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| Description: | View from street of the Nick Nelson Furniture Store, with a man posed sitting on the steps. A rocking chair sits in the middle of the stoop in the open doo... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Interior of a furniture store, with two men posed among the rows of furniture. A group of chairs hangs from the ceiling. |
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| Description: | Memohead of the Wisconsin Chair Company of Port Washington, Wisconsin, with its McLean patented swing rocking chair set against a circular background with ... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the Lullabye Furniture Corporation of Stevens Point, Wisconsin, with children in various poses holding the letters of "Lullabye" and the slog... |
| Date: | 02 01 1957 |
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| Description: | A metal store building and a metal warehouse building at 3320 University Avenue. In the background is a tree lined ridge. In the foreground is a two-lane r... |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | Four men, all brothers, posing in a warehouse full of sofas at Mastercraft Furniture Corporation. Two of the men are sitting on a sofa or couch, while two ... |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a blonde haired woman in a warehouse full of sofas or couches at Mastercraft Furniture. She is sitting on the arm of one of the sofas and ... |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | View from side of road of a diesel powered International Harvester Fleetstar 2000-D furniture delivery truck. The cab has an air shield on top to reduce wi... |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of room in which several women sitting and sewing machines are sewing pieces of material for couches or sofas. A man is standing in the aisle... |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | Two men are delivering a couch from Mastercraft Furniture Corporation of Omaha, Nebraska to a furniture store. The men are outside carrying the couch towar... |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | An African-American man, William McQuinn, is cutting material for sofas. He is wearing a striped shirt and standing at a long bench. He is using what appea... |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | A man is affixing fabric to a chair with a pneumatic stapler. He is leaning forward and is wearing an apron. Piles around him are chairs, pieces of partial... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | View down street with a restaurant and furniture store on the right. Automobiles are parked along the curb, and a street lamp is suspended from wires above... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View down street of the central business district. There is a furniture store on the left, a general store and service garage on the right and a drugstore ... |
| Pioneer Fur Trader |
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| Brief biography of pioneer fur trader Michael Cadotte. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Bemis Riddell chaise lounge custom made for the company owner, Albert Bemis, c. 1925 (reupholstered, c. 1940). (Museum Object #1984.319.1A-B) |
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| Desk used by Milwaukee Alder Vel Phillips, made by the Northwestern Furniture Company for Milwaukee City Hall, 1895. (Museum object #2007.16.1) |
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| Early hand-carved table made by Levi Havemann, a German immigrant to Madison, c. 1860. (Museum object #1998.21.1) |
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| Chest of drawers with mirror designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for commercial market, c. 1955. (Museum object #1995.2.2.1-2) |
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