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| Date: | 01 1929 |
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| Description: | Front entrance hall at Cyrus McCormick, Jr.'s residence at 50 East Huron Street, with marble stairs and Cael stone walls. The view is from the ground floor... |
| Date: | 01 1929 |
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| Description: | Stairway from the main hall to the second floor at Cyrus McCormick,Jr.'s residence at 50 East Huron Street, with a view of the house's east windows. The do... |
| Date: | 01 1929 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 01 1929 |
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| Description: | Lower Reception Hall (basement) stairs of Cyrus McCormick, Jr's residence at 50 East Huron Street. The original caption indicates that the view is "leading... |
| Date: | 01 1929 |
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| Description: | North end of the Tapestry Room at Cyrus McCormick, Jr.'s house at 50 East Huron Street. |
| Date: | 01 1929 |
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| Description: | Tapestry Room at Cyrus McCormick, Jr.'s residence at 50 East Huron Street. The view is of the fireplace on the north wall. |
| Date: | 01 1929 |
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| Description: | The southeast corner of the dining room at Cyrus McCormick, Jr.'s residence at 50 East Huron Street. According to the original caption, the paintings on th... |
| Date: | 01 1929 |
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| Description: | North end of the ladies' dressing room in the basement of Cyrus McCormick, Jr.'s residence at 50 East Huron Street. The room was new, having been remodelle... |
| Date: | 08 26 1913 |
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| Description: | Portrait of a seated man wearing a white dressing gown, covered with a white blanket. He is resting his head against a pillow in what appears to be a domes... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | A woman using a foot-pedal sewing machine while working with a piece of fraying fabric. |
| Date: | 06 1923 |
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| Description: | A woman using an electric sewing machine while sitting at a table with latticed sides. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Library of the McCormick family home at 675 Rush Street. The home was built for Cyrus Hall McCormick and his wife Nettie Fowler in 1873. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A room off the entrance hall of the Edward Petersen home at 1322 Astor Street in Chicago's Gold Coast area has a barrel vaulted ceiling and bookcases along... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 02 26 1928 |
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| Description: | Six scenes of miniature landscapes and interiors comprise a tablescape honoring six decades in the life of Emma Seipp Schmidt on the occasion of her sixtie... |
| Date: | 02 26 1928 |
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| Description: | Six scenes of miniature landscapes and interiors comprise a tablescape honoring six decades in the life of Emma Seipp Schmidt on the occasion of her sixtie... |
| Date: | 12 25 1915 |
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| Description: | Catherine Orb Seipp, widow of prominent Chicago brewer and founder of Black Point Estate, Conrad Seipp, poses in her Chicago home with her nine grandchildr... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Fritzie, the pet Dachshund of the Schmidt family, poses standing on a library table in the family home in Chicago. There is a framed picture of a hunting d... |
| Date: | 10 15 1914 |
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| Description: | A group of women are in a lounge for women employees. |
| Date: | 10 15 1914 |
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| Description: | A group of women are sitting and standing in the lounge. A Victrola is against the wall on the right. |
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