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Morris Family Library

Date: 09 24 1896
Description: Group portrait of the Morris family in their family library. Mr. and Mrs. Morris sit in two chairs, while their daughter stands in between them behind a ta...
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Two Sisters Wed Two Brothers and Share House

Date: 08 04 1961
Description: David Saalsaa, age 9, studies while his Uncle Oscar, left, and father, Edward relax and read in their shared living room. The room has a Mid Century curvin...
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Ernst Schmidt at Home

Date: 12 25 1942
Description: Elevated view of Ernst Conrad Schmidt (1893-1977), grandson of Chicago brewer Conrad Seipp, sitting in an easy chair reading in his high ceilinged, wood pa...
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At the Farmhouse

Date: 04 27 1968
Description: Members of the Petersen family gathered for a meal at the farmhouse, also referred to as the Baker house, at Black Point Estate. The room is open to the ra...
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Remodeling a Country Schoolhouse

Date: 07 09 1962
Description: Kenneth R. Colwell, a social worker with the Wisconsin State Department of Public Welfare, Division of Mental Hygiene, bought the abandoned Twin Valley sch...
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Catherine Seipp and Her Grandchildren

Date: 12 25 1915
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...
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Fitts Family Packs to Move Again

Date: 02 18 1964
Description: Mrs. Jay Meredith Fitts sitting in an antique Victorian chair in her old farm house on Old Sauk Road near Gammon Road (the old Carl Meyer place), preparing...
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Old Man Whittling

Date: 1940
Description: Interior portrait of an elderly man sitting in a rocking chair whittling. A small boy is standing behind him on the right. Potted plants are on the window ...
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Family at Home

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Description: Indoor portrait of a man sitting in a chair with a young girl? and two children sitting on his lap.
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Woman and Child in Rocking Chair

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Description: Indoor portrait of a woman seated in a rocking chair holding a baby on her knee. The infant is wearing a sailor dress.
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Vel and Dale Phillips

Date: 1956
Description: Vel Phillips sitting in an armchair, wearing a tan top with a light blue skirt. Dale is kneeling next to her, wearing eyeglasses. A television is in the co...
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Group Portrait of Men and Women

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Description: Group portrait of four women and three men posing together in a room in front of a window. The man in the center is holding a banjo in his lap. The men are...
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Sid Sitting Indoors

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Description: Sid Boyum sitting indoors in what appears to be a living room. He is wearing a bow tie and suit jacket. He is holding a cigar to his mouth.
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Man Playing Poker Alone

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Description: View of a man playing poker alone on the right side of a table in a living room. A cat is walking on the floor next to the table on the left.
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Man Playing Poker Alone

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Description: View of a man playing poker alone on the left side of a table in a living room. In the background is a stairwell.
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Sid Sitting in Armchair

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Description: Sid sitting with his feet up in an armchair. He is wearing a hat and is holding a cigar in his right hand. There is a flower arrangement on a table on the ...
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Sid at Home

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Description: Sid sitting in a chair at home with his chin in his hand and a cigar in his mouth. A statue of a walrus and a bookcase full of books is in the background.
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The "Shopinks"

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Description: The "Shopinks," a band whose set sometimes included fishing nets, relaxing in a living room near a fireplace.
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Sid Sitting in Chair

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Description: Portrait of Sid sitting in an armchair at his home at 237 Wabesa Street, wearing a pair of socks. He has a cigar in his mouth. Behind Sid is a bookshelf.
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Sid Sitting in Living Room

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Description: Sid sitting on a couch reading a book in his living room amidst Asian furnishings and objects.

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