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Library

Date: 1924
Description: Tall bookcases flanking a large fireplace in the library of the George and Henriette Brumder mansion at the corner of Grand (later Wisconsin) Avenue and 18...
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Music Room

Date: 1924
Description: A sculpted bust of George Brumder (1839-1910) is sitting on a grand piano near a bay window in the Brumder mansion at the corner of Grand (later Wisconsin)...
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Bedroom

Date: 1924
Description: A small table with books on the lower shelf is standing in front of the fireplace in a bedroom of the George and Henriette Brumder mansion at the corner of...
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Tower Room

Date: 1924
Description: An interior view of the George and Henriette Brumder residence at the corner of Grand (later Wisconsin) Avenue and 18th Street. The view is from a large ro...
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Dining Room

Date: 1924
Description: A view of the dining room in the George and Henriette Brumder mansion at the corner of Grand (later Wisconsin) Avenue and 18th Street. Sunlight bathes the ...
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Bedroom

Date: 1924
Description: A floor lamp is standing on the left beside a chaise lounge in a bedroom of the George and Henriette Brumder mansion at the corner of Grand (later Wisconsi...
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Christmas Tree

Date: 1924
Description: A tall Christmas tree with electric lights is standing in the ornately decorated parlor of the home of Henriette (Mrs. George) Brumder, at the corner of Gr...
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Parlor

Date: 1924
Description: A parlor or sitting room, with a view into a small room beyond a doorway, probably in the tower of the George and Henriette Brumder mansion at the corner o...
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Porcelain Dishes on Side-board at Forest Lodge

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Description: Blue and white porcelain dishes, vases, figurines and lamps on a wooden side-board set against a chinked log wall. Windows with blue and white curtains top...
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Main Lodge Sitting Room

Date: 1950
Description: Chinked horizontal log-walled room with thick wool area rugs. Heavy dark wood rockers and Windsor chairs with seat cushions. A hanging light hangs over a G...
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Main Lodge Bedroom

Date: 08 1961
Description: Wood-paneled room with exposed log ceiling joists. One wall of the room has an all wood bookcase full of books, and above are upper doors to cabinets with ...
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Mary Livingston Griggs

Date: 1957
Description: Mary Livingston Griggs, wearing a blue skirt and jacket, is seated in a pale blue brocade wing-backed chair, facing a television in the great room of the g...
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Herbert Brumder Reading

Date: 12 1916
Description: Herber Paul Brumder (1885-1967) relaxing in an easy chair with his crossed legs on an ottoman as he is reading the Germania Herold newspaper. There ...
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Mrs. Rosellah Smith (Donnel) Bowman

Date: 1854
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Rosellah Smith (Donnel) Bowman. Mrs, Bowman was married to Samuel Hunter Donnel, architect, from 1854 to 1860. Samuel and Rose...
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Tenth Birthday

Date: 06 30 1927
Description: Herbert Edmund Brumder, far left, sitting at a table which is holding a birthday cake with lit candles, and behind it, a floral arrangement in celebration ...

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