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College of Engineering

Date: 1916
Description: View up Bascom Hill of the Engineering Building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Bascom Hall can be seen on top of Bascom Hill.
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Sparta Public Library

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Description: Exterior view from road of the Sparta Public Library. Reverse of the cardboard backing reads: "Carnegie bldg., 1903, cost $12,000. Architects, Schick & Rot...
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Trees Lining Suburban Neighborhood

Date: 1924
Description: View down a wide, tree-lined neighborhood street. Well-maintained lawns and houses can be seen on the left. A man with a reel mower is working in a yard, a...
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Trees and Shrubs in Front Yard of Suburban Residence

Date: 1924
Description: View from across street of the landscaping of a suburban home. Original title reads: "Good foundation plantings. Desirable open lawn evergreens may eventua...
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Suburban Home Landscaping

Date: 1924
Description: Suburban lawn and shrubbery demonstrate what the original caption describes as "well-planned" landscaping and upkeep.
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Man and Woman Grooming Backyard

Date: 1924
Description: A man and woman (possibly husband and wife) maintain a residential backyard. The man, wearing a bow tie, is mowing the lawn with a reel mower, while the wo...
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Farmhouse's Planting and Fence

Date: 1924
Description: View from a rural road to a farmhouse demonstrating its landscaping and what the original caption describes as a "novel fence." The large barn in the backg...
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"Poorly Arranged" Home Landscaping

Date: 1924
Description: Farmhouse with landscaping of shrubbery. Original caption reads: "Nice possibilities, poor arrangement, no planting plan."
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Group Seated on Lawn for Supper

Date: 06 1913
Description: Group of International Harvester Agricultural Extension speakers seated on a lawn for supper. Original caption reads: "This picture shows part of the Alfal...
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Farmhouse Arbor

Date: 07 1923
Description: Flowers and other plants growing on and around an arbor outside the Zearing farmhouse.
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Young Girl Cooling Canned Corn

Date: 1925
Description: Young girl identified as Jewel Keller using a water pump outside a farm house to cool freshly canned corn.
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Sam Davis Company Truck

Date: 1925
Description: Furniture movers from the Sam Davis Company load the back of a Model 53 International motor truck with chairs and boxes. The text on the truck reads: "The ...
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Monona Lake Assembly Auditorium

Date: 1910
Description: Monona Lake Assembly Auditorium and grounds. Designed by Morrison H. Vail of Chicago, built in 1900 by John H. Starck Co., John H. Findorff, vice-president...
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District School House in the Woods

Date: 08 01 1895
Description: Exterior view of the district school house property, with a young boy standing on the front steps. There is a hand-pump on a wood platform in front of the ...
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Petra Kjorstad Residence at 417 Monroe Street

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Description: View across front lawn towards a residence at 417 Monroe Street.
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Prince Philip Planting an Elm

Date: 1980
Description: University of Wisconsin professor of plant pathology and forestry Eugene B. Smalley (1926-2002), right, is watching as Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, is...
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Chicago & Northwestern R.R. Depot

Date: 1892
Description: View of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad station in Milwaukee. A couple is sitting on a bench under an umbrella in the foreground. The baggage car of a ...

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