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St. Lawrence College

Date: 1910
Description: Caption reads: "St. Lawrence College, Mt. Calvary, Wis." Locations are marked for the church, monastery, college building, St. Joseph's Hall, and St. Thoma...
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Panoramic View of International Exhibition, Horticultural Gardens

Date: 1862
Description: Color lithograph of International Exhibition building, originated by the Society of Arts, at the suggestion of Henry Cole. View of the North side of the bu...
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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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Row of Houses with Gardens

Date: 1939
Description: View down row of back of houses. The backyards have gardens, and on the far left is a row of trees.
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Siloam Gardens

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Description: An elevated view of Siloam Gardens, a formal french garden, and the open countryside beyond. Pedestrians are strolling on the manicured and symmetrical pat...
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Country Home

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Description: View of a country home with landscaped yard.
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North Front of Wadsworth Hall

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of the north front of Wadsworth Hall. A large garden is visible in the foreground.
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Boxwood Manor

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Description: The rear view of Boxwood Manor, the inspiration for the painter, Charles Vezin, in 'The Old Garden.'
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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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Garden Fountain

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Description: View of fountain in a garden of the Walhall Estate. The fountain has a sculpture of a flower-adorned woman, and the garden features evergreen shrubs along ...
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Middleton Place

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Description: View of a brick cottage with ivy in a clearing as seen from a small dirt road through the woods. The road is bordered by flowering azalea bushes and the Sp...
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Garden Scene

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Description: View of a garden with the columned entrance to a mansion in the background. The garden includes azalea bushes, yucca plants, palm trees and a cannon.
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Saint Joseph's Guest House

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Description: View of Saint Joseph's Garden and statue at Saint Joseph's Guest House. Flowers and plants surround the statue, and church buildings can be seen in the bac...
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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...
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Coney Island Amusement Park

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Description: View of the Coney Island Amusement Park featuring a large garden and lawn, a roller coaster, a windmill, several buildings and amusements, and crowds of pe...
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Violet and Judith Dousman

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Description: Violet and Judith Dousman seated together between a canna bed and a weeping mulberry.
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South Lawn at Villa Louis

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Description: South lawn looking west from gazebo toward fountain. A path crosses the foreground, and the Dousman's dog, Folo, lounges on the lawn.
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Villa Louis Grounds

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Description: Composite panoramic view showing gazebo, star bed, and southeast corner of the lawn.
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Flower Garden Border

Date: 1915
Description: A border of herbaceous perennials with a background of shrubs and trees.
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Better Homes and Gardens Club Record Book: Pertzborn Girls

Date: 1939
Description: Image from the Garden Club record book kept by Neighborhood House, with Alice, Rachel, and Barbara Pertzborn posing by their garden in the front corner of ...

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