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Gallery Covered in Ivy

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Description: Small building completely covered in ivy, with a chimney projecting at the top left side of the roof.
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Marriage at Highlander Folk School

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Description: Tom Ludwig and Vida Cox [Ludwig], a neighbor of Highlander Folk School, sitting in a Jeep together after having been married. The couple met while at the s...
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Mitchell Park

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Description: Small building covered with vines on the roof and sides on a path near the lake. Caption reads: "Mitchell Park, Milwaukee, Wis."
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Badger Boys' State Delegates

Date: 06 28 1949
Description: Talking over their recent experiences at Badger Boys' State are left to right: Bob VerBerkmoes, East High School; Norbert Esser, Edgewood High School; Eric...
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Omicron Chapter of Zeta Phi Eta Sorority

Date: 09 30 1949
Description: Seven Madison girls sitting on the steps to an ivy-colored building with the active president of the Omicron chapter of the Zeta Phi Eta national speech ar...
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Fox River View

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Description: A wooden bench provides a place to look across the Fox River from the left bank. Buildings stand on either side of the river and the opposite shore is heav...
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Pier at Bible Institute

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Description: Rear view of the Bible Institute on Green Lake. Two men are sitting in a boat docked at a pier. Behind them are stairs leading to the rear entrance of the ...
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View of Pond

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Description: View of a pond and surrounding banks overgrown with foliage. A building is in the background on the left.
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The Eagles Nest

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Description: View of the Eagles Nest, a Japanese Garden featuring a wooden Japanese gate, and beyond a bridge and building amongst plants and trees.
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The Eagles Nest

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Description: View of the Eagles Nest, a Japanese Garden featuring bridges and a building amongst plants and trees.
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The Eagles Nest

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Description: View of the Eagles Nest, a Japanese Garden featuring a building amongst plants and outdoor furniture.
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Frank Lloyd Wright and Carl Sandburg

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Description: Frank Lloyd Wright and Carl Sandburg sit together on a stone wall outdoors surrounded by plants and trees.
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Erdman Prefab

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Description: Alternative view of the Van Tamlen House, an example of Erdman #1, a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed prefabricated home marketed by Marshall Erdman.
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War Correspondent and Two Soldiers

Date: 12 05 1943
Description: Robert Doyle poses in his undershorts between Private Gerald Minkin of Ironwood, Michigan (left) and Private First Class Samuel "Slim" Lanham of Louisville...
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Villagers Pose with Servicemen

Date: 03 02 1945
Description: Indigenous villagers pose with Robert Doyle (7th from left) and NATS (Naval Air Transport Service) crew on Ella Island, Tarawa Atoll, in the South Pacific....
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Flower Garden

Date: 1931
Description: A woman sits and reads on a wooden slat bench in a flower garden. There are ornamental plants in a wash tub and other containers; a rose bush nearly covers...
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Breakfast in Heidelberg for American Journalists Menu

Date: 05 05 1928
Description: Front and back sides of a menu (in German) for a breakfast given by the city of Heidelberg to honor American journalists, with a scene of the Heidelberg Ca...
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Breakfast in Heidelberg for American Journalists Menu

Date: 05 05 1928
Description: Front and back sides of a menu (in German) for a breakfast given by the city of Heidelberg to honor American journalists. On the front is a songbird perche...
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German Bee Skep Apiary

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Description: Apiary of more than forty bee skeps stacked in rows in an open-fronted roofed structure. Caption reads: "Bienenstand der Firma HEINR. THIE, Wolfenbuttel."
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Jennie Krueger in the Garden

Date: 07 1903
Description: Outdoor portrait of Jennie Krueger standing along a garden fence next to a building holding flowers in her left hand. Her hat, decorated with ribbons and f...

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