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Sewing Class

Date: 1898
Description: From a portfolio of collotype prints issued in 1900, a sewing class at Hillside Home School, an early progressive school operated by Ellen and Jane Lloyd J...
Photograph

Aunt Nell's Room

Date: 1898
Description: Interior shot of Aunt Nell's room at Hillside Home School, an early progressive school, operated by Ellen and Jane Lloyd Jones, aunts of Frank Lloyd Wright...
Photograph

Aunt Jen's Room

Date: 1898
Description: Interior view of Aunt Jen's room at Hillside Home School, an early progressive school operated by Ellen and Jane Lloyd Jones, aunts of Frank Lloyd Wright. ...
Photograph

Richland Center Carnegie Library

Date: 1911
Description: Interior view of the Carnegie Library, Richland Center, WI. Two people are seated at a table reading at the far left. A frieze decorates the wall above a d...
Postcard

Little Norway

Date: 1948
Description: Colorized postcard of the main living area of a Norwegian dwelling at Little Norway showing a fireplace, cradle and spinning wheel. Pictures and household ...
Postcard

The Dining Room at Little Norway

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Description: Color postcard of a dining room in a dwelling at Little Norway.
Postcard

Harvest House Cafeteria

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Description: Color postcard view of the interior of the Harvest House Cafeteria, Brookfield Square Shopping Center.
Book or Pamphlet

Woman's Library at the World's Columbian Exposition

Date: 08 1893
Description: View of the main room of the Woman's Library in the Woman's Building at the World's Columbian Exposition.
Print

Seifert and Lawton Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Seifert and Lawton, power press lithographers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. On the left is a woman dressed in robes reclining on a chaise longue, ...
Postcard

Piano in the Parlor

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Description: Color postcard of the parlor in the Nelson Dewey Home featuring the old square piano in the corner.
Print

School for the Oral Instruction of the Deaf

Date: 1885
Description: Formal group portrait of the students attending the Milwaukee Day School for the Oral Instruction of the Deaf. The first public day school for the deaf, es...
Postcard

Bedroom of Madam Tank; Tank House

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Description: Interior color postcard of a bedroom at the Tank House built in 1776. In the room is a bed, chest, fireplace, dressing table with mirror and a spinning whe...
Postcard

Library; Tank House

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Description: Interior color postcard of the library in the Tank House, built by Joseph Le Roi in 1776. A piano is against the wall on the right under framed portraits. ...
Postcard

Old Wade House; Grey Parlor

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Description: Ektachrome postcard of the Grey Parlor. Text on reverse reads: "The Grey Parlor with the adjoining bedroom beyond the open door was the Hollis Wade suit...
Postcard

Guest Chamber; Tallman House

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Description: Interior view of the guest bedroom furnished as it would have been in the 19th Century. There is a desk in the corner, a mirror over the fireplace, and a q...
Postcard

Italian Village Restaurant

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Description: Two interior views of a restaurant decorated in the style of an Italian village, including an arched entrance with bell tower, lampposts, faux brick walls,...
Postcard

Reading Room, State Historical Library

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Description: Interior view of the State Historical Society reading room on the second floor. Long wooden tables are on either side of the room. Caption reads: "Reading ...
Print

Dining Room Greeting Card

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Description: Greeting card with a drawing of a dining room table set for dinner. A view of a kitchen is through an open doorway in the background, with pots hanging nea...
Postcard

The College Inn

Date: 1952
Description: Text on front: "The College Inn, 164 to 174 Griswold St. Phones–Cherry 300 and Main 2355." View of the large dining room filled with tables and chairs. The...
Postcard

Republican House Restaurant

Date: 1939
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Stately Republican House Restaurant...at Ripon, Wisconsin, where in 1954, the Republican Party was Born in the 'little White School...

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