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Italian Village Restaurant

Date: 08 20 1954
Description: Interior of the Italian Village Restaurant, 651 State Street, Joseph Troia, proprietor, "Madison's smartest, most unique, most elaborate restaurant, Duncan...
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Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 1901
Description: The interior of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 1901
Description: The interior of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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Schlitz Palm Garden

Date: 07 03 1886
Description: An interior view of the Schlitz Palm Garden, which was located on North 3rd Street, south of West Wisconsin Avenue. This image includes a drawing of a wait...
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Schlitz Palm Garden

Date: 07 03 1896
Description: Elevated view of waiters and customers in the Schlitz Palm Garden. The idea of the garden was borrowed from Germany where beer gardens were common. It open...
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Overton Park Higbee Memorial

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Description: Classical stone memorial with six columns to the memory of Jennie Higbee, founder and principal of a local school for girls. Located in Overton Park which ...
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Central Park

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Description: A two-tiered fountain with a sculpture and an expansive stone-lined pool in a tree-filled park. A drinking fountain is on the side of the pool in the foreg...
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Amalgamated Clothing Workers Cooperative Apartments Kitchen

Date: 1930
Description: View of the kitchen at Amalgamated Clothing Workers Cooperative apartments. The narrow room features a checker-tiled floor, a small table and chairs, a flo...
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Dog on a Patio

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Description: View of a shady patio featuring a resting dog, a bench, chair, a table with a check tablecloth, reading material and a potted ivy.
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Memorial Continental Hall

Date: 1921
Description: A general view of the Disarmament Conference in Memorial Continental Hall from the balcony. Politicians sit around tables, and an audience gathers on the m...
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Roof Garden at the Central Club for Nurses

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Description: View of the roof garden at the Central Club for Nurses, completed in 1916 by architects Parish and Schroeder. The Central Club for Nurses was built for the...
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Seton Hill College

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Description: A view of the auditorium at Seton Hill College, looking towards the stage from behind rows of wooden seats. The stage is set with a piano and potted plants...
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Art Room

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Description: Interior of an art room. Female students are sitting at tables and easels, painting or doing craft projects. Large windows open to a garden outside.
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Seaside Furnishings

Date: 1910
Description: A view of a row of cabanas abutting a beach, each with a wooden patio decorated with potted plants. The central cabana is furnished with a mirror, lamp, an...
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Nightclub

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Description: Interior of a nightclub. The room features tables and chairs and is decorated with elaborate drapery, lighting and potted trees.
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Boardwalk Restaurant Interior

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Description: Interior of a boardwalk restaurant. The room features cafeteria style decor with many tables and booths.
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Ridgell Drug Compant and Ice Cream Parlor

Date: 1918
Description: Two men and a woman sit and stand around a table inside the Ridgell Drug Company and ice cream parlor. Several display cases are arranged behind them and t...
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Hilltop Inn

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Description: View of the rear porches and balconies at Hilltop Inn, built in 1910. Trees and other plants surround the porches where wicker chairs and potted plants ar...
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Montauk Manor

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Description: View down a long hall separated by arches and columns in the lobby of Montauk Manor. The space is furnished with couches, chairs, and a fireplace and a ta...
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Poggatticut Lodge

Date: 1920
Description: Men and women sit in rocking chairs on the veranda at Poggatticut Lodge. The lodge was built in 1920.

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