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Spirit of '76 Cub Cadet Lawn Tractor

Date: 1976
Description: Color publicity shot of a red, white and blue International Harvester Cub Cadet lawn tractor produced for the Bicentennial of the United States. The tracto...
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Villa Turicum

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Description: A view of the cut flower vegetable garden at Villa Turicum.
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Grounds at Walden

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Description: The grounds at "Walden", residence of the Cyrus McCormick, Jr. family, showing an outdoor table and two chairs under a pergola.
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Flower Garden at 3F Laundry

Date: 09 21 1933
Description: Flower garden at 3F Laundry, 731 East Dayton Street. Shows fence, arbor, birdhouse, and garden chairs.
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Mrs. Piper in Garden of Piper's Garden Cafeteria

Date: 01 19 1931
Description: View of Mrs. Piper standing in the garden of Piper's Garden Cafeteria, 120 E. Mifflin Street, after a snowstorm.
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Flower Garden

Date: 07 30 1930
Description: House and flower garden, 614 E. Main Street. There is a man (possibly Emanuel F. Yager) standing on the porch with a Trachte 4 bay garage in the background...
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House and Flower Garden

Date: 07 30 1930
Description: View from street towards a house and flower garden at 614 E. Main Street. There is a man (possibly Emanuel F. Yager) and woman standing in the driveway wit...
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Ceylon Building

Date: 1893
Description: Extensive stonework lines the garden path at the Ceylon Building, which is originally from the Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The building was purchased ...
Postcard

Resthaven

Date: 1912
Description: Exterior view of Resthaven, a sanitarium. Caption reads: "Resthaven, Waukesha, Wis."
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Residence of the W.E. Emery Family

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Description: The extensive Victorian residence and garden of the W.E. Emery family.
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Neighborhood Garden

Date: 09 1925
Description: Garden outside suburban residence including window boxes and annuals.
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Gardens of Bessie Tift College

Date: 1920
Description: View from the porch of Upshaw Hall toward the lawns and gardens of the campus of Bessie Tift College, founded in 1849. Tift Hall stands on the left, and Po...
Drawing

Alexander Mitchell Estate

Date: 1872
Description: Lithograph elevated view of the Alexander Mitchell home and gardens seen from the corner of Ninth and Spring Streets. Pedestrians, horse-riders and a horse...
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Formal Garden

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Description: A couple poses near a sundial on a brick walkway in a park. On the right is the original east wing of French Lick Springs Hotel, established in 1845 and bu...
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Village Inn

Date: 1928
Description: View across road of the Village Inn; featuring a "Hotel" sign, vines along the screened porch windows, and a fenced garden.
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Fountain near Courthouse

Date: 1910
Description: View of a fountain in the garden of the courthouse, constructed from 1906-1908.
Manuscript

Better Homes and Gardens Club Record Book: Some Bare Spots

Date: 1939
Description: Page from the Garden Club scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with examples of yards in need of gardens at the Vitale and Annie Gambino homes, and a spot...
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Better Homes and Gardens Club Record Book: Matthews Family

Date: 1939
Description: Image from the Garden Club record book kept by Neighborhood House, with Rosalie, Ollie Mae, and Adrena Matthews posing by their garden, near the front step...
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Better Homes and Gardens Club Record Book: Mrs. Ora Smith

Date: 1939
Description: Image from the Garden Club record book kept by Neighborhood House, with the winner in the Senior category garden competition, Mrs. Ora Smith, sitting on th...
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Water Street

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Description: View down Water Street which is lined with sidewalks and residential houses. In the foreground on both sides of the road are small wooden bridges along the...

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