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| Date: | 07 25 1929 |
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| Description: | Backyard landscaping of a house on Van Hise Avenue taken for McKay Nursery. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Extensive stonework lines the garden path at the Ceylon Building, which is originally from the Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The building was purchased ... |
| Date: | 05 26 1947 |
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| Description: | The stone council circle in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum. It was built by noted landscape architect and bereaved father, Jens Jensen, as a... |
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| Description: | A girl stands in a shrubbery arch in front of a house, probably the yard and house of the Spaulding family. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | A man in coveralls is operating a horse-drawn mower on the grounds of a large estate or park. Several benches are on the perimeter of the grounds. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | A male grounds keeper is driving a horse-drawn mower down a path on a park or estate grounds. Another man is leaning against a slender tree. Both men are w... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a man and young girl relaxing at a natural-spring grotto park. The spring feeds a fountain set into a paved and sunken courtyard with an a... |
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| Description: | A classical-style stone gazebo with a sculpture on a pedestal at the entrance to a rose garden. |
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| Description: | Classical stone memorial with six columns to the memory of Jennie Higbee, founder and principal of a local school for girls. Located in Overton Park which ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A foursquare style house with front and back porches sits on a large landscaped lot with a decorative fence and painted pergola. The house, at 220 Eighth S... |
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| Description: | View of "Brookside" residence featuring outside staircases, sculptures, fountain and a vast lawn. |
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| Description: | View toward the front of the "Fillston" mansion of Mrs. R.R. Colgate. With shrubs, flower gardens and a gravel driveway. |
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| Description: | View of the A.B. Boardman mansion, gardens, fountain and foliage. An automobile is parked on the right side of the home. |
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| Description: | The residence and gardens of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mortimer. View of mansion, gardens, and fountain. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Elevated view north along Clark Street with pedestrians, street cars, trucks and automobiles. Lincoln Park is on the right; the Belden Stratford Hotel is o... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | The Island Woolen Mill dam and bridge over the Baraboo River. In the foreground is a concrete "pergola" which shades a small bench. Molded into a concrete ... |
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| Description: | Two large logging wheels outside of Fort Algonquin, located off of US 21. The wheels sit to the right of a path, and in front of a small log structure. In ... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | A garden in late summer with dahlias and marigolds at the home of William Llewellyn and Zona Gale Breese. The house, a brick wall and decorative fence encl... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | An aerial view of the monastery, showing a complex of buildings, roads, and the surrounding tree-covered property. A walled garden is between the entrance ... |
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