady with Cats

Date: 10 26 1961
Description: Rachel Salisbury of Milton Junction, a retired college English and Education teacher, sitting with two of her Persian cats with a large awards ribbon in th...
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Old Maid's Hall

Date: 1905
Description: A young woman, Jessie Underwood, reclining supported on one elbow on a fur rug in front of a piano. In front of her lying on the rug is a cat. Light comes ...
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Christine Peterson at Spinning Wheel

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Description: Christine Peterson working at her spinning wheel. Watching her from the open doorway are Laurie and Muriel, Christine's children. Muriel is holding a black...
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You Can't Keep Veterinarian Down on Farm

Date: 05 19 1954
Description: Mrs. Helen Cole has veterinarian Dr. R.H. Romaker exam her Pekingese cat at the Romaker Animal Hospital at 830 East Broadway Road.
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Jo Ann Ulvestad Returns Home After Three-Month Polio Treatment

Date: 11 26 1957
Description: The Orris Ulvestad family members, 4309 Drexel Avenue, welcome home Jo Ann after she spent three months in a respiratory center at the University of Michig...

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