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Sherwood Forest Hotel Dining Room

Date: 1930
Description: Interior of the Sherwood Forest Hotel dining room. Men and women are seated at a table for a meal, and the uniformed waitstaff stand to the left.
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Amalgamated Clothing Workers Cooperative Apartments Bathroom

Date: 1930
Description: View of a bathroom in the Amalgamated Clothing Workers Cooperative Apartments. Features porcelain bathtub, sink, and toilet.
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Living Room at Wabanaki Lodge

Date: 1930
Description: View of the living room of Wabanaki Lodge, a log building with a rustic interior. The room features a large fireplace on the left wall, tables, and wicker...
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Christmas Greetings

Date: 1930
Description: Holiday postcard with a white and metallic gold border depicting Santa Claus handing a doll to a girl as a boy is looking on from the background. The child...
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Living Room at Walmar Lodge

Date: 1930
Description: Interior of a living room at Walmar Lodge. The room includes: wood and wicker chairs, a piano, a fireplace, a bookshelf, a desk, a rug and a lamp.
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Petersen House

Date: 1930
Description: The fireplace in the living room of the Edward Petersen house features a classical revival surround and mantel. A small stuffed toy dog sits under a carved...
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Sunny Parlor

Date: 1930
Description: Sunlight and a ceiling fixture provide light for a parlor furnished in an Early American style. A portrait of George Washington is hanging on the far wall....
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Seated Sheik

Date: 1930
Description: A turbanned man, identified as a Sheik, is sitting on a patterned rug on the ground in front of a doorway. He is wearing a red robe with elaborate gold tri...
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Sheik and Wife

Date: 1930
Description: A man, identified only as "Sheik" is posing with his wife in a doorway with a curtain hanging behind them. The man is wearing a white robe over a Western-s...
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Sheik

Date: 1930
Description: A man wearing a turban and cape with gold trim is standing and smiling in an open doorway, with a curtain hanging behind him and a pillow in front of his f...
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Woman and Child with Dog

Date: 1930
Description: A woman and young girl are posing, sitting on the ground on a patterned carpet, with a dog resting with them. The woman has forearm tattoos, multiple brace...
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Sheik Sitting

Date: 1930
Description: An man, identified only as a sheik, sitting on a patterned carpet in front of a narrow doorway. There is a large pillow behind him. He is wearing a white t...
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Governor's Mansion — Dining Room

Date: 1930
Description: Interior view of the dining room from the kitchen doorway. There are two doors on the opposite side of the room: the one on the left leads to the parlor, a...
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Governor's Mansion — Parlor

Date: 1930
Description: Interior view of the parlor in the Governor's Mansion. A large mirror is on the wall on the left, chairs are arranged along the left side of the room, and ...
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Governor's Mansion — Front Master Bedroom

Date: 1930
Description: A bedroom on the second floor of the mansion. The window on the left of the bed faces the street, and there are two windows on the right wall. Three rugs ...
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Governor's Mansion — Front Left Bedroom

Date: 1930
Description: The front bedroom on the second floor of the mansion. The foot of the bed is in the foreground, and in the corner on the left near a window is a dressing t...
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Governor's Mansion — Drawing Room

Date: 1930
Description: Drawing room on the first floor in the Governor's Mansion. On the left is a chair near the arched doorway that leads to the hall. There is a desk in the le...
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Governor's Mansion — Drawing Room

Date: 1930
Description: Drawing room in the Governor's Mansion. On the left is a chair near a bookcase, and two more chairs in front of windows with dark-colored drapes and lace c...
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Governor's Mansion — Dining Room

Date: 1930
Description: Dining room in the Governor's Mansion. There is a door with sidelights on the exterior wall which leads to the porch, and an interior door in the back righ...
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Governor's Mansion — Front Bathroom

Date: 1930
Description: Bathroom on second floor. The window looks out onto Gilman Street. There is a rug on the tile floor, and the shower curtain has been pulled back by a tie. ...

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