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Capitol Theatre Foyer

Date: 01 24 1928
Description: Interior view of the Capitol Theatre's entrance flanked with staircases.
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Independence Opera House

Date: 2009
Description: View of Independence Opera House Auditorium and from stage.
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Van Cortlandt House Drawing Room

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Description: Interior view of the Van Cortlandt house drawing room with hardwood floor. Features a fireplace with a gleaming metal spark-guard, an ornately carved table...
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Doctor John Booher Home

Date: 01 03 1952
Description: Interior view of the Doctor John Booher home overlooking the Baraboo river near Reedsburg. The photograph shows the hanging staircase — the bottom step doe...
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Fonthill Castle

Date: 1916
Description: A view of the rotunda at Fonthill Castle, with the floors decorated with parquetry. Two doorways lead to additional rooms while another in the center is op...
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Lounge of Westward-Ho Hotel

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Description: View of the lounge of the Westward-Ho Hotel. The room features a decorative arch doorway on the right, a fireplace, patterned flooring, furniture, and artw...
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Rustic Interior of Lodge

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Description: View of the rustic interior of a lodge. The building features a wood floor, angled wood ceiling, rugs, chandeliers, chairs and furniture and taxidermied an...
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Lake McDonald Hotel Lobby

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Description: View of the Lake McDonald Hotel lobby. View features the rustic lobby, decorated with animal skins and trophies. There is a balcony overhead, and several c...
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Y.W.C.A. (210 E. 77th St.) Studio and Small Stage

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Description: View of the Y.W.C.A. (210 E. 77th St.) studio and small stage. View features the stage on the right with curtains drawn, two chandeliers hanging in front o...
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Y.W.C.A. (West 137th St.) Reception Lobby

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Description: View of Y.W.C.A. (West 137th St.) reception lobby. View features a fireplace with artwork overhead, arched windows on both sides of the room, mirrors and a...
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Elaborate Dining Room

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Description: View of an elaborate dining room. View features a long rectangular table surrounded by chairs, two other tables with chairs in the background, a fireplace ...
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Polperro House Second Floor at Pendarvis Complex

Date: 1936
Description: Room on the second floor in Polperro House. In the center is a stairwell up to the next floor, a bookshelf in the right corner, and a portrait of a man abo...
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Modern Home Hotel

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Description: Front porch at Modern Home Hotel. There is a drinking fountain in the foreground on the left. The furniture on the porch includes a desk, rocking chairs, a...
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William F. Vilas House Parlor

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Description: An interior view of a sumptuous Victorian parlor, with a Steinway piano, chandelier and ferns at the William Vilas house, 12 E. Gilman Street. A curtained ...
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Hilgen Spring Park Dance Pavilion

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Description: Interior view of the Hilgen Spring Park Dancing Pavilion. Chairs are along the walls, and flowers are hanging from the ceiling.
Postcard

Wade House; Ballroom

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Description: Ektachrome postcard of the Wade House ballroom. Text on reverse reads: "The Ballroom was the scene of dances, concerts, shows and lectures, a social cen...
Postcard

Phil's Lake Nokomis Resort

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Description: Kodak photographic postcard of the interior of a restaurant with a long bar. Bottles are stacked next the picture windows behind the bar. A piano is in an ...
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Home Hallway in Winter

Date: 01 08 2015
Description: Interior view of a hallway. There is a glass block window at end of the hallway, with a small piece of stained glass attached to the top. A framed image of...
Postcard

Werkzimmer (Work Room) in Waelderhaus

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Description: Photographic postcard view of the Waelderhaus work room. There is a desk on the left, with two framed prints above it. There is an Austrian Kachelofen (til...
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Carl A. Johnson House Interior

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Description: Interior of Carl A. Johnson residence, showing ornate parlor room with upholstered furniture (couch, arm chair and side chairs), end tables, patterned wall...

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