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Modern 1970s "Pad" Furnished in Plexiglas

Date: 1971
Description: "Modern" 1970s style room with "love" design, white vinyl chairs, flowered coffee mugs and Plexiglas furnishings. Includes a stack of records with "The In ...
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Pioneer Living Room

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Description: A collection of pioneer household articles arranged in a living room.
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Playing Chess

Date: 1898
Description: Reverend Henry Faville and his son, Ted, are seated around a small table playing chess in their home.
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The Overbys in their Parlor

Date: 1916
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Simon Overby at home in their parlor with books, family portraits, and an organ with sheet music. Mr. Overby sits in a chair with a cane and a...
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J.G. Fuller House

Date: 05 11 1934
Description: J.G. Fuller House, 215 Lathrop Street. The living room features an antique desk and sofa.
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J.G. Fuller House Antique Buffet

Date: 05 11 1934
Description: J.G. Fuller house, 215 Lathrop Street, featuring an antique buffet in the dining room.
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Governor's Residence, Drawing Room

Date: 03 21 1932
Description: Drawing room at Governor's Residence showing large oval mirror over the left fireplace, 130 East Gilman Street.
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Interior Room with Furnishings

Date: 1873
Description: A room with a pump organ, stove, rocking chair, tier table, two paintings and a low hanging light fixture. A "Home, Sweet, Home" sign is hanging above the ...
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Fairchild Residence

Date: 1898
Description: An interior view of the Lucius Fairchild Residence.
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Living Room at 121 East Gilman Street

Date: 1948
Description: The living room of Fred and Annie Storer Brown's home, 121 East Gilman Street. The house was built in 1888.
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Man Sitting in Rocking Chair

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Description: Man seated in a rocking chair reading with deer head mount reflected in mirror.
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Main Stairway at 50 East Huron Street

Date: 01 1929
Description: Main stairway of Cyrus McCormick, Jr.'s residence at 50 East Huron Street. This view is of the section of stairway from the first landing to the second lan...
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Dining Room at 675 Rush Street

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Description: Ornately decorated dining room at 675 Rush Street [?], the McCormick family residence.
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Interior of John Olin Home

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Description: Interior fireplace view of the John M. Olin House, 130 North Prospect Avenue, University Heights neighborhood. The house, which displays traditional Gothic...
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William F. Vilas House, Parlor and Library

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Description: An interior view of the parlor and library of the William F. Vilas house, 12 East Gilman Stsreet, before remodeling in 1902.
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Interior of a Bedroom

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Description: Interior of a bedroom with a writing desk, bed, rocking chair, table, and mounted shelves.
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Bakke House on Odana Road

Date: 02 24 1949
Description: The twenty-by-thirty-foot living room in the Westye F. Bakke home at 4818 Odana Road (now 4817 Sherwood Road). There is a piano in the left corner in the b...
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Westye Bakke House Living Room

Date: 02 02 1949
Description: Interior view of the Westye Bakke house at 4818 Odana Road (now 4817 Sherwood Road) showing the living room. There is a piano in the right corner. A tree i...
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Westye Bakke House Bedroom

Date: 02 24 1949
Description: Interior view of the Westye Bakke house at 4818 Odana Road (now 4817 Sherwood Road) showing a bedroom.
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Westye Bakke House Bedroom

Date: 02 24 1949
Description: Interior view of the Westye Bakke house at 4818 Odana Road (now 4817 Sherwood Road) showing a bedroom. Trees in the yard can be seen through the draperies ...

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