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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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Doty House

Date: 1950
Description: A view of the split lath boards, which are hung between wall beams to apply plaster to create the interior wall, inside of the Doty house.
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Wipe Out Discrimination

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Description: Interior view of the entrance to the Highlander Library, with a CIO student entering the doorway. The poster on the window reads: "CIO says, 'Wipe out Disc...
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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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Abigail Disbrow Memorial Window

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Description: Close-up of the middle part of a trio of memorial windows in Sage Chapel, on the campus of Cornell University. These windows were dedicated to the memory o...
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Slave Cabin — Walnut Grove

Date: 08 04 1938
Description: View towards the front of the slave cabin built of chinked logs with a peaked roof. Steps lead up to the closed door, and a small window is on the left. Th...

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