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Gazebo

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Description: A view of an ornate gazebo set in a pond. The pond has a fountain spray and tree-lined paved paths of the park are visible in the background while a flowe...
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Workers' Unity House Entrance

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Description: Elevated view of the lawn and driveway, with a fountain in the foreground, and plantings that spell "Unity." Two women are walking on the left path, and in...
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Workers' Unity House Dance Hall

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Description: A view of the dance hall, with its many windows. On the second floor, a shirt drys in the window. The main house is in the background. Grassy areas and flo...
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Bessie Tift College

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Description: Promotional postcard showing the walkway to a building at Bessie Tift College, founded in 1849. Caption reads: "Bessie Tift College."
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Enid A. Haupt Conservatory at the New York Botanical Garden

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Description: Exterior of Enid A. Haupt Conservatory at the New York Botanical Garden, founded in 1896. A path lined by two small fences leads to the door of the buildin...
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Lutherland Trail Entrance

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Description: View of Lutherland Nature Trail entrance. View features a small wooden bridge beneath a wood archway with a sign that says "Nature Trail". The archway and ...
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Sisters of St. Joseph of the Third Order of St. Francis Motherhouse

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Description: View of the motherhouse at the Sisters of St. Joseph convent in Stevens Point. A path leads to brick convent buildings across a lawn with trees, shrubs, an...
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Plank Path through Backyard Garden

Date: 1907
Description: Backyard garden with a plank path bordered on one side by a wooden fence. A clothesline stretches across the yard from a fence post.
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East Walkway at Villa Louis

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Description: View of the East Walkway at Villa Louis. The walk is lined with trees and flower beds.
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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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Villa Louis Grounds

Date: 1904
Description: East view of round canna bed and grotto on Villa Louis grounds. The house can be seen at left.
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Cabin in the Woods

Date: 1937
Description: Stone-lined path through woods leading to a one-story log cabin with a wrap-around porch and window boxes with flowers. The cabin is located near Cable.
Postcard

Rustic Bridge and Pleasure Drive

Date: 1913
Description: Colorized postcard of a wooden bridge over the Brule River flowing through the forest. A person is on the far side of the bridge. Caption reads: "Brule Riv...
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Italian Garden at Brookside

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Description: View of the Italian gardens at Brookside, the luxurious estate of Mr. W.H. Walker. The gardens were designed by landscape architect, Ferruccia Vitale.
Print

Sanatorium Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of The Sanatorium Company, with a three-quarter view of the sanatorium building set into a background of flowers and banners proclaiming the ben...
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Spaulding House Grounds

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Description: View across Spaulding House grounds towards four women posing. A woman on the left is sitting on the ground near bushes, and across a path two other women ...
Drawing

Andrae Cycles Advertisement

Date: 09 1895
Description: Full page, engraved advertisement for Andrae Cycles. Depicts men and women bicycling on a path in a bucolic setting, in addition to text promoting bicycles...
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Sunlit Path

Date: 1905
Description: Mary E. Smith walking down a sunlit path through trees. She is carrying a bouquet of freshly picked flowers.
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Woman on a Foot Bridge

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Description: View down wooden foot bridge towards a woman standing with her arm resting on the railing. She is holding a bunch of flowers in her right hand. In the back...
Book or Pamphlet

The Shore Path, E.G. Uihlein's

Date: 1905
Description: Halftone print of the landscaped shoreline and path at Forest Glen, the estate of Edward G. Uihlein, on the western end of Geneva Lake. A flag flies above ...

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