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Mobil Gas Station

Date: 06 16 1955
Description: Daytime view of Robert Bloxxom's Mobil gas station, 3702 East Washington Avenue and Highway 51. Includes the Mobil red horse on a pole. Background includes...
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Thordarson Estate

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Description: View across lawn or field of numerous buildings on Chester Thordarson's estate. There are greenhouses on the left.
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Alexander Mitchell House

Date: 1900
Description: House at Ninth Street and Grand Avenue. A large lawn is in the foreground. The main building is centered with a tower on the left corner. Separate build...
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Alexander Mitchell House

Date: 1889
Description: Ninth Street and Grand Avenue. House sits behind trees and a lawn. The main house is in the center, and a greenhouse, with a domes roof, branches off the...
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Aerial View of Birge and Bascom Halls

Date: 1956
Description: Aerial view of Birge and Bascom Halls (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Birge Hall (foreground) with addition under cons...
Drawing

Alexander Mitchell Estate

Date: 1872
Description: Lithograph elevated view of the Alexander Mitchell home and gardens seen from the corner of Ninth and Spring Streets. Pedestrians, horse-riders and a horse...
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W.T. Price Home

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Description: Large three-story home with an attached greenhouse. There is a small statue and fountain in the yard, and a curved brick walkway. Probably the home of W.T....
Postcard

Horticulture and Agricultural Physics Bldg.

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Description: Exterior view of the Agriculture building on the University of Wisconsin campus overlooking Lake Mendota. Greenhouses are on the left. Caption reads: "Madi...
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Glass Greenhouse at Forest Lodge

Date: 10 1960
Description: Glass greenhouse attached to a potting shed, with numerous cold frames on the right, all on a manicured lawn next to a deciduous forest.
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Forest Lodge Greenhouse

Date: 2000
Description: Cedar shake potting shed with an attached glass greenhouse located on a mowed lawn. A flower garden on the right is log-sided. Large trees surround the out...

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