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George Washington's Mount Vernon Gardens

Date: 1950
Description: View of the lower gardens at George Washington's Mount Vernon. Two gardeners are tending to the flowers along the path that leads to an outdoor pavilion.
Postcard

Minnehaha Springs

Date: 1920
Description: View from shoreline towards a two people in a boat at Minnehaha Springs. In the background is a pavilion among the trees, and a small wooden pier at the sh...
Photograph

Posing Next to a Well

Date: 1950
Description: Three women and man posing next to a water well under a pavilion in a park. The women pose while the man pretends to drink from a bucket.
Photograph

Emma Schoelkopf with a Camera

Date: 1907
Description: Emma Schoelkopf smiling and posing in a park with a camera in her hands. She is wearing a hat and a light-colored dress. In the background is a pavilion un...
Photograph

Man on Horse-Drawn Mower

Date: 1900
Description: View across well-manicured lawn towards a man using a horse-drawn mower. The horse is wearing a fly-net. Across a drive is a domed pavilion. A man is sitti...
Photograph

Harnessed Horses at the Fair

Date: 
Description: Scene of the local fair, with men with horses wearing racing harnesses. A grandstand and other buildings are in the background.
Photograph

Blackhawk Summer Homes

Date: 05 16 1908
Description: View from the water (probably Lake Mendota) of summer cottages at Blackhawk. There is a pavilion at the shoreline. There are two people canoeing near the s...
Photograph

The Whiting House

Date: 1880
Description: View from water over boats towards the four-story wood frame Second Empire style Whiting House Hotel standing on the lake shore at Lake Geneva. Several set...
Photograph

Drawings: Architectural Plans for Pavilion

Date: 1900
Description: Two stories, space, for employees, offices and exhibits.
Photograph

A Quiet Summer Day in Orton Park

Date: 1982
Description: Two people sit at a table in a gazebo in Orton Park. Houses in the neighborhood surrounding the park stand in the background behind the blooming trees.
Photograph

People Playing Croquet Next to an Automobile

Date: 1916
Description: A group of a man, two women and two children playing croquet next to an automobile and a gazebo in a park.
Drawing

Drawing of Pavilion

Date: 1900
Description: Drawing of elevated view of pavilion by Hall and Glendon. The garden in front is divided into sections called: "Fall, Winter, Summer, Spring."
Drawing

Drawing of Pavilion

Date: 1900
Description: Drawing of elevated view of pavilion by M.A. Singer.
Photograph

Estabrook Park

Date: 
Description: View across street towards snow-covered Estabrook Park, including a side-gabled building.
Painting

Pavilion for Pan-Pacific Exposition

Date: 1915
Description: Painting by C.A. Youngquist of an elevated view for the proposed pavilion for the Pan-Pacific exposition.
Photograph

Buttonhole Camera Negative 10

Date: 
Description: Six circular images on a glass plate negative from the Stirn Concealed Vest Camera. One of the images is of a black dog standing on its hind legs; another ...
Photograph

Vandals Cause $5,000 Damage at New Dane County Fairgrounds Stock Pavilion

Date: 12 07 1965
Description: Vandals caused an estimated $5,000 worth of damage to a new stock pavilion at the Dane County Fairgrounds. Damaged were overhead garage doors, walls, and h...
Print

World's Columbian Exposition Tea Room Menu

Date: 1893
Description: One-page tea room menu from the Woman's Building at the World's Columbian Exposition. At the top is an illustration of a gondolier steering a couple in a c...
Manuscript

Century Grills Menu

Date: 1933
Description: Front cover and interior of menu for the Century Grills at the 1937 World's Fair. On the cover is a black and white photograph of a fair building, and silv...
Photograph

Morning at the Zoo

Date: 09 2013
Description: View across fence towards two giraffes standing in an enclosure. The giraffe in the foreground is leaning its head over the fence. Trees and a tall, umbrel...

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