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Buckhorn Cheese Company

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Description: Exterior view of the Buckhorn Cheese Company plant. A sign painted on the exterior of the building reads: "Take One Home."
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William Lazarz, Yard

Date: 06 12 1938
Description: William Lazarz's backyard.
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Dr. Davis's Flower Garden

Date: 09 25 1936
Description: Dr. Frederick Davis residence, 6048 S. Highlands Avenue, called Edenfred, with a view of the flower garden.
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Residential Rear Garden

Date: 07 27 1929
Description: Garden behind a house, location unknown. Taken for McKay Nursery.
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Tulip Bed and Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 05 22 1928
Description: Tulip bed at the Wisconsin State Capitol at S. Hamilton Street.
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W.S. Pierce House

Date: 1909
Description: W.S. Pierce house under the shade of trees.
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St. Mary's Hospital

Date: 1910
Description: Lawn, trees and blooming flowers in front of St. Mary's Hospital. Caption reads: "St. Mary's Hospital, Columbus, Wis."
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Pennoyer Sanitarium

Date: 1905
Description: The Pennoyer Sanitarium, later called the Pennoyer Home. The structure was built in 1890 on the north end of Milwaukee Avenue. It was later used as St. Cat...
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Pennoyer Sanitarium

Date: 1905
Description: The Pennoyer Sanitarium, later called the Pennoyer Home. The structure was built in 1890 on the north end of Milwaukee Avenue. It was later used as St. Cat...
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Taliesin

Date: 1935
Description: Exterior view of Frank Lloyd Wright's residence, Taliesin, from the southeast, emphasizing the broad overhangs and horizontal lines of the structure. Holly...
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Schurz Monument

Date: 1912
Description: The Carl Schurz Monument, presented to the city by John Hicks in 1914. Sculpted by Karl Bitter. Caption reads: "Carl Schurz Monument, Oshkosh, Wis." The te...
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Cistercian Monastery

Date: 1940
Description: Cistercian Monastery. Plants and trees shroud building.
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Yahara River Parkway

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Description: Landscaped area of Yahara River Parkway.
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Averson Diamond Clinic

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Description: Exterior of building from across a street.
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Babcock Hall

Date: 1954
Description: Babcock Hall on University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The hall stands behind some shrubs and hollyhocks.
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Ho-Chunk Children with Dog near Marsh

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Description: Standing together in a row are two Ho-Chunk girls wearing print dresses, and two Ho-Chunk boys who are nude on a sandy pile in front of a marsh. In front o...
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A Young Girl Playing Outside

Date: 1898
Description: A young girl, Helen Phillips, stands in a yard near a fence behind a wooden chair. She reaches though the decorative panels on the back of the chair and gr...
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Alice Kent Trimpey

Date: 1930
Description: Mrs. Ephraim Burt Trimpey points to a zinnia blooming in a late summer garden. She us wearing a hat and fur-trimmed coat.
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Colgate Residence

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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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Alice Holloway's Engagement Trip

Date: 1930
Description: Alice Holloway standing in front of a flowering rose bush along the shore of Lake Michigan during a trip to Milwaukee to celebrate her engagement.

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