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Forest's Room
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Forest Middleton reads at his desk in a room cluttered with photographs, neckties, suspenders, and a cap. A bare lightbulb hangs from the ceiling. There is a commode with china commode set and an iron bed.
1912
Middleton Family
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Forest's Room
1905
A small microscope sits on a table near a lace-curtained window in Forest Middleton's room. There is also a chair, bookcase and commode with china commode set in the room.
Clara Middleton at Home
1905
A portrait, possibly a self-portrait, of Clara Middleton seated in her home. She wears a large hat; her gloves rest in her lap. There is a jardiniere with a large papyrus plant in front of a bookca...
Forest Middleton at Desk
1910
Forest Middleton, wearing a visor and moccassins, sits at a roll top desk. He holds an open book and is smoking a pipe. There are two oil lamps on the desk.
Game of Pool
1911
Forest Middleton, left, prepares a pool shot while his opponent looks on. They are playing on a portable pool table in Forest's room. Photographs, cigar advertisements, and two Wisconsin pennants d...
Chess Game
1909
Forest Middleton, left, and Arthur Strelow, play chess with the board resting on their knees. Drapes hang in a doorway; there are also two round tables with tablecloths in the room.
Clara Middleton at Home
1909
Clara Case Middleton stands behind a rocking chair beyond a curtained doorway. In the front room, a zither and banjo are displayed near a parlor organ.
