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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...
Photograph

Katherine Morrissey Dodge Cook

Date: 1906
Description: Informal portrait of Katherine Morrissey Dodge Cook seated at a desk in front of a classroom full of students.
Photograph

Christmas Scene

Date: 1915
Description: Family holiday scene in a living room or parlor. A Christmas tree is perched on a table in the center of the image. It is trimmed with tinsel garland, shin...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Carl Sandburg Poses with Two Guides

Date: 06 06 1953
Description: Carl Sandburg posing with two of the guides at Wade house during his visit to the restored stagecoach inn for its dedication as a historic site. Speaking a...
Photograph

Men Behind a Stove and Tables

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Description: Five men are standing in a row behind a stove and long tables. Interior of what may be a lumber camp cook shack.
Photograph

The School at Work

Date: 1932
Description: Teacher Marjorie Carey stands behind her pupils sitting at their desks at the Mud Branch School, District No. 2, as they pose for their photograph. There i...
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The School at Work

Date: 1933
Description: Glady Hofseth, the teacher at Eagle Corners School, sits with a small group of students at the front of the classroom while the other students work at thei...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 319-324

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Description: There used to be a quiet. It wasn't deafness, it was roses

But they don't make it any more
They think it was a toy
Photograph

Mess Hall and Tents

Date: 1918
Description: Soldiers standing around portable stoves at the mess hall for American troops. Also shows the bench seated tables and tents used by soldiers.
Postcard

The Telephone Exchange

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Description: Color postcard of a female telephone operator at an 1890s era switchboard.
Photograph

Madison Bike Shop

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Description: View of interior of a Madison bike shop. Small & Stevens Bike Shop on State Street. The person sitting in the foreground on the left is believed to be Hubb...
Photograph

"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...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Smith's General Store

Date: 1946
Description: Interior corner of Smith's general store.
Photograph

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.
Photograph

Railroad Station Office

Date: 1902
Description: Interior, with four men, of a small office, very likely a railroad station office.
Photograph

Library at Lind's Shop

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Description: Interior view one of of Hillsboro's early libraries. The library was located in the back of Addie Lind's millinery shop where it connected to an adjoining ...
Photograph

Interior of Repair Shop

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Description: Interior view of a machine shop, possibly for wagon or vehicle repair. A wood burning stove is on the left. In the center is a bank of drawers and cubby ho...
Book or Pamphlet

Kentucky Advertising Cuts — Vehicles, Hardware

Date: 1913
Description: Features at the top a black and white illustration of a man and woman sitting on a carriage seat (side view). The man is wearing gloves and is holding the ...

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