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| Description: | Studio portrait of Chester Thordarson seated with books and a pencil. |
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| Description: | View from balcony of the interior of the Chester Thordarson boathouse with several tables, upon which are numerous books. |
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| Description: | Hand-colored view of the Thordarson estate including the boathouse and a stone-paved path with benches. |
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| Description: | Chester Thordarson stands in his garden with a friend near the fish pond, which has a fountain. |
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| Description: | Workers hand wind filament on transformers at Thordarson Electical Manufacturing Company. Chester Thordarson was a Chicago inventor and manufacturer of el... |
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| Description: | Workers get transformers ready for distribution in the shipping department at Thordarson Electical Manufacturing Company. Chester Thordarson was a Chicago... |
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| Description: | A view of the Rock Island Pagoda on the Thordarson Estate on Washington Island. |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Thordarson library with bookcases and a spectacular chandelier with buffalo horns. The building is of stone, with arched windows. |
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| Description: | Candid portrait of Chester Thordarson wearing a light-colored suit, holding a hat. He appears to be on a boat, with windows and a steering wheel behind him... |
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| Description: | Rendering of a Thordarson Electical Manufacturing Company product. Chester Thordarson was a Chicago inventor and manufacturer of electical apparatus, famo... |
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| Description: | Rendering of a Thordarson Electical Manufacturing Company product. Chester Thordarson was a Chicago inventor and manufacturer of electical apparatus, famo... |
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| Description: | Speed presses stamp out core laminations for transformers at Thordarson Electical Manufacturing Company. Chester Thordarson was a Chicago inventor and man... |
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| Description: | Workers construct a 1,000,000 volt coil at Thordarson Electical Manufacturing Company. |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Thordarson library featuring a massive fireplace with two men posing on either side of it. The building is of stone, with arched windo... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with Chester Thordarson (left) and Bill Jepson standing next to a vehicle with skis attached to the front, and three crawler wheels in the bac... |
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| Description: | Rendering of a Thordarson Electical Manufacturing Company product. Chester Thordarson was a Chicago inventor and manufacturer of electical apparatus, famo... |
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| Description: | Rendering of a Thordarson Electical Manufacturing Company product. Chester Thordarson was a Chicago inventor and manufacturer of electical apparatus, famo... |
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| Description: | Rendering of a Thordarson Electical Manufacturing Company product. Chester Thordarson was a Chicago inventor and manufacturer of electical apparatus, famo... |
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