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Grounds at Walden

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Description: The grounds at "Walden", residence of the Cyrus McCormick, Jr. family, showing an outdoor table and two chairs under a pergola.
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Ceylon Building

Date: 1893
Description: Extensive stonework lines the garden path at the Ceylon Building, which is originally from the Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The building was purchased ...
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Neighborhood Garden

Date: 09 1925
Description: Garden outside suburban residence including window boxes and annuals.
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Gardens of Bessie Tift College

Date: 1920
Description: View from the porch of Upshaw Hall toward the lawns and gardens of the campus of Bessie Tift College, founded in 1849. Tift Hall stands on the left, and Po...
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Village Inn

Date: 1928
Description: View across road of the Village Inn; featuring a "Hotel" sign, vines along the screened porch windows, and a fenced garden.
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Fountain near Courthouse

Date: 1910
Description: View of a fountain in the garden of the courthouse, constructed from 1906-1908.
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Better Homes and Gardens Club Record Book: Matthews Family

Date: 1939
Description: Image from the Garden Club record book kept by Neighborhood House, with Rosalie, Ollie Mae, and Adrena Matthews posing by their garden, near the front step...
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Better Homes and Gardens Club Record Book: Mrs. Ora Smith

Date: 1939
Description: Image from the Garden Club record book kept by Neighborhood House, with the winner in the Senior category garden competition, Mrs. Ora Smith, sitting on th...
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Water Street

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Description: View down Water Street which is lined with sidewalks and residential houses. In the foreground on both sides of the road are small wooden bridges along the...
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Home Hotel

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Description: View from unpaved road of the "Home Hotel," a two-story wood frame building with a balcony and a porch. Several flowers are planted in the garden and in po...
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J.H. Frazier Residence

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Description: View from street of the J.H. Frazier Residence, which is a two-story wood frame home with a porch and a balcony. There is a small garden in the center of t...
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Lawn at Fitzgerald's Modern Rooms — 501 Broadway

Date: 1930
Description: Side lawn of Fitzgerald's Modern Rooms. Children are sitting in the lawn swing in the foreground, and another lawn swing is in the background next to the g...
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Kayes Park House

Date: 1885
Description: Stereograph of the large hotel at Kayes Park on the south shore of Geneva Lake. There are two girls standing in the foreground, with well-dressed women in ...
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Residence of L. F. Easton

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Description: View of the three-story home, including a turret, of the L.F. Easton residence, with a stone wall, stairs leading to a front walk, and a sidewalk in the fo...

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