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Decorated Dining Room

Date: 1890
Description: Dining room decorated with streamers for a wedding reception. The table is set formally with candles and there is a wedding cake as a centerpiece.
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Ada Bass with Children

Date: 1894
Description: Portrait of Ada Bass seated while holding son Cary, with daughter Everetta standing next to her. Another woman, possibly Ada's mother, Arlina Burlingame, i...
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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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Dining Room of the James Nevins Home

Date: 1897
Description: Interior view of the dining room in the James Nevins home on Broom Street. Dishes, teacups and glasses are stacked on the table. A bowl of fruit is in the ...
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Parlor on High Street

Date: 1898
Description: An interior view of the front parlor at 165 N. High Street.
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Playing Chess

Date: 1898
Description: Reverend Henry Faville and his son, Ted, are seated around a small table playing chess in their home.
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Villa Louis Porch

Date: 1898
Description: The Dousman family and friends on the east porch of Villa Louis.
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Mary C. and Grandpa

Date: 1898
Description: An elderly man stands in a room holding a small girl. Caption on negative reads, "Mary C. and Grandpa."
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Family at Dining Room Table

Date: 1900
Description: A family poses at the dining room table after dinner in Luther Valley.
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New Year's Dinner

Date: 01 01 1900
Description: A group of family members sitting at a table laden with food for a New Year's dinner.
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Group Seated Around Piano

Date: 01 20 1901
Description: A large group of people are sitting around a woman playing a piano at night. Lamps light the scene, and children are playing on the floor.
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Mr. and Mrs. Alex Krueger

Date: 12 24 1901
Description: Alex Krueger and his wife decorating a Christmas tree in their home. Flash picture.
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Reuben Gold Thwaites

Date: 1903
Description: Interior view of the State Historical Society Library Superintendent's office with Reuben Gold Thwaites seated at his desk. There is a map of the United St...
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Family Gathered Around a Christmas Tree

Date: 1903
Description: A family, two parents and five children, gathered around a decorated Christmas Tree with gifts underneath.
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Man Reading in Living Room

Date: 1912
Description: Otto G. Ansorge sits in his home on Lake Avenue and reads. Ansorge was a jeweler and band director in Winneconne.
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Dinner Table of Dr. Joseph Smith

Date: 1912
Description: Formally set dining table, perhaps for Christmas dinner, with a small Christmas tree as a centerpiece. Streamers hang over the edges of the table from the ...
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Mrs. Theophilus Smith

Date: 1914
Description: A portrait of the photographer's mother-in-law, Harriet Millard Smith. She sits in a chair next to a window.
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Telephone Exchange in Laona

Date: 1920
Description: "This picture is of the first telephone exchange that I established in Laona. The girl standing is my youngest daughter. This exchange is still operated in...
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Scofields at Dinner

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Description: Mrs. Herbert C. Scofield, with sons Lloyd and Stanley at the dinner table.
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Grate and Grand Haven

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Description: Interior of a room with exposed walls and ceilings. Straight backed chairs and rocking chairs are in the room near a fireplace on the right. Assorted photo...

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