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Fourteen Foot Tomato Plant

Date: 09 27 1936
Description: Mr. Liebenberg standing on a ladder measuring a 14 foot tomato plant growing in his garden. Mrs. Liebenberg is standing beside the plant.
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Tractor Breaking Ground for Garden

Date: 04 28 1933
Description: Gene Walker on Caterpillar tractor breaking ground for community garden project, located on S. Park Street near Cedar Street. Watching are: Alphons Kruel, ...
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Flower Garden

Date: 07 30 1930
Description: House and flower garden, 614 E. Main Street. There is a man (possibly Emanuel F. Yager) standing on the porch with a Trachte 4 bay garage in the background...
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House and Flower Garden

Date: 07 30 1930
Description: View from street towards a house and flower garden at 614 E. Main Street. There is a man (possibly Emanuel F. Yager) and woman standing in the driveway wit...
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People Posed in front of G. Bashford Home

Date: 1878
Description: Two women and a man posed in the garden path of an L-shaped Greek Revival frame house. The front and back doors are open, revealing a breezeway straight th...
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Family in Garden

Date: 1874
Description: Family in garden with wood walkway in foreground. Two people are standing on the porch of the brick house behind; the house has shutters around the windows...
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Large Sunflower Plant

Date: 09 1949
Description: William Herrling looking at a very tall sunflower plant growing beside his house, 2123 University Avenue.
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Who's New Club Picnic

Date: 06 22 1945
Description: Picnickers at a Who's New Club Picnic opening their box lunches: Lieut. and Mrs. Ivor Callaway; Chaplain and Mrs. Edwin B. Nylen; Mrs. Ralph Ebert and her ...
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Who's New Club Picnic

Date: 06 22 1945
Description: At the Who's New Club picnic in the garden of Lieut. Governor Oscar Rennebohm. Mrs. Oscar (Mary) Rennebohm is shown with guests, Mr. and Mrs. William (Hele...
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Madison Community Chest Gardening

Date: 06 21 1949
Description: Madison Community Chest sponsored Farley Tract community garden. Erwin O. Huebnow, the 1948 Farley tract head, is shown with Professor Paul Bender, who is ...
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Madison Community Chest Gardening

Date: 06 21 1949
Description: Madison Community Chest sponsored Farley tract community garden. Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Blankenburg are listening to the radio while working in their plot.
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Madison Community Chest Gardening

Date: 06 21 1949
Description: Madison Community Chest sponsored Farley tract community garden. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond C. Thompson are having a picnic with their children, Charles (11) and...
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Large Tomato Plant

Date: 08 30 1949
Description: Earl L. Vanderhoef Sr., 312 N. Blair Street, standing on the ground near a ladder and showing his tomato plant, which grew to a height of 14 feet. He was c...
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Central International Gladiolus Show

Date: 08 02 1950
Description: Professor James H. Torrie, 37-D, University Houses, is pictured spraying his gladioli garden in preparation for the Central International Gladiolus Society...
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Central International Gladiolus Show

Date: 08 02 1950
Description: Mr. and Mrs. John (Angeline) Magnaseo standing in their garden at 25 Hillside Terrace with their thirteen-year-old son, Peter, admiring "Cupid," one of the...
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Badger State Dahlia Society

Date: 08 22 1950
Description: Four members of the Badger State Dahlia Society are shown left to right: Mrs. Loder, Mrs. Ira Fuller, Mr. Everett Loder and Mr. Ira Fuller. They are in the...
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Dahlia Garden

Date: 09 14 1950
Description: Edwin and Genevieve Larsen standing in their dahlia garden at 1245 East Dayton Street. Ed is holding a Miss Madison variety that he developed himself.
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Working in a Garden

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Description: A group of people work together in a garden.
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Jean Ward and Peach Tree

Date: 09 09 1953
Description: Jean Ward of 2961 Milwaukee Street is standing beneath a peach-laden tree that grew in his garden from pits discarded 8 years ago.
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Farm Scene

Date: 1905
Description: A man stands with a horse near a small barn. A buggy and wagon are parked nearby. There are two small sheds or outhouses near a garden plot and a haystack ...

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