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Wedding Party

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of a wedding party on a balcony. The party consists of the bride and groom (center), three bridesmaids, three groomsmen, a flower gi...
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Wisconsin Governor's Residence - Porch/Garden Room

Date: 03 09 1950
Description: Sun streams into the first floor porch and garden room of the Governor's residence at 101 Cambridge Road. Its color is repeated in the warm golds of the ti...
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Screened Porch at Avery's Edgewater Lodge

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Description: Screened porch furnished with wicker chairs and a sofa, lamps and a rug.
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Alma Schmidt Petersen

Date: 1980
Description: Alma Schmidt Petersen, owner of Black Point Estate, poses seated in a green wicker chair on the porch of the main house. Standing behind her on the left an...
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On the Porch at Snug Harbor

Date: 1898
Description: Group of people posed on a large porch at Snug Harbor, including: Helen Sturges holding a tennis racket, Clara Sturges, unidentified person (possibly a vis...
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Alma on the Porch

Date: 1942
Description: Alma Schmidt Petersen poses seated in a wicker chair on the porch at Black Point. She is wearing a dress and light coat. There is a large-leafed potted pla...
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Member of the Hanks Family

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Description: View of a man sitting in a wooden rocking chair on the porch of the Hanks home smoking a cigar.
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Living Room at Home

Date: 11 16 2014
Description: View of a living room looking towards a set of large windows looking out on a deck with a railing. Potted plants are sitting on stands on the carpet in fro...
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Henriette with Grandchildren

Date: 1923
Description: Henriette Brandhorst Brumder (1841-1924), the widow of Milwaukee publisher and businessman George Brumder (1839-1910) poses while sitting in a wicker chair...
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Sunday Paper

Date: 1934
Description: The photographer's three children, from left, Herbert E., Philip, and Barbara Brumder reading newspapers while sitting on the newly constructed screened po...
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Hurrah for the Red, White, and Blue

Date: 1904
Description: A group of children are standing on a carpet over the front steps of the house. Two boys are waving flags. A large flag is hanging from the second story. T...
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Nap in the Hammock

Date: 07 1917
Description: A woman is napping in the hammock on the screened porch at Island Lodge. Her bag and possibly a camera are on the floor near her. Caption reads: "July 30 -...
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Last Reunion of Cheneys

Date: 1905
Description: Jim Cheney, with a full beard, is sitting next to his wife Mary, left, surrounded by men, women and children, some sitting on rugs spread on the lawn in fr...
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Leroy Marsh Posing on Porch

Date: 09 28 1914
Description: Full-length portrait of Leroy Marsh standing on the porch of a house. He is wearing a suit and hat.
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Kinney's Summer Resort

Date: 1920
Description: Caption reads: "Kinney's Summer Resort, Wild Rose, Wis." A group of adults, seated and standing, on a screened porch at a resort. The man in the foreground...

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