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Mendota State Hospital

Date: 1914
Description: Exterior of the Mendota State Hospital (Mendota Mental Health Institute) with stone fountain in front. Caption reads: "Mendota Hospital, Madison, Wis."
Photograph

Playland

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Description: A view of Playland, an amusement center with a fountain, a plaza and a casino. Pedestrians stroll across the plaza and three flags fly above the sprawling...
Photograph

Gazebo

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Description: A view of an ornate gazebo set in a pond. The pond has a fountain spray and tree-lined paved paths of the park are visible in the background while a flowe...
Photograph

City Park

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Description: Woman drinking a cup of water from a fountain with a Pan sculpture in City Park. A toddler sits in a nearby baby carriage. The caption reads, "City Park, T...
Photograph

Garden Fountain

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Description: View of fountain in a garden of the Walhall Estate. The fountain has a sculpture of a flower-adorned woman, and the garden features evergreen shrubs along ...
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Walhall Estate Garden

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Description: View of garden at the Walhall Estate featuring evergreen shrubs, foxglove, daisies and columbines. In the background are trees and a fountain with a sculpt...
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Wavery Garden

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Description: View of Wavery Garden, featuring a fountain with a sculpture of a boy raising a cup to the sky, carved stone balustrades, tufts of flowers and a background...
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Workers' Unity House

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Description: View across lawn with a fountain and flowers toward the facade of the house. The covered, wraparound veranda has four columns, and there are stone foundati...
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Workers' Unity House Entrance

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Description: Elevated view of the lawn and driveway, with a fountain in the foreground, and plantings that spell "Unity." Two women are walking on the left path, and in...
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Grotto at the Monastery of Our Lady of Charity

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Description: Elevated view of the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes at the Monastery of Our Lady of Charity, an order founded in 1641. A paved path leads to the structure w...
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Fountain near Courthouse

Date: 1910
Description: View of a fountain in the garden of the courthouse, constructed from 1906-1908.
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Italian Garden at Brookside

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Description: View of the Italian gardens at Brookside, the luxurious estate of Mr. W.H. Walker. The gardens were designed by landscape architect, Ferruccia Vitale.
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Italian Garden at Brookside

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Description: View of the Italian garden at Brookside, the luxurious estate of Mr. W.H. Walker, through the porch columns. A fountain and sculpture can be seen amidst t...
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Italian Garden at Brookside

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Description: View of the Italian garden at Brookside, the luxurious estate of Mr. W.H. Walker. A fountain and sculpture can be seen amidst the flowers and other plants ...
Print

Sanatorium Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of The Sanatorium Company, with a three-quarter view of the sanatorium building set into a background of flowers and banners proclaiming the ben...
Photograph

Girl Scouts at the Louisville Kentucky Zoo with an IH School Bus

Date: 1990
Description: Group of Brownie Girl Scouts and their leader are posing next to an International school bus at the Louisville zoo. In the background zookeepers and childr...
Postcard

Effinger Park

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Description: Colorized postcard view of Effinger Park, including trees, gardens and a fountain. A man wearing overalls stands in the background. Caption reads: "Effinge...
Postcard

Randall Park

Date: 1930
Description: Colorized photographic postcard view of Randall Park, with fountain and statue. Caption reads: "Randall Park, Eau Claire, Wis."
Postcard

Fountain in Wilson Park

Date: 1915
Description: Colorized photograph of the fountain in Wilson Park. Caption reads: "Fountain in Wilson Park, Eau Claire, Wis."
Historical Object

The Fargo Children

Date: 1901
Description: Five photographs are mounted on an album page which is decorated with a painting of a honeysuckle sprig. In the photograph at top left, Frank, age three, S...

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