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Law Office

Date: 1894
Description: Patent attorney Charles L. Goss (seated), with clerk Arthur Muerless in the law offices of Winkler, Flanders, Smith, Bottum, & Vilas.
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Child at Library

Date: 10 09 1961
Description: A girl enjoys a book at the library.
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19th Century Dorm Room

Date: 05 1899
Description: A student studies in his dorm room.
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School Project

Date: 04 22 1967
Description: Two junior high students work on a project that requires making a vocal recording.
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Classroom Reading

Date: 02 04 1957
Description: Classroom reading activities at school.
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Upham Residence

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Description: Interior view of Upham residence. There are bookshelves along the back wall. A large, arched doorway leads into another room on the right, with a glass-fro...
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Edith Kermit Carow

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Description: Edith Kermit Carow, wife of President Theodore Roosevelt.
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Story Time

Date: 10 17 1963
Description: A librarian reads a children's book aloud to young boys and girls.
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Telephone Conversation

Date: 03 27 1963
Description: A three-year-old girl uses a toy telephone, and carries on an imaginary conversation at a preschool.
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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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Book Fair

Date: 04 25 1964
Description: A book sale is held by the Mothers Association of Milwaukee-Downer Seminary.
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Infant with Grandmother

Date: 1950
Description: A young child examines a children's book with her grandmother.
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Polio Shot Time

Date: 11 15 1955
Description: All seven siblings in the Marnell family lining up for their polio inoculations.
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Gross Anatomy

Date: 1902
Description: Medical students dissect a cadaver at the Chicago College of Physicians and Surgeons, University of Illinois. Surnames on the students' aprons include: Cor...
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School Children Eating

Date: 1919
Description: Three girls serving cups of food and bread to children seated at their desks in a Cook County, District 137 classroom. The activity may have been part of t...
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Mary Ann Hall McCormick

Date: 1850
Description: Portrait of Mary Ann Hall McCormick (1780-1853), wife of Robert McCormick (1780-1846). Mary Ann and Robert McCormick were the parents of inventor and indus...
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Story Time

Date: 09 26 1967
Description: Young children listen to a story through earphones as a teacher's aid looks on.
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Employees Reading inside Deering Works Club Library

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Description: Factory workers reading in the Deering Works Club library. A librarian appears to be checking books in and out to a line of employees.
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Employees Reading in Deering Works Club Library

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Description: Office(?) workers reading in the library at the Deering Works Club. In the background the librarian (seated at desk) appears to be checking books in and ou...
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Tannisse and David Taylor having a Tea Party

Date: 1914
Description: Photographer Herman Taylor's children sit at a little table in front of the hearth in the library.

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