Tower Room | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society

Photograph

Tower Room

Tower Room | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society
An interior view of the George and Henriette Brumder residence at the corner of Grand (later Wisconsin) Avenue and 18th Street. The view is from a large room into a small, circular room with tall windows.  There is a window seat under the far window. A chandelier in the small room is fitted for both gas and electricity. Below it, a potted vine is sitting on a round table. Framed prints and photographs are hanging on the walls.
DESCRIPTION
An interior view of the George and Henriette Brumder residence at the corner of Grand (later Wisconsin) Avenue and 18th Street. The view is from a large room into a small, circular room with tall windows. There is a window seat under the far window. A chandelier in the small room is fitted for both gas and electricity. Below it, a potted vine is sitting on a round table. Framed prints and photographs are hanging on the walls.
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:141274
Creation Date:circa 1924
Creator Name:Unknown
City:Milwaukee
County:Milwaukee
State:Wisconsin
Collection Name:Brumder family and Milwaukee German ancestry research papers, 1844-2014
Genre:Photograph
Original Format Type:negative, original
Original Format Number:PH Milwaukee Mss 229.10.1925IV
Original Dimensions:5.5 x 3.5 inches
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
See Image IDs: 139738 and 139739 for exterior views of the Brumder mansion. Following Henriette Brumder's death in 1924, the house was sold and razed; a new building for the Milwaukee Children's Hospital was built on the site.
SUBJECTS
Windows
Portraits
Prints
Plants
Carpets
Chairs
Chandeliers
Draperies
Interior architecture
Interior decoration
Mansions
Indoor photography

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