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Fourteen Foot Tomato Plant

Date: 09 27 1936
Description: Mr. Liebenberg standing on a ladder measuring a 14 foot tomato plant growing in his garden. Mrs. Liebenberg is standing beside the plant.
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Vera Ford in Her Garden

Date: 07 23 1932
Description: Elevated view of Vera Ford standing beside a sundial in her garden at 843 Farwell Drive.
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Family in Garden near House

Date: 1872
Description: A family is posed in their garden with a baby in its buggy and a woman holding her hat. The frame house behind them has a parapet roof, a porch with lattic...
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Hillyer Family on Front Porch

Date: 1875
Description: The Edwin and Angeline Coe Hillyer family is grouped at the corner of a large Greek Revival house with ornamental railing work on its porch roof. A man is ...
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Family around Table in Garden

Date: 1875
Description: A family sitting around a table in a garden path. A man is standing in the background on the porch of the frame house. The porch has carpenter's lace above...
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Family on Garden Path

Date: 1869
Description: A view up a garden path leads past family members to a bracket-style frame house with outbuildings.
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Couple with Small Child in Yard

Date: 1898
Description: Man, woman, and small child posing standing in a yard in front of a frame house.
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Who's New Club Picnic

Date: 06 22 1945
Description: Picnickers at a Who's New Club Picnic opening their box lunches: Lieut. and Mrs. Ivor Callaway; Chaplain and Mrs. Edwin B. Nylen; Mrs. Ralph Ebert and her ...
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DAR John Bell Chapter Garden Tour

Date: 06 09 1948
Description: Group portrait in the garden of J. Clayton and Grace Howdle, 3456 Crestwood Dr., of Grace Howdle and her daughters Sally, 12 and Mary, 9.
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Women in Garden

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Description: Two women work in a garden. One of the women is picking vegetables, while the other woman hangs laundry.
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Women and Children on Picnic

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Description: Six children and two women sitting on the lawn with picnic food and beverages. There appears to be a garden in the background.
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Large Group Standing Near Home

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Description: A large group of adults and children pose near a home in a company town of Consolidated Coal Company. On the right side of the home vines are growing on a ...
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Back Porch and Garden

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Description: A man, two women and a little boy sit in the porch and garden area of a home. Fairmont was a company town of Consolidated Coal Company. Flowering plants ar...
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Home and Garden

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Description: Two women and a child are pictured in the yard of a home in a company town of Consolidated Coal Company. In front of the home, bean plants are being grown ...
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Dousmans and Friends Playing Cards

Date: 1898
Description: Group of twelve people, including Nina Dousman, gathered around a table outdoors, with a fountain spouting water in the background. Four people play cards ...
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1554 West Windlake Avenue

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Description: Woman holding child standing in front of the home at 1554 W. Windlake Avenue. There is a small garden in the front yard.
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Group of People in Yard in Front of Frame House

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Description: Seven people are posing in the yard of a frame house with a porch. There are plants in a garden in the foreground. An older man and woman are sitting in ch...
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Group of People Posing in front of Frame House

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Description: Group portrait of a man and woman posing sitting in chairs, with a young boy and a dog posing between them. An older boy is standing to their right holding...
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Large Group of People in Yard Outside Log House

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Description: Large group, thirty or so, of men, women, children and infants posing standing in the yard of a house in front of and behind a wooden fence. In the center ...
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Better Homes and Gardens Club Record Book: Sprouters

Date: 1939
Description: Page from the Garden Club record book kept by Neighborhood House, with children raking, spading, and posing alongside a yard with newly planted seeds (Neig...

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