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| Description: | Interior courtyard at the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, Japan, including one of the guest room wings of the hotel. The hotel was designed by architect Frank Lloyd... |
| Date: | 05 26 1947 |
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| Description: | The stone council circle in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum. It was built by noted landscape architect and bereaved father, Jens Jensen, as a... |
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| Description: | Hand-colored view of the Thordarson estate including the boathouse and a stone-paved path with benches. |
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| Description: | The entrance to the garden framed by a decorative wooden gate. |
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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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| Description: | A girl stands in a shrubbery arch in front of a house, probably the yard and house of the Spaulding family. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The postcard caption is in error in its reference to Lake Park, which is distantly located from this street. Possibly Highland Park was intended. A second ... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Stone Stairway. At the top there is a decorative balcony overlooking the stairway, and part of a building can be seen. Caption reads: "Stone Stairway, Lake... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | A man in coveralls is operating a horse-drawn mower on the grounds of a large estate or park. Several benches are on the perimeter of the grounds. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | A male grounds keeper is driving a horse-drawn mower down a path on a park or estate grounds. Another man is leaning against a slender tree. Both men are w... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Emblem design in plants, in front of the hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| 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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| Description: | Elevated view of a man and young girl relaxing at a natural-spring grotto park. The spring feeds a fountain set into a paved and sunken courtyard with an a... |
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| Description: | A classical-style stone gazebo with a sculpture on a pedestal at the entrance to a rose garden. |
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| Description: | Classical stone memorial with six columns to the memory of Jennie Higbee, founder and principal of a local school for girls. Located in Overton Park which ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A foursquare style house with front and back porches sits on a large landscaped lot with a decorative fence and painted pergola. The house, at 220 Eighth S... |
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| Description: | View of "Brookside" residence featuring outside staircases, sculptures, fountain and a vast lawn. |
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| Description: | View toward the front of the "Fillston" mansion of Mrs. R.R. Colgate. With shrubs, flower gardens and a gravel driveway. |
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| Description: | View of the A.B. Boardman mansion, gardens, fountain and foliage. An automobile is parked on the right side of the home. |
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