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Mr. and Mrs. Alex Krueger

Date: 12 24 1901
Description: Alex Krueger and his wife decorating a Christmas tree in their home. Flash picture.
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Children Using a Telephone

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Description: Laurie and Muriel Peterson, children of the photographer, use a high chair to talk on the phone.
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Christmas Scene

Date: 12 28 1928
Description: A little girl posing in a living room with a Christmas tree, toys, and a doll she got for Christmas.
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Kessenich's Infant Department

Date: 03 28 1927
Description: Kessenich's infant department. In the foreground is a table with a doll and stuffed toys on it, surrounded by three rocking chairs. Along the wall in the b...
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Hattie Pautz and Her Dolls

Date: 04 1901
Description: Hattie Pautz, sitting and posing with her dolls in front of the side of a building. On the ground next to her is one of the dolls in a doll-sized lawn swin...
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Girl Washing Doll Clothes

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop showing Bertha Gesell washing and hanging doll clothes.
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Nels Dahl Family

Date: 1871
Description: The Nels Dahl family posing in front of their home on Main Street in DeForest. From left to right they are: Emma, Ingeborg Ronjum Dahl, Ida, Bertha, Tina, ...
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Valentine Children

Date: 02 04 1947
Description: Ann Liddle, three years old, daughter of Prof. and Mrs. Clifford (Ruth) Liddle. She is seated in a rocking chair holding a doll.
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Antiquarian House Nursery

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Description: View of antiquarian house nursery. Room features a small fireplace, children's toys, dolls, clothing, furniture, a tea set, a high chair and a small wooden...
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Doll with Miniature Chair

Date: 1935
Description: A doll is posed beside a miniature chair. The doll, from the collection of Alice Kent Trimpey, wears a long gown and a bead necklace. She has a tinted chin...
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Becky the Doll

Date: 1930
Description: A doll named Becky, with china head and old-fashioned dress, sits on a small chair.
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Alice Kent Trimpey with a Doll

Date: 1945
Description: Mrs. Trimpey sits in a chair holding her doll, Emeline.
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Pythian Orphans' Home

Date: 1911
Description: An interior view of the girls' dormitory of Pythian Orphans' Home. Beds are lined up on both sides of the room, and draped arches lead into more rooms in ...
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Pythian Orphans' Home

Date: 1911
Description: A view of young girls playing with dolls in the nursery of Pythian Orphans' Home. Caption reads: "Nursery Room."
Postcard

Studio Portrait of a Young Family

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Description: A studio portrait of a young family posing in front of a painted backdrop. A woman is standing on the right in the back, wearing a skirt, ruffled blouse, a...
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Children Playing Outdoors

Date: 1920
Description: Three boys and one girl playing outside Sunnyside School with a tricycle, toy wagon, and a twisted iron chair.
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Children with Dollhouse

Date: 1920
Description: A girl wearing a dress and knee socks is sitting in a wooden chair while playing with a two-room dollhouse. An infant is sitting in a chair in front of the...
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Family Group

Date: 1905
Description: A group portrait of two women, a man, a boy and a girl posing in a parlor; two other rooms are visible through doorways. The girl is seated in front of a p...
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Children with Christmas Tree

Date: 1900
Description: Three unidentified children sit in chairs in front of a Christmas tree. Two of the children hold dolls; the third holds a push toy. The tree is decorated w...
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Lorinda and Everetta Bass

Date: 1895
Description: Lorinda Hill Bass and her granddaughter, Everetta Bass, sitting in a parlor. Everetta holds two dolls in her lap. There is a large oil lamp in the backgrou...

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