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School Boys Raising a Garden

Date: 04 18 1917
Description: Young boys digging a garden in an urban setting on "Mowhawk Street near Larrabee." Original caption reads: "Newberry School boys who have gotten into the h...
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Children Toil in Community Garden

Date: 1917
Description: Children working and playing in a community garden at 38th and St. Louis streets.
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Fourteen Foot Tomato Plant

Date: 09 27 1936
Description: Mr. Liebenberg standing on a ladder measuring a 14 foot tomato plant growing in his garden. Mrs. Liebenberg is standing beside the plant.
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Waupun Prison Garden

Date: 1870
Description: Waupun Prison garden. Hill top view of garden with arched trellis and vines and men hoeing in garden; prison in background.
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Two Men Sifting Compost for a Garden

Date: 06 1923
Description: Two men sifting compost soil through a screen.
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Boys at Work on Urban Garden

Date: 04 18 1917
Description: Boys from the Newberry School and Boys' Club No. 2 work on ground loaned by the Board of Education for a city garden.
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Planting a Garden

Date: 1943
Description: A man uses a taut rope to plant straight garden rows.
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Large Tomato Plant

Date: 08 30 1949
Description: Earl L. Vanderhoef Sr., 312 N. Blair Street, standing on the ground near a ladder and showing his tomato plant, which grew to a height of 14 feet. He was c...
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Gardening at Winthrop College

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Description: View of students gardening at Winthrop College, founded in 1886. School buildings stand in the background.
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Working in a Garden

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Description: A group of people work together in a garden.
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Dyer Garden

Date: 2004
Description: Is this a modern sculpture in the Dyer yard? No, Pam uses these ladders for her bean plants.
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Women Gardening

Date: 1920
Description: Group portrait of women wearing wide-brimmed hats standing outdoors while holding hoes and a garden plow in what appears to be a city garden. Several build...
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Men Standing on Manure Pile in Railroad Yard

Date: 1918
Description: Men hold a sign that says "Car No. 1 Manure Secured by Y.M.C.A. for Eighth Ward War Gardens" while standing on top of a manure pile in a railroad yard.
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Children Gardening

Date: 1920
Description: Boys and girls working to plant and tend to a garden surrounded by buildings and fences in what appears to be an urban area. The location is likely a schoo...
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Children Gardening

Date: 1920
Description: Children working in garden. One child is pulling beets, while another child is digging up potatoes with a hoe. Another child is sitting in a wheelbarrow lo...
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Group Working in Garden

Date: 1920
Description: Children and two women, possibly a school group, work with hand tools in an urban garden. An elevated railroad is in the background, along with the Acme St...
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Group of Children in Garden

Date: 1918
Description: A group of children and women standing in what is probably a "war garden" in an urban area. Several commercial buildings are in the background, one painted...
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Woman Hoeing in Garden

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Description: A woman wearing a checkered dress uses a hoe in a small garden plot. Trees, shrubs, and an open field can be seen in the background.
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In-Ground Swimming Pool on Madeline Island

Date: 1938
Description: In-ground swimming pool behind large two-story cedar shake-sided house on Madeline Island.
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering Tractor and Trailer Brochure

Date: 1937
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for McCormick-Deering Tractors and Trailers. Includes a photograph of men loading brush or shrubs into a trailer hitched t...

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