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Rentschler Truck at Greenhouse

Date: 04 16 1936
Description: Man holding long stem rose box beside Rentschler Floral Co. delivery truck. He is parked in front of Rentschler greenhouse office building, located at 2500...
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Agronomy Wing Under Construction

Date: 04 01 1931
Description: Constructing the foundation for the Agronomy wing (Moore Hall) to the Horticulture Building, 1575 Linden Drive, University of Wisconsin, Arthur Peabody, St...
Photograph

University Heights Neighborhood

Date: 1913
Description: View looking southwest at the University Heights neighborhood from near the corner of University Avenue and Breese Terrace. In the foreground is the Univer...
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New York Botanical Gardens

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Description: Water garden at the New York Botanical Gardens featuring palms and water lilies along a conservatory walkway.
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Green House Interior

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Description: A view of the interior of the green house. Caption reads: "Hyde Park Green House. Muskogee, Okla."
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Rentschler's Greenhouse Easter Lilies

Date: 04 11 1952
Description: Rentschler's Greenhouse employee, Otto Wagner, holds Harold Kautzer, Jr., a 3-year-old neighborhood boy, to see and smell the easter lilies grown there.
Photograph

Longfellow School Greenhouse

Date: 04 21 1953
Description: Five kindergarteners at Longfellow school preparing plants for the school's greenhouse.
Manuscript

Better Homes and Gardens Club Record Book: Trip to University Gardens

Date: 1939
Description: Page from the Garden Club record book kept by Neighborhood House, with boys and girls resting, exploring the flowers, and posing before a hike, during a fi...
Photograph

University of Wisconsin Greenhouse

Date: 01 29 1958
Description: Three men are shown holding a large copy of the wording to be put on a bronze plaque to mark the ceremony of turning a 100-foot greenhouse over to the Univ...
Photograph

R-120 Truck with Pickup Body

Date: 1953
Description: R-120 truck with pickup body parked outdoors. A man is loading or unloading the truck in front of the open door. Above the door is a sign that reads: "Toll...
Postcard

Green House & Palm Garden

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Description: Colorized photographic view of a large glass greenhouse surrounded by trees. Caption reads: "Green House & Palm Garden, Elkhart Lake, Wis."
Photograph

Mt. Vernon Playground

Date: 1938
Description: A view, looking south, at the intersection of West Mt. Vernon Avenue and North 65th Street. In the foreground is a shallow pool where children are playing,...
Photograph

School Green House

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Description: Five young men standing among boxes of plants near a school greenhouse. Hand-tinted lantern slide.
Photograph

Easter Season

Date: 04 20 1957
Description: Two nursery employees, Florance Dohm and Angeline Magnasco, examining a blooming plant among the tables full of blooming lilies ready for delivery inside a...
Photograph

Easter Season

Date: 04 20 1957
Description: Faye Jorgensen is admiring the tall stems and white blossoms of the traditional Easter lily inside a greenhouse.
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...
Photograph

Palmer Greenhouse Sign

Date: 06 2019
Description: Fresh Starts Farms LLC Greenhouse sign on the flatbed of a truck parked in a field.

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