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Two Boys Standing Next to Sign

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Description: Two boys are standing next to a sign that reads: "Cook County School-Home Project, Garden, Elmer Finke. Lantern slide.
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Dakota House

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Description: House with yard and trees in rural settings. There is a team of two horses pulling a carriage. Lantern slide.
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Young Girl and Boy in Yard of House

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Description: View from street towards a girl and boy standing on a walk next to a house. There is a fence in front of the house along the sidewalk. On the left is a bic...
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School Children with Bouquets of Flowers

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Description: School children are sitting at their desks in a classroom. Each student has a vase of flowers on their desk. Hand-tinted lantern slide.
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Backyard of House in Urban Neighborhood

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Description: Elevated view of a backyard, with wooden walkways and barrels in an urban neighborhood. Caption reads: "Typical backyard before landscape gardening was tau...
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K Street House After Planting

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Description: House on a street corner covered with ivy and surrounded by plants and lawn. There is a factory and a large smokestack in the background. Hand-tinted lante...
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Cottages on K Street Before Planting

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Description: Cottages on K Street before planting. Lantern slide.
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Two Boys Standing in Backyard Garden

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Description: University of Chicago Association "Gardening" South Deering. Lantern slide.
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Ernst's Backyard After Planting

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Description: Grass, bushes and flowers border a lawn in front of a house in a neighborhood. There is a factory in the background. Hand-tinted lantern slide.
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Ernst's Backyard Before Planting

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Description: View across lawn, with wooden walkway, towards a house. A fence is on the right, and more houses are in the background on the left. In the far background i...
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Gardens of the Patterson School

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Description: View towards a brick school building with garden in foreground. Hand-tinted lantern slide.
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People on Lawn in front of Building

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Description: People are sitting and standing on a sidewalk and a lawn in front of a large brick and stone building. There is a turret near the entrance with a flag flyi...
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Community Garden, Cook County

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Description: Group portrait of men, women and children standing in a field behind a fence. A sign on a post reads: "Community Garden, Cook County, Dist. 124." Hand-tint...
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Young Boy & Girl with Farm Produce

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Description: A young boy and girl are sitting on porch steps of a house. On the porch is a basket of tomatoes, squash, corn, and a watermelon. Hand-tinted lantern slide...
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Lily

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Description: Lily flower. Hand-tinted lantern slide.
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Van Vlissingen School

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Description: A man is standing on a brick walk near young men and women tending to trees and plants between a tall wood fence and a pipe railing running along the walk....
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Boy Eating an Onion or a Potato in Field

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Description: View of a boy standing and eating an onion or a potato in a field. Next to him are three baskets of onions or potatoes resting on crates. In the far backgr...
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Children at Mark Sheridan School Garden

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Description: A large group of children are working in a garden at the Mark Sheridan school. Behind them is a fence, and behind the fence are houses. Hand-tinted lantern...
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School Green House

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Description: Five young men standing among boxes of plants near a school greenhouse. Hand-tinted lantern slide.
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Cicero School Garden Club

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Description: Henry and Violet Schmietendorf are standing in a vegetable garden next to a sign that reads: "Cicero School Garden Club." Lantern slide.

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