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Talcott, Ralph, and Margaret Williams pose with their mother who is sitting on an overstuffed armchair in a living room. The girl at right has a bob haircut popular during the 1920s.

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A sideboard filled with flowers in a dining room. Sideboards were traditionally used in dining rooms to serve food, the display of serving dishes and for storage.

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Two women sitting on a couch or bed. The woman at right appears to be sewing.

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Jennie Johnson and Edward Hall seated in a parlor, possibly in the Delbert Trahern home based on the carpet pattern.

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A bedroom set in one of bedrooms at P.A. Peterson's Home on East State Street.

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A bedroom at the home of P.A. Peterson on East State Street with a close up view of a sleigh bed. A sleigh bed has curved or scrolled head and footboards resembling a sled or sleigh.

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Three individuals looking at a large book. The girl at right is possibly Helen Trahern.

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Ten girls and boys seated around a dining room table.

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A family group pose for a photograph with leaves and Chinese lanterns set up indoors. Helen Trahern may be the young girl seated in the front of the group.

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A family group, possibly the Trahern family, around a dining room table.

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Ten women sitting around dining room table sharing refreshments. A small Christmas tree stands behind the table..

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"Ginnie and Mother" on Mother's Day 1955. They are sitting on a cane backed rocking chair. At right is the edge of a television set. Electric televisions were first successfully demonstrated in San Francisco on September 7, 1927. By 1955 half of all…

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Dailey family picture taken in front of a fireplace. Fireplaces in eighteenth and nineteenth century homes tend to be shallow to provide heat into the rooms. Today fireplaces in homes are popular for pleasure and are not needed for heat. Today's…

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An unidentified couple looking at a scrapbook in a living room. Holiday cards are displayed at the edges of two windows. Displaying holiday cards as part of the holiday decorations continues to be popular today.

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Bertha Cosberg with yuletide greenery that might be decoration for the exterior of the house door.

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Bertha Cosberg sitting on stairs next to wall full of greeting cards. At the holiday season, it is still popular today to use greeting cards from family and friends as part of the holiday decorations.

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An unidentified couple sitting at a dinner table in a main part of the house. The wood paneling provides an informal, casual atmosphere. The paneling is stained and varnished wood planks.

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Four unidentified men sitting in an informal family room. Wood planks serve as paneling on the walls and a braid rug is on the floor providing an informal atmosphere. Wood paneling was popular 1950s - 1970s due to its low cost and ease of…

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An unidentified couple posing in front of a fireplace. The braided rug on the floor adds a sense of comfort to the room. They are made from scraps of cloth plaited into a braid and then stitched into a large oval.

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An unidentified couple posing in a home. Wallpaper adds pattern and color to the room.

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Women seated around a dinner table as part of a social get together. Social gatherings often take place around the dining room table. Serving food is a sign of hospitality and consideration of the guests' comfort.

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A living room in the mid-twentieth century. The formal parlor of the nineteenth century was used to entertain guests and to hold family funerals. The role of this room changed in the early twentieth century and room became used for a variety of more…

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Trahern and O'Donnell families at the dinner table. The woman at front left has a napkin on her lap. Table manners were to place the napkin across the lap upon seating and to leave it there until it is needed or the meal is ended.

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Delbert E. Trahern and his wife Sadie E. pose with their daughter Helen in their parlor at 323 Whitman Street, Rockford, Illinois.

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Delbert E. Trahern seated in a rocking chair and reading a newspaper. Delbert moved to 323 Whitman Street, Rockford, Illinois, with his wife Sadie circa 1903 - 1908. Delbert lived in this home until his death February 8, 1948.

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Helen Trahern sitting at a piano. Helen is the daughter of Delbert and Sadie Trahern. The piano would have been located in the parlor of the Trahern home at 323 Whitman Street, Rockford, Illinois. Pianos were a luxury item and having one in the home…

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Helen Trahern, the daughter of Delbert and Sadie Trahern, sitting at a piano. The piano would have been located in the parlor of the Trahern home at 323 Whitman Street, Rockford, Illinois. The piano was a focal point of the room and was highly…

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The parlor in the Trahern home located at 323 Whitman Street, Rockford, Illinois. The parlor was the public rom of the house where the family met with and entertained guests. Delbert E. Trahern and his wife Sadie E. moved to 323 Whitman Street circa…

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Delbert Trahern with his wife and others in the parlor of the Trahern home. Helen Trahern is seated at the front of the group.
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