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Weighing Guests

Date: 1898
Description: Group of people on the front porch, weighing the guests. A visit was considered successful if the guests weighed more when they left.
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Regina Groves at Her Desk

Date: 02 17 1938
Description: Regina Groves (Mrs. Earl Barnhart), sitting at her desk, operating an interdepartment communication system at the Groves School for Secretaries. Behind her...
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Pantry in "The House Next Door"

Date: 07 19 1933
Description: Pantry decorated in 1840s style in Ralph Warner's "The House Next Door," aka the Lovejoy-Duncan House, 11219 N. Webster Street, Cooksville.
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Dr. Willard & Alice Bleyer Residence

Date: 03 31 1932
Description: Living room in Dr. Willard and Alice Bleyer residence, 423 N. Carroll Street.
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Reuben and Cora Neckerman Living Room

Date: 03 15 1932
Description: Reuben and Cora Neckerman living room at 206 Forest Street. There is a rosemaled trunk in front of the windows.
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Reuben and Cora Neckerman Living Room

Date: 03 15 1932
Description: View of the Reuben and Cora Neckerman living room from the dining room.
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Interior of Dr. Walter H. Sheldon Residence

Date: 03 11 1932
Description: View of window in Dr. Walter H. Sheldon residence at 1154 Sherman Avenue.
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WIBA Studios

Date: 06 12 1931
Description: WIBA studio with furniture and water cooler.
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Lake View Tuberculosis Sanatorium

Date: 04 29 1931
Description: View down sunporch towards patients lying in beds at the Lake View Tuberculosis Sanatorium at 1202 Northport Drive.
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Main Stairway at 50 East Huron Street

Date: 01 1929
Description: Main stairway of Cyrus McCormick, Jr.'s residence at 50 East Huron Street. This view is of the section of stairway from the first landing to the second lan...
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Clerk Sitting at Desk at Osborne Works

Date: 08 04 1913
Description: A man wearing glasses is seated at a cluttered wooden desk at International Harvester's Osborne Works (later known as Auburn Works). Behind him are file dr...
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Factory Worker at Osborne Works

Date: 09 1913
Description: A factory worker in work clothes and a hat stands at a work station at International Harvester's Osborne Works (later known as Auburn Works). The wooden ta...
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Vel Phillips Speaking with Arthur Goldberg

Date: 04 08 1961
Description: Vel Phillips stands while speaking with Arthur Goldberg, former Secretary of Labor and, at the time of the photograph, Supreme Court Justice. Another man c...
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Woman Working in Insurance Office

Date: 11 19 1927
Description: Young woman sitting at a typewriter, presumably a staff employee, in the office of the Indiana Liberty Mutual Insurance Company.
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Crystal Still Life

Date: 1955
Description: Still life arrangement with a Coleus plant, a decanter and two pieces of stemware in front of a window. Taken in the Lincoln-Tallman House.
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Oscar Zerk at a Desk

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Description: Oscar Zerk is sitting at a desk holding a paper in his hand. The room is decorated with two taxidermied birds, and a large picture window is behind the des...

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