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Belle Case La Follette Working in the Garden

Date: 1907
Description: Belle Case La Follette hoeing the garden at Maple Bluff Farm in early spring. Two of her children are working with her, apparently planting seeds, and one ...
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Laird and Nixon

Date: 05 07 1969
Description: Standing by President Richard Nixon, Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird waves to a White House Rose Garden audience during an event for William H. Brown, wh...
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Bottomley House

Date: 1925
Description: The Bottemley Residence, with the family working on crops in the yard in the foreground.
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Nettie Fowler McCormick Holding Baby

Date: 1922
Description: Nettie Fowler McCormick (1835-1923) holding her infant great-niece, Nancy Fowler Merle-Smith (b. 1921). Nettie is sitting in a wheelchair on a path, with s...
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Mrs. Harford in Garden

Date: 1930
Description: Cyanotype view of Mrs. Harford sitting in pumpkin and corn in her garden on Madeline Island.
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Thordarson Garden Fish Pond

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Description: Chester Thordarson stands in his garden with a friend near the fish pond, which has a fountain.
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Perry Horton in Highlander Garden

Date: 1934
Description: Perry Horton, father of Myles Horton, in the Highlander Folk School garden.
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Vine-Covered Birdhouse

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Description: Man standing near Purple Martin birdhouse on a tall post, near a border of flowering bushes. There are houses in the background.
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Three Women

Date: 1870
Description: Stereograph. The woman in front is displaying a Muskellunge, caught in Long Lake, on the residential lawn of M. Newman. Two other woman are standing behind...
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Flora van Brink Hony Bader (nee Melkman) in Backyard

Date: 1956
Description: Flora van Brink Hony Bader (nee Melkman) in backyard of her home on Farwell Avenue.
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Winnebago County Asylum Farm

Date: 1930
Description: View over fence of a man wearing a hat using a tilling tool in a garden presumably belonging to the Winnebago County Asylum farm.
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Cypress Gardens

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Description: View from shoreline toward two men and a woman seated in a boat, traveling through the water at Cypress Gardens.
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Family Garden

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Description: A family garden in a company town for the Consolidation Coal Co. Five people are displaying their produce among the garden and the nearby buildings.
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American Friends Mission

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Description: Elevated exterior view of the girls' training home and gardens at the American Friends (Quaker) Mission. Girls appear to be hanging laundry on a line in th...
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Exterior of Home with Garden

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Description: A girl sits on the steps of a small home surrounded by a lush garden. Fairmont was a company town of Consolidated Coal Company.
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YWCA Patio

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Description: Four African-American women read and enjoy the outdoor patio at the YWCA. The brick patio area features a small garden with a birdbath.
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Residential Street

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Description: Children and adults stand in an unpaved rural street lined with homes in a company town of Consolidated Coal Company.
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Large Group Standing Near Home

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Description: A large group of adults and children pose near a home in a company town of Consolidated Coal Company. On the right side of the home vines are growing on a ...
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Women Sitting on Porch

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Description: A group of eight women poses on the porch of a two-story home. The yard in front of the home is filled with flowers. Taken in a company town of Consolidate...
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Couple and Child In Garden

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Description: A couple and a child stand next to their home, which is covered with ivy. A large vegetable and flower garden surrounds the home, and cornfields are in the...

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