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New Construction

Date: 1941
Description: Two houses and a large lawn.
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Milwaukee County Hospital for the Insane

Date: 1940
Description: Large hospital in the background, with a large stone fountain or planter on the left. Two men are walking in the garden near a drive.
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Mitchell Park Sunken Garden

Date: 1930
Description: The Conservatory is in the background with a pond in the middle of the garden.
Postcard

Mitchell Park

Date: 1910
Description: Lagoon in the sunken gardens with the conservatory in the background. Caption reads: "Milwaukee, Wis. Mitchell Park, the lagoon, sunken gardens."
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Mitchell Park Conservatory

Date: 1904
Description: Fountain in front of the conservatory, separated by paths and shrubbery. Several pedestrians are standing near the fountain. Caption reads: "Conservatory, ...
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Mitchell Park Conservatory

Date: 1910
Description: Pond and paths in front of the conservatory. Caption reads: "Conservatory, Mitchell Park, Milwaukee, Wis."
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Mitchell Park

Date: 1913
Description: Sunken gardens at Mitchell Park, with the conservatory in the background. Caption reads: "Sunken Garden, Mitchell Park, Milwaukee."
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Mitchell Park

Date: 
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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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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Vine-Covered Arch

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Description: A wide pathway in a wooded area has an arched trellis covered in vines. On the left is a small brick column with a sign reading: "Do Not Enter Here".
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Flora van Brink Hony Bader (nee Melkman) in Backyard

Date: 1956
Description: Flora van Brink Hony Bader (nee Melkman) in backyard of her home on Farwell Avenue.
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Row of Houses with Gardens

Date: 1939
Description: View down row of back of houses. The backyards have gardens, and on the far left is a row of trees.
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Small Garden with Men Working in Background

Date: 1941
Description: A small backyard garden is in the foreground near what appears to be a house. Men are working next to two trucks and a crane in the background.
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Wild Flowers in front of House

Date: 1941
Description: Wildflowers next to the side yard and the front steps of a house.
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Gauer and Bloch Working Outdoors

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Description: Harold Gauer and Robert Bloch sit on chairs outside in a backyard writing on sheets of paper. A liquor bottle sits on the table between them.
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.H. Metcalf Residence

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Description: A woman posing in a garden at William H. Metcalf's Residence.
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Ladies Inspecting a Garden

Date: 1958
Description: Group of ladies inspecting the gardens at the Harry Stratton residence.
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Frederick Layton in a Garden

Date: 1914
Description: Frederick Layton gave this hand-colored photograph of himself in his garden on Marshall Street to his niece Elizabeth Layton Fowle on August 8, 1914. He di...
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Frederick and Elizabeth Layton Home

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Description: A view across street towards Frederick and Elizabeth Layton's home at 524 Marshall Street. The clapboard house has two porches. On the left is a roofed enc...

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