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| Date: | 08 1930 |
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| Description: | View from road of the landscaping in front of a Texaco gas station located on 83rd and Stoney Island. |
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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. |
| 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: | 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... |
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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... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Elevated view north along Clark Street with pedestrians, street cars, trucks and automobiles. Lincoln Park is on the right; the Belden Stratford Hotel is o... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | The Island Woolen Mill dam and bridge over the Baraboo River. In the foreground is a concrete "pergola" which shades a small bench. Molded into a concrete ... |
| Date: | 06 1925 |
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| Description: | Children dressed in bathing suits at a small park with a swimming place. A garden is in the foreground. |
| Date: | 06 1925 |
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| Description: | Two young boys playing in the backyard of a suburban residence. |
| Date: | 05 1925 |
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| Description: | View from road of front entrance of the Speedwell Farm. Original caption reads: "Desirable farm entrance -- neat and reasonably constructed. Also showing t... |
| Date: | 05 1925 |
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| Description: | School building and its grounds, including trees and swing sets. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Elizabeth Park's landscaped park, including pond and footbridge. Two people sit on a bench in the shade on the right. The original caption describes the pa... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | View from across street of the landscaping of a suburban home. Original title reads: "Good foundation plantings. Desirable open lawn evergreens may eventua... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | View from a rural road to a farmhouse demonstrating its landscaping and what the original caption describes as a "novel fence." The large barn in the backg... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Group planting of a low hedge line along tree-lined sidewalk in suburban area. The original caption identifies it as "well-executed." |
| Date: | 09 1925 |
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| Description: | View of the landscaping on a street median in a residential neighborhood. Dwellings are in the background. |
| Date: | 06 1931 |
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| Description: | Home garden in a residential neighborhood. Landscaping includes iris and peonies in borders along a driveway, and an arched trellis near the backyard. Orig... |
| Date: | 07 1927 |
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| Description: | View of intricate home garden of L.B. Olmstead, demonstrating extensive planning and upkeep. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | An aerial view of the monastery, showing a complex of buildings, roads, and the surrounding tree-covered property. A walled garden is between the entrance ... |
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