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National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers

Date: 1905
Description: Lake near the home, probably Lake Hincks, which was named after General Edward W. Hincks who was administrator of the Home in the 1870's. The grounds consi...
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Lincoln Monument Construction

Date: 1918
Description: Lincoln Monument construction on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Workmen are standing around the perimeter of a large hole while others are dig...
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Children in Park with Swimming Area

Date: 06 1925
Description: Children dressed in bathing suits at a small park with a swimming place. A garden is in the foreground.
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Two Boys in Backyard of Suburban Residence

Date: 06 1925
Description: Two young boys playing in the backyard of a suburban residence.
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Elizabeth Park in Hartford

Date: 1925
Description: Elizabeth Park's landscaped park, including pond and footbridge. Two people sit on a bench in the shade on the right. The original caption describes the pa...
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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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Front Yard Landscaping of House

Date: 1928
Description: Front yard landscaping of the residential home of A.R. Matthews, master farmer.
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Man Sitting at Residental Rock and Water Feature

Date: 06 1931
Description: L.A. Hawkins is sitting at a rock and water garden feature at the home of C. Mock Jr., 15 S. Commonwealth Avenue.
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Shelling Peas

Date: 1910
Description: The photographer's wife, Clothilde, far right, and children, from left, Margaret, Alice, Helen, and Ferdinand Leonard, in a rustic gazebo on the grounds of...
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Wisconsin Historical Society Headquarters Building

Date: 1971
Description: View of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin headquarters building from across Library Mall. A woman and child are sitting on the edge of the William ...
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Parks Landscaping Fund

Date: 10 06 1960
Description: A $250 check is presented to Professor C.A. DeDeurwaeder, right, to help with a project aimed at the development of landscaping themes for parks. The grant...
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Elsa Seipp Madlener

Date: 1955
Description: A handwritten note describes this portrait as: "Aunt Elsa in her summer house "The Lindens" when she was eighty years old." She is wearing a print dress an...
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Three Women Posing in front of Large Home

Date: 06 30 1926
Description: View across lawn towards three women posing in front of a large home with a manicured lawn.
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Inside the Mitchell Park Conservatory

Date: 1967
Description: A man and woman are walking along a dirt path near a gazebo. Flowers and trees and bushes are growing inside the horticultural conservatory.
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University of Wisconsin President's Official Residence

Date: 09 12 1958
Description: New U.W. president Conrad A. Elvehjem and his wife standing in the garden of the official residence at 130 Prospect Avenue. The many-roomed house was prese...
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Taliesin

Date: 1921
Description: Text on front reads: "Taliesin, Spring Green, Wis." View of the courtyard at Taliesin. In the foreground is a statue of a figure holding a bird standing on...

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