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Low Cost Housing for World War II Veterans

Date: 09 23 1948
Description: Interior of a low cost house being constructed for sale to veterans of World War II by builder Marshall Erdman. The project of four houses is being constru...
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Interior of the Keith Roberts Home

Date: 05 06 1949
Description: The living room of the home of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Roberts, 13 South Midvale Blvd., one of four homes designed and constructed by Marshall Erdman for war ve...
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Sarah Fairchild Conover

Date: 1895
Description: Sarah Fairchild Dean Conover, sister of Civil War hero and governor Lucius Fairchild, reclines on a sofa in her home at 424 North Pinckney Street.
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The Soldier's Home, the Vision

Date: 1862
Description: "The Soldier's Home, the Vision," a Currier and Ives lithograph, handcolored.
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Fred Hoffman with Photographs of Sons

Date: 06 14 1945
Description: Fred M. Hoffman standing by a piano with photographs of seven of his sons, and a U.S. Air Corps banner. Five are still in the military service, two receive...
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The Craven Residence

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Description: The Avery O. Craven House was designed by the architectural firm Keck and Keck as Project #407 in 1949. This photograph shows the living room of the Craven...
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Mrs. Portia Horning and Daughter

Date: 06 17 1944
Description: Mrs. Roger O. Hornig (Portia Stone), holding daughter Pamela. Mrs. Horning and her daughter are staying with her mother, Mrs. Charles H. Stone, at Kennedy ...
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Mrs. Esther Mayer and Mrs. Iva Marsh

Date: 05 10 1945
Description: Mrs. John (Esther) Mayer, on the left, with her mother Mrs. Harold (Iva) Marsh, at the Marsh home. Mrs. Mayer is staying at the home of her parents while h...
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Signe and Peder Sletteland

Date: 12 26 1945
Description: Signe and Peder Sletteland, daughter and son of Mr. and Mrs. Perry A. Sletteland, 2150 Chadbourne Avenue, looking at a catalog. She is a student at Skidmor...
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Howe / Baxter House

Date: 08 04 1949
Description: Mrs. W.T. Cartwright, right, and her daughter Jane Cartwright, sitting in the living room of the Howe/Baxter House, owned by Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Cartwright o...
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Kiser House

Date: 07 23 1952
Description: Living room with fireplace and needlepoint chair in the Elliott & Jennie Kiser house on Old Middleton Road near Heim Avenue, built in 1860 by Joseph Heim. ...

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