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Women in a Parlour

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Description: Four women are posing sitting in a parlor in front of an organ. One of the women is sitting on the floor holding a kitten.
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Woman in Kitchen

Date: 1950
Description: Woman pouring a cup of coffee.
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Elizabeth Waters Dormitory Parlor

Date: 09 24 1947
Description: Six women sitting by the fireplace in the parlor at Elizabeth Waters Dormitory on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Women in Mrs. E. Kammeyer's Millinery Shop

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Description: Six women in hat shop, three sitting and three standing. Hats are displayed on hat stands. Two women wear hats and two hold hats.
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Group of People in Parlor

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Description: Two women, a man, and a dog sit in a parlor.
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Three People Reading

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Description: Two women and an elderly man reading in a room.
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Three Women in a Parlor

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Description: Group portrait of three women posing sitting in a parlor. One of the women is sitting in front of a piano. Next to her is a small child (blurred by movemen...
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Woman Making Pasties

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Description: Woman wearing a hairnet and an apron fills a pasty in her kitchen. A man wearing coveralls is seated at the table watching.
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Portrait of a Seated Woman

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Description: Portrait of a seated woman in front of a wallpapered wall. A decorative hand fan is displayed on the wall.
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Woman with Pets

Date: 1909
Description: An unidentified woman sits in a rocking chair holding the Middleton family dog, Tootsie, and a cat. The pets are dressed in gowns and the cat wears a sweat...
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Playing Instruments in a Parlor

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Description: Two men and a woman are posing sitting in a parlor and holding musical instruments. The woman is sitting on the right in front of a piano playing a banjo. ...
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Group Sitting in Parlor

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Description: Two men and two women reading in a parlor, possibly J.R. Ogden and wife, and Grace Ogden and Carl (?).
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Woman and Infant

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Description: Indoor portrait of an infant being held in a chair by a woman standing behind a light-colored cloth.
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Man and Woman Seated by Desk

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Description: A man and a woman sit by a desk in a corner of a room that holds various books and papers.
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Woman and Baby

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Description: A woman in a light top and dark skirt tending to a baby propped on a chair wearing a long white gown. A parlor stove is on the right, and tapestries are ha...
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Large Group in front of Mirror

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Description: Large group of seven women and three men, all in evening dress, conversing in a parlor in front of a large mirror. Probably the Spaulding house and some Sp...
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Woman and Baby in a Room

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Description: View of a woman standing on the left next to a wood burning stove. She is looking at an infant in a bassinet in the center of a room. A large portrait of a...
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Group of People in Costume

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Description: Two white women and three white men pose as Native Americans in a home with numerous artifacts including several taxidermy specimens.
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Two Women

Date: 1935
Description: Two well-dressed women, possibly Amelia Brumder Mayer, left, and Ida Brumder Merker, right, sitting in easy chairs in the home of their younger brother, He...
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By the Piano

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Description: Two women and a man posing by a piano.

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