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Chess Game
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William Middleton, left, plays chess against an unidentified opponent. Williams' son, Forest, with chin in hands, watches with an unidentified man and woman. Paintings and photographs are on the wall and more photographs are stacked on tables.
1910
Middleton Family
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Chess Game
1909
Forest Middleton, left, and Arthur Strelow, play chess with the board resting on their knees. Drapes hang in a doorway; there are also two round tables with tablecloths in the room.
Chess Sets
1905
A collection of chess sets displayed on a table with Walter Thomas Mills' 1904 book "The Struggle for Existence."
Game of Pool
1911
Forest Middleton, left, prepares a pool shot while his opponent looks on. They are playing on a portable pool table in Forest's room. Photographs, cigar advertisements, and two Wisconsin pennants d...
Clara Middleton and Tootsie
1905
Clara Middleton, well-dressed and wearing a large hat, holding her pet fox terrier's chin as the two share a gaze.
Forest Middleton and Tootsie
1910
Photographic postcard of Forest Middleton, with a pensive expression with hand on his chin, sits with his dog in his lap.
Group Portrait
1910
Photographic postcard of Forest Middleton sitting on a chair behind an unidentified man, woman, and boy. A heavy drape with tassels, top left, frames the scene. There is a rack of photographs on th...
